Crass photo set Stowmarket 1980
Great set of photos of Crass, Poison , Girls and Annie Anxiety at Stowmarket 1980 https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.249606181871151&type=1 Courtesy of Steve ward
Great set of photos of Crass, Poison , Girls and Annie Anxiety at Stowmarket 1980 https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.249606181871151&type=1 Courtesy of Steve ward
Ian Svenonius of Vice magazine chats with Crass’s founding drummer and writer Penny Rimbaud. The interview starts with Penny declaring his slight preferences for the Beatles over the Stones, for at least “not shitting all over Bo Diddley’s shoulder.” Later … Continue reading
Penny’s discussion on what and what does not constitute punk http://www.vice.com/en_uk/read/fuck-v12n3
With the recent release of the 1984 secret cabinet papers, under the 30 year rule, Crass have again had a flurry of interest and publicity in the media regarding the infamous Thatchergate tape that they made and released in … Continue reading
Here is a link to an article originally from Kill Your Pet Puppy via Dangerous Minds about one of Crass’ last few shows at the squatted Islington Bingo Hall in London EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS OF ONE OF THE FINAL CRASS SHOWS, … Continue reading
A couple of weeks ago I attended the third Punk Scholars Network event organised and hosted by Pete Dale and the Oxford Brookes University Popular Music Research Unit. The title of the symposium was “No Sir, I Won’t”: Reconsidering The … Continue reading
On Saturday 25th September I went to see Steve Ignorant (ex singer/songwriter of Crass, Schwarzenegger and The Stratford Mercenaries) at the 02 Academy in Birmingham. This date was one of many on a tour that sees Steve perform (for … Continue reading
“At school they give you shit, drop you in the pit, You try, you try, you try to get out, but you can’t because they’ve fucked you about”. (Crass-Do They Owe Us A Living) Once more on the … Continue reading
How I finally learnt to love………….Grindcore! and in doing so reclaimed a very close friend Matt Grimes (For Stevie G – my punk soul brother) Section I: Memories I still remember it to this day, the sheer feeling of shock … Continue reading
I recently had a journal article published in a journal of which I am an advisory board member Punk and Post Punk (Vol 4 No’s 2&3). The double special edition featured work from a number of Punk Scholars Network members, of … Continue reading
http://uontv.uk/?page_id=13 A video seminar of me presenting some of my work on anarcho-punk fanzines at Northampton University. “From Protest to Resistance”: British anarcho-punk fanzines (1980-1984) as sites of resistance and symbols of defiance’ This presentation focuses on the role that … Continue reading
Here is the poster for a forthcoming symposium reconsidering the legacy of Crass and Anarcho-punk. I will be delivering a presentation on the Alexander Oey documentary ‘about Crass called ‘There is No Authority … Continue reading
Following on from my previous blog post about writing chapters for future books on punk I have decided to share with you the abstract for my next solo submission for a forthcoming book specifically on anarcho-punk. The book is titled The … Continue reading
Here is a link to Steve Ignorant’s (Crass) blog discussing his recent final performance of The Last Supper tour. Really honest and insightful piece of writing. I had the pleasure of seeing this tour in Sep2010 when he came to … Continue reading
Here is a link to an interesting article/paper from Ana Raposo on the representation of ‘extreme’ politics in punk music graphics. She draws on the work of Gee Vaucher’s contribution to the artwork of Crass http://www.historiadeldisseny.org/congres/pdf/Ana%20Raposo%20NEVER%20TRUST%20A%20HIPPIE.pdf
Well it’s been a while since my last post on this blog, in fact looking at the date it has been a year-how rubbish is that!! I could use the excuse of my teaching, family life, research etc taking up … Continue reading
As promised here is the video of my conference presentation about Crass at the Sights&Sounds Conference at Salford. Apart from a few technical issues I think it went well. Comments are always welcome. However I do not have a future … Continue reading
Tim, Paul, Oliver, Sam, Rob and I went to the Sights and Sounds Conference which was held at Salford University last Thursday and Friday. I presented a paper based around my research into Anarcho-punk. I talked about the Alexander Oey … Continue reading