I grew up in Ireland and got interested in Crass at the age of 12 in 1979 a year or so later my brother and I wrote to Crass a couple of times and couldnt believe it when we actually got hand written replies one from Penny and the other from Phil Free, and there were a handful of brilliant Crass produced badges and anarchist leaflets. The letters were directly responding to our questions and queries about the band, politics, religion, sex, and on how much it would cost us to get Crass over to our little hometown to do a gig. There was no bullshitting and everything was on a level and very honest and down to earth, they actually outlined the cost and expenses that it would cost, they were very much interested in the idea of doing a gig in a small town in Ireland. Fast forward 30 odd years and Penny and Gee actually performed a gig and exhibition in that very same small town in Ireland. Its a pity I didnt get to attend the gig Iit wouldve been great for me to show Penny the original letter which made the initial enquiries about Crass playing there over 3 decades ago. Much kudos to all who sailed the good ship CRASS they genuinely cared deeply for all that bought their records, attended gigs and were supporting the same causes. I dont believe we will ever see a band with such genuine integrity ever again. They were and will probably be the one and only real Punk Rock band ever. Peace and Love to all.
What a great comm. I know EXACTLY what you're saying mate. I got matesy with all the London bands and especially Conflict cos they were so local to me. We're all older now but I hear what ya saying mate ;) *hug*
@@hopebgood Yeah CRASS and the whole Anarko Punk scene was a great educational enlightenment. I think any kid who was buying CRASS Label records or similar stuff came away equipped with the ability to think for themselves and it carried through decades after the kids had grown up. Keep on keeping on mate.
One of the best comments I've ever read on this channel. Crass were too normal to be accepted by the public, who wanted told how to how to think and how to live their lives.
Crass is a very dear Band to me. There Noise collages are very presumably reasonable I got into Industrial… Maybe I‘m getting in that trap of getting older, but I miss that fighting spirit today. Bands like crass weren’t only about Minority a or b, they looked at the whole society. They also were about fighting and not starting Shitstorms on twitter/X…..
Crass played our local youth club twice in 1981, and mixed with all the kids who turned out to watch them. What band shifting as many records as Crass were at that time would play a Youth Club at the back of beyond? I used to write letters to Crass as a kid and every letter was personally answered by a member of the band in a an envolope stuffed with badges and anarchist pamphlets. The real deal, no one even comes close.
A member of the band could just have been anyone, you could become a Crass member by claiming you are one, that's all it took. Furthermore, what is "the real deal" about someone sending xeroxed copies of pamphlets to fanboys? That's not real but lazy as fuck. Every youth center does that. If they would have been the real deal they would still be around, doing their thing. After all their music was simply shit. At least the message had some merit but it was drowned in a series of fucking retarded noisiness
fuck, i love their guitar sounds. so damn unique. nobody has been able to duplicate the sounds they made. i blows my god damn mind 4 decades later still
@@albertorkenbjorken me and dozens of other music producers who like to emulate or cover other stuff. Also Steve Ignorant did on his latest tour. By the way... the odds of you being online a year later for this comment as I wrote it are crazy. I love that shit :D
@@tehf00n i follow steve on social media and i haven't heard any guitarist scab that he has had sound anything remotely close to their sound.. i saw them on the last supper tour as well and no.. it didn't sound like their sound.. i would love to hear the stuff you made because i don't believe it.
it's a good credit for John Peel to invite the Crass, an anarchopunk band being hated and disliked by many people n the press in the UK, at the time, to play on his radio show!!! He was a conscientious person, RIP. As for us, we will always love the Crass, to the end of our lives!!!!!
@@simonmoore2380 how old are you??? Definitely “, I fell in love with Crass” 3 decades ago. By having complete vinyl records, cds, live tapes by them, I suppose you’re not the first neither the last to dictate me how to write them.....
@@joachimpeiper8076 I’m 57. And I think you’ll find the first people to dictate that their name is written as “Crass” were, oddly enough, Crass. Sorry if it’s too complicated for you. Muppet.
John peel was a legend in the music industry and if he didn't play this kind of thing we most likely wouldn't of had the chance to listen to thease great bands, god bless you John peel.
I dig Mr peel as much as the next, but most of us were following the bands before he recorded them. No offense just feel the scene was strong with or without him. We are all one
We don't bless from god...why would you be into crass a want to bless someone with god shit....it's fucking crap...on every level....break free from it....
Lyndsey Franklin your not wrong lyndsay, put some good quality headphones on turn up the volume and you really get the unique and unmistakable beauty of crass. A first. They are so much better musicians than one thinks. Listen to stations for example Desire, walls, they were purposely keeping the sound raw. But I bet they could have made records of superb quality. But choose to keep it as far away from the main stream as possible. With penny's military drumming. It's all beautiful. Look at the last guitar solo at the end of DON'T GET CAUGHT, and that's a 20 second glimpse into how good they could play. THE MOST IMPORTANT BAND OF A GENERATION. Kind loving helpful and friendly. That's CRASS
My brother brought home a Crass record in about 1981. I was 14 and my brother 15. We were both hard core Clash fans. Like Stanalist level Clash fans. ONLY WE KNOW THE TRUTH. After contemplation, we were both like, 'Fuck. Crass is even better.' :)
WOW! Thank for uploading. These recordings sound fantastic. Fair play to John Peel for giving airplay to stuff that was completely ignored everywhere else. I grew up in Ireland and my friend who lived just a hop and a skip away had a great stereo and tuner that would pick up Peels show without any interference it was equivalent to tuning into a very distant planet. God bless you Mr Peel.
My best day in 5 years of secondary school was the morning I received a letter from Crass, written by Gee, in a black fountain pen, with loads of high quality Crass badges(pins) , stencils and info.I was on cloud 9 going to school that day ! Sadly never saw Crass as I was too young and lived in Dublin but have seen Steve Ignorant on The Last Supper Tour and last September too.Steve and band were lethal with Carol Hodge incredible singing Eve and Joy's songs.Steve still unreal almost 50 years on.If they come to play anywhere near you,beg, steal borrow, but do not miss.Mindblowing !!! ❤
The thing to remember is that Crass were ordinary people. I went to the the pub one night with some of the fun people from Dirt while Pete Wright from Crass and Annie Anxiety recorded "pub noises" for the next Crass album. We all took the piss out of them for being so fixated. It was weird.
I saw crass twice,1980 and 1981i was 19 or 20 ,I'm 60 now banned from the Roxy my fave song,but money don't stop Steve playing shepherd bush empire for bigger money,we all gotta grow up sooner or later😏
@@GraemeSmith-kd5eb That's unfair Graeme, the old boy is struggling like the rest of us, and doing something about it. Hope you are having as much fun as he is.
Learned a lot from them. Basically: think for yourself. That included disagreeing with some of the things they said, of course - but I'm sure they would have been open for discussing my and their views. If only I had been able to see them live. But hey, their albums (and the sleeves) have helped me a lot. Great band.
Most of the John Peel sessions from Maida Vale are good but this is one of the best and oddly I missed this at the time even though I religiously listened and recorded to cassette and then copied the best to another cassette tape.. Analog 'file sharing' 😊
As an album opener, it's right up there with 'Sometimes' from Rattus, I think - emotionally devastating in a way that casts a shadow over the remaining album.
Well I never , this is how we know most anarchy is just a fucking plastic pose... When fuckers try to demean a gadge just cos he spelt a word wrong. Except it isn't wrong it's just different. The entire English language is Magik. Magik designed to fuck with us all. Why do you suppose we 'Spell' words ?!!? It's our duty to fuck with the English language as much as possible. You can start by misssspelling words when its still obvious what the words are. No though...Pedantic asshole-ary trumps anarchy everyday. You people lost summat over the years. Go back in time and retune yerselves.
BIG fan of sex pistols/damned /clash etc 1977, used to listen to john peel religiously and heard all these other new groups, it was a time that anybody with a guitar /drumkit with an oppinion/attitutude could get together and let their feelings be known.Some were shite but most were good in their own way ,HAPPY DAYS..
This was broadcast after 10pm by DJ John Peel who is a legend for bringing bands on from obscurity to his show from1970s onwards. I heard this set on Peel and is probably on one of my many cassettes of mine somewhere. It's a meme that people taped the top20 show (i did at times) but the ones that knew the good music, taped Peel shows. The BBC management/board were posh oldies who took no interest after 8pm as long as they didn't hear about it. Peel got noticed occasionally but was loved so much by so many generations that a whole radio station, BBC 6 Music, was created in a way to continue the type of work he did. Sadly Peel is no longer with us.
just something else seeing crass live i were lucky to see them many times over the early eighties hebbden bridge been one stand out gig well they played in the day then at night just killer?legends??
Heard Bloody Revolutions in 1980 and was hooked,brilliant band saw them only once though at The Triad Bishops Stortford shortly before it burnt down,CD`s often get played in the car even to this day,and yes on full blast.....HAPPY DAYS.
Crass a band or movement. Whatever they were. They changed my life fore sure. Raised my awareness as a kid of how the world works from an early age. I wont ever forget that. I wish the anger and fight was even greater with these words these days.
@@tallpaul106 oh ok I had to leave after crass as I was young brilliant though all black flags banners ect punks on cider and glue all over the place ,I later went on to play drums in lots of different post punk bands playing the Clarendon basement bar king's head Putney ( Fulham really) before Putney bridge,played at the new marquee supporting sham 69 , Charlie Harper came up after and gave us a pat on the back ect lovely bloke,turns out where I am now a mate of mine is proper good mates with Charlie,small world mate 🇬🇧🍀👍🏼
They will make sense for as long as corruption, greed, exploitation and war exist which don't seem to be going anywhere anytime soon.. The darkest sides of human nature which have always existed..
wow! Im from Rochdale (for last 15 years anyway) where did they play? I saw em in Digbeth- Birmingham and Aigbeth-Liverpool in an old Police Station! Fantastic! At the time i was living on a peace camp at Burtonwood missle base near Warrington, great times
@@hopebgood The late Paco used to drink in the Dew Drop Inn in New Cross, used to see him there quite a lot, had Conflict - Conclusion album on the jukebox whilst playing pool, such happy happy days under a haze of many snakebite and blacks.
@@gavinbuck8130 This is where my memory lets me down. The Dew Drop. I remember going to two places nearby, both in New Cross. One was some pub where all the old black guys playing dominoes mingled with punky types and then there was a huge club nearby that we'd all go to later. Which one was the Dew Drop?
Great band clever and know what they doing songs timeless and protest and meaningful to this present day Steve ignorant plays crass and was great to watch in Birmingham
@@squeaka67 only darby was, they also get a bad rap for being terrible musicians but by (GI) they were pretty tight for what they were. Darby had vicious vocals amazing lyrics, Pat Smear is pretty talented, Lorna Doom had some solid bass lines, and Don Bolles was an insane drummer. They definately made an impact on the scene.
That's because it was a Peel session, so they got to use the BBC's studios (and producer). BBC probably had far better equipment than Southern Studios where Crass usually recorded.
He certainly played a part in mine, as a youngster listening to an AM radio under my bed covers at night to later start recording Peel when I got my first FM radio/cassette, I wanted Peely to be my dad. There will never be anyone else like John Peel, as a promoter of the obscure and hard to find, and as a human being.
Was expecting to Hear a shitty version of this session,like i used to have Early 2000...incredibles that the original masters finally surfaced...crass at their best.Fabuleux...
I took some acid once. As a joke my friend gave me a tape of Feeding of the 5000. Initially I thought it was going to send me on a bad trip. But the opposite happened. 30 years later I still say Crass is the best punk band ever. Dead Kennedys is a close second, and Lawnmower Deth did one of the best punk albums called "Billy" but it gets no respect. Corporate punk music sold in the charts always made me feel like I was "being cheated" as Lydon asked. But Crass never did that. Authentic and authoritarian over itself.
Ha, interesting. I'm in my fifties and for me Crass are my favourite of all the bands from that era and also, Dead Kennedys stand out as very unique and special. Best wishes
I was tripping with a friend on acid and I put Crass on but he couldn't take it! I was jumping around the room because they are tight & 😊funky as fck..
CrAss were and still so revealent today as they were then in 79--83 I'm glad I got to see them play . down at Elephant fair..🏴😎 A.N.O.K. and peace no war but class war 🏴 Fuck the system /
Amazing band any punk that doesn't like these obviously doesn't understand they had some great tunes(wasn't noise) great bass lines... They lived it as they talked it.. Even though Steve has sold out & made loads of money on World tour doing all Crass songs / big venues / security etc.. They are planning something for 2020 even though it won't be full reunion with original members that's all I know at the moment any one have more info?.
@@jimmytgoose476 the original motif of Crass records was to remain the same price no matter what happened to inflation (they often has a sticker on saying "dont buy this record for more than £1.50 or whatever). They are new age anarcho-hippys, the communal types. The other pretentious people in that scene would say he sold out for making money. But let's face it. We are past that bullshit and the world needs Crass more than ever.
Who plays the piano in the intro????? This is real art. Crass had always made art.... If anyone says that this Band didn't affect their music ear, they would be liars- except for all the anarchy lyrics. Even Skinheads were going to their gigs in their early years. It is not matter of anarchy or Nationalism(instead), but matter of sth different giving you something new..... Crass was real Art
They played a miners' benefit gig in Aberdare back in 1985 (I think it was) - and attracted a hardcore cohort of London skins alaong too. Ro'n i'n cachu brics.
mother .... MOTHER ....... saw this band back in the day in a packed out club in Rochdale ... perhaps youth culture is more 'sophisticated' now .... it certainly isnt more daring ,,, dangerous etc .... in fact , it makes me fucking yawn
They were great times and pretty dangerous too, with boneheads ambushing us outside The Moonlight Club, West Hampstead and football fans smashing up a gig at The Conway Hall, Red Lion Square. It was all worth it as to be in that era and attending Crass gigs will be something never repeated in a world of Auto Tune. Make Love Not War
I grew up in Ireland and got interested in Crass at the age of 12 in 1979 a year or so later my brother and I wrote to Crass a couple of times and couldnt believe it when we actually got hand written replies one from Penny and the other from Phil Free, and there were a handful of brilliant Crass produced badges and anarchist leaflets. The letters were directly responding to our questions and queries about the band, politics, religion, sex, and on how much it would cost us to get Crass over to our little hometown to do a gig. There was no bullshitting and everything was on a level and very honest and down to earth, they actually outlined the cost and expenses that it would cost, they were very much interested in the idea of doing a gig in a small town in Ireland. Fast forward 30 odd years and Penny and Gee actually performed a gig and exhibition in that very same small town in Ireland. Its a pity I didnt get to attend the gig Iit wouldve been great for me to show Penny the original letter which made the initial enquiries about Crass playing there over 3 decades ago. Much kudos to all who sailed the good ship CRASS they genuinely cared deeply for all that bought their records, attended gigs and were supporting the same causes. I dont believe we will ever see a band with such genuine integrity ever again. They were and will probably be the one and only real Punk Rock band ever. Peace and Love to all.
What a great comm. I know EXACTLY what you're saying mate. I got matesy with all the London bands and especially Conflict cos they were so local to me. We're all older now but I hear what ya saying mate ;) *hug*
@@hopebgood Yeah CRASS and the whole Anarko Punk scene was a great educational enlightenment. I think any kid who was buying CRASS Label records or similar stuff came away equipped with the ability to think for themselves and it carried through decades after the kids had grown up. Keep on keeping on mate.
@@robertcaffrey6097 Yeah. The ability to think and question. (And have a right laugh) Laters Rob
One of the best comments I've ever read on this channel. Crass were too normal to be accepted by the public, who wanted told how to how to think and how to live their lives.
Crass is a very dear Band to me. There Noise collages are very presumably reasonable I got into Industrial…
Maybe I‘m getting in that trap of getting older, but I miss that fighting spirit today. Bands like crass weren’t only about Minority a or b, they looked at the whole society. They also were about fighting and not starting Shitstorms on twitter/X…..
Crass played our local youth club twice in 1981, and mixed with all the kids who turned out to watch them. What band shifting as many records as Crass were at that time would play a Youth Club at the back of beyond? I used to write letters to Crass as a kid and every letter was personally answered by a member of the band in a an envolope stuffed with badges and anarchist pamphlets. The real deal, no one even comes close.
+strumbolli Do you still have those letters? Would be awesome to see.
they changed my life, and still listen to them now
A member of the band could just have been anyone, you could become a Crass member by claiming you are one, that's all it took. Furthermore, what is "the real deal" about someone sending xeroxed copies of pamphlets to fanboys? That's not real but lazy as fuck. Every youth center does that. If they would have been the real deal they would still be around, doing their thing. After all their music was simply shit. At least the message had some merit but it was drowned in a series of fucking retarded noisiness
their attitude was already in my head , they keep it there :-)
I saw them play a school assembly hall in 1980
Crass were beyond Punk. they were a genre all of their own.
fuck, i love their guitar sounds. so damn unique. nobody has been able to duplicate the sounds they made. i blows my god damn mind 4 decades later still
BeeBaa Fuzz pedal played in such a cool way
not true.
@@tehf00n how so?? who has duplicated it??
@@albertorkenbjorken me and dozens of other music producers who like to emulate or cover other stuff. Also Steve Ignorant did on his latest tour.
By the way... the odds of you being online a year later for this comment as I wrote it are crazy. I love that shit :D
@@tehf00n i follow steve on social media and i haven't heard any guitarist scab that he has had sound anything remotely close to their sound.. i saw them on the last supper tour as well and no.. it didn't sound like their sound.. i would love to hear the stuff you made because i don't believe it.
One of the most original bands in rock history.
it's a good credit for John Peel to invite the Crass, an anarchopunk band being hated and disliked by many people n the press in the UK, at the time, to play on his radio show!!! He was a conscientious person, RIP. As for us, we will always love the Crass, to the end of our lives!!!!!
Definitely !
Maybe at some stage you might love them enough to get their name right. There’s no definite article, it’s not “The Crass”, it’s just “Crass”.
@@simonmoore2380 how old are you??? Definitely “, I fell in love with Crass” 3 decades ago. By having complete vinyl records, cds, live tapes by them, I suppose you’re not the first neither the last to dictate me how to write them.....
RIP ,,, @,,, ?
@@joachimpeiper8076 I’m 57. And I think you’ll find the first people to dictate that their name is written as “Crass” were, oddly enough, Crass. Sorry if it’s too complicated for you. Muppet.
John peel was a legend in the music industry and if he didn't play this kind of thing we most likely wouldn't of had the chance to listen to thease great bands, god bless you John peel.
God bless wtf🤣 but john peel is a legend. And crass arewhat this so called movement punk is all about. My fav group eva.😎
Agreed....festive 50.
I dig Mr peel as much as the next, but most of us were following the bands before he recorded them. No offense just feel the scene was strong with or without him. We are all one
We wouldn't of had a chance? U trippin
We don't bless from god...why would you be into crass a want to bless someone with god shit....it's fucking crap...on every level....break free from it....
such an underrated Rhythm section they had some great bass lines & the military drumming worked so well.
Lyndsey Franklin your not wrong lyndsay, put some good quality headphones on turn up the volume and you really get the unique and unmistakable beauty of crass. A first. They are so much better musicians than one thinks. Listen to stations for example Desire, walls, they were purposely keeping the sound raw. But I bet they could have made records of superb quality. But choose to keep it as far away from the main stream as possible. With penny's military drumming. It's all beautiful. Look at the last guitar solo at the end of DON'T GET CAUGHT, and that's a 20 second glimpse into how good they could play. THE MOST IMPORTANT BAND OF A GENERATION. Kind loving helpful and friendly. That's CRASS
the bass playing kicks fuckin' ASS!!!!
I LOVE PLAYING ALONG TO STATIONS OF THE CRASS ON THE BASS! SUCH A FUN & GREAT ALBUM TO JAM ALONG TO!!
CRASS music on headphones is serious potent psychedelia. Guitar sounds and stuff.
@@itwontcomeout5678 he lives with my sister in Harlow
Crass. If only we'd listened.
This is punk rock. An honest work of art from John Peel and Crass.
My brother brought home a Crass record in about 1981. I was 14 and my brother 15. We were both hard core Clash fans. Like Stanalist level Clash fans. ONLY WE KNOW THE TRUTH. After contemplation, we were both like, 'Fuck. Crass is even better.' :)
2020 Crass are more important than they have ever been, seeing people given up thier rights so easily, Frightning.
WOW! Thank for uploading. These recordings sound fantastic. Fair play to John Peel for giving airplay to stuff that was completely ignored everywhere else. I grew up in Ireland and my friend who lived just a hop and a skip away had a great stereo and tuner that would pick up Peels show without any interference it was equivalent to tuning into a very distant planet. God bless you Mr Peel.
6 of us hitch hiked across UK..in 1980, to lot's of gigs. Went to see Steve Igs "Slice of Life" last week, truly fantastic. ( Sept - 2016 ).
My best day in 5 years of secondary school was the morning I received a letter from Crass, written by Gee, in a black fountain pen, with loads of high quality Crass badges(pins) , stencils and info.I was on cloud 9 going to school that day ! Sadly never saw Crass as I was too young and lived in Dublin but have seen Steve Ignorant on The Last Supper Tour and last September too.Steve and band were lethal with Carol Hodge incredible singing Eve and Joy's songs.Steve still unreal almost 50 years on.If they come to play anywhere near you,beg, steal borrow, but do not miss.Mindblowing !!! ❤
The thing to remember is that Crass were ordinary people. I went to the the pub one night with some of the fun people from Dirt while Pete Wright from Crass and Annie Anxiety recorded "pub noises" for the next Crass album. We all took the piss out of them for being so fixated. It was weird.
I saw crass twice,1980 and 1981i was 19 or 20 ,I'm 60 now banned from the Roxy my fave song,but money don't stop Steve playing shepherd bush empire for bigger money,we all gotta grow up sooner or later😏
Not sure how many times Steve played O2 venues,but once is too often imo.Punk is dead.
@@GraemeSmith-kd5eb That's unfair Graeme, the old boy is struggling like the rest of us, and doing something about it. Hope you are having as much fun as he is.
@@tonykelly2919 It was a bit strong in the sober light of day.I'll try and edit it.
Quite possibly the greatest Folk band of all time?
Learned a lot from them. Basically: think for yourself. That included disagreeing with some of the things they said, of course - but I'm sure they would have been open for discussing my and their views. If only I had been able to see them live. But hey, their albums (and the sleeves) have helped me a lot. Great band.
Une pure merveille que j'écoute depuis 40 ans
Most of the John Peel sessions from Maida Vale are good but this is one of the best and oddly I missed this at the time even though I religiously listened and recorded to cassette and then copied the best to another cassette tape.. Analog 'file sharing' 😊
One of the best bands ever and still played on my turntable regularly after 40 years 🤪
Same sir ✊☮🔥🩵
Me too.. And the original vinyl not the Penny remastered stuff...
CR(A)SS SONGS ARE BURNED IN MY SKULL PERMANENTLY FROM EARLY ON IN MY TEEN YEARS
'Mother' still gets me today.
same
Same here.
As long as you know what it's about
@@TerryRyan-xs7fwLyrics makes it clear.
As an album opener, it's right up there with 'Sometimes' from Rattus, I think - emotionally devastating in a way that casts a shadow over the remaining album.
I still love these guys. Really meant what they were saying. Inteligent lyrics :-) LEGENDS.
inteligent ?
more intelligent than you(th)
+Stephen I think you mean inteligent
Well I never , this is how we know most anarchy is just a fucking plastic pose... When fuckers try to demean a gadge just cos he spelt a word wrong. Except it isn't wrong it's just different. The entire English language is Magik. Magik designed to fuck with us all. Why do you suppose we 'Spell' words ?!!?
It's our duty to fuck with the English language as much as possible. You can start by misssspelling words when its still obvious what the words are.
No though...Pedantic asshole-ary trumps anarchy everyday. You people lost summat over the years. Go back in time and retune yerselves.
Ⓐ THERE IS NO AUTHORITY BUT YOURSELF Ⓐ
BIG fan of sex pistols/damned /clash etc 1977, used to listen to john peel religiously and heard all these other new groups, it was a time that anybody with a guitar /drumkit with an oppinion/attitutude could get together and let their feelings be known.Some were shite but most were good in their own way ,HAPPY DAYS..
awesome , they made me think beyond what I was thinking :-)
Still the best band EVER!!!
Love this version of G's song... this session seriously deserves a proper release
Yep 🫎😵💫✊🔥☮🩵
This is my favorite recording of crass. Sounds awesome. My favorite ancho band by far
What a powerful explosive session! They fucking meant it alright, the bbc wouldn't have known what the fuck hit them with this broadcast!!!!
This was broadcast after 10pm by DJ John Peel who is a legend for bringing bands on from obscurity to his show from1970s onwards. I heard this set on Peel and is probably on one of my many cassettes of mine somewhere. It's a meme that people taped the top20 show (i did at times) but the ones that knew the good music, taped Peel shows. The BBC management/board were posh oldies who took no interest after 8pm as long as they didn't hear about it. Peel got noticed occasionally but was loved so much by so many generations that a whole radio station, BBC 6 Music, was created in a way to continue the type of work he did. Sadly Peel is no longer with us.
At the time I couldnt stop playing their music.Ah fond memories. The punk nights tuesday thursday and Sundays.
Where else would you hear Crass...and others ...God Bless John Peel
First seen crass at the mayflower club in belvue Manchester about 1980
same here , poison girls and zounds played as well.
First time for me was the 100 Club in London with Poison Girls and Flux. 80 or 81? Probably 81.
just something else seeing crass live i were lucky to see them many times over the early eighties hebbden bridge been one stand out gig well they played in the day then at night just killer?legends??
So fKNg good. Hitch hiked across the UK with friends , to follow these.
This is fantastic!
Superb. Thanks for uploading
Heard Bloody Revolutions in 1980 and was hooked,brilliant band saw them only once though at The Triad Bishops Stortford shortly before it burnt down,CD`s often get played in the car even to this day,and yes on full blast.....HAPPY DAYS.
Crass a band or movement. Whatever they were. They changed my life fore sure. Raised my awareness as a kid of how the world works from an early age. I wont ever forget that. I wish the anger and fight was even greater with these words these days.
Bristol had a massive following all things punk. Crass was no exception. 84 was an interesting year and one that I’ll never forget!! 🤜🤛
wow
thanks for sharing
Broadcast on my 13th birthday ,saw them in an upstairs of a boozer just over Putney bridge the same year , amazing atmosphere.
the white horse was there as well
@@tallpaul106 wow nice one a mate at school ( st marks) Fulham his dad ran it at the time 👍🏼🇬🇧🍀
i got the pub wrong was the white lion i think they supported uk subs
@@tallpaul106 oh ok I had to leave after crass as I was young brilliant though all black flags banners ect punks on cider and glue all over the place ,I later went on to play drums in lots of different post punk bands playing the Clarendon basement bar king's head Putney ( Fulham really) before Putney bridge,played at the new marquee supporting sham 69 , Charlie Harper came up after and gave us a pat on the back ect lovely bloke,turns out where I am now a mate of mine is proper good mates with Charlie,small world mate 🇬🇧🍀👍🏼
It's really moving to hear the account of the Moors murders, as a first time listener this sealed the deal for me!
Remember the days when you could occasionally catch free speech on the radio???
one word - Groundbreaking.
Stunning!
John Peel, you gift from God.
Eeeerr....let's not bring imaginary gods into this...that's what crass is about...acknowledgement that indoctrinated shit like that is irrelevant
CRASS WERE CLASS.
I'm thirty years older but they still make SENSE!
yeah chap to u n me both the mochican is gone but the attitude remains
me too
They make more sense now , the elites don't even try to be covert these days.
They will make sense for as long as corruption, greed, exploitation and war exist which don't seem to be going anywhere anytime soon.. The darkest sides of human nature which have always existed..
Whether you like their music or not the message will always resonate to any sane person opposed to greed, corruption and a lack of empathy
holy crap cap this gets me SO PUMPED!
My goodness ! Where have I been since 1980 ??
Excellent!
PEEL SESSIONS was great radio program !! I love it. and this straight natural real sound.!!!
Fantastic.
Still tattooed on my shoulder
Imagine your surprise.
51 now seen them in Rochdale 1980 benifit for deeply vale,it's the only gig I can remember from my youth blew me away.
wow! Im from Rochdale (for last 15 years anyway) where did they play? I saw em in Digbeth- Birmingham and Aigbeth-Liverpool in an old Police Station! Fantastic! At the time i was living on a peace camp at Burtonwood missle base near Warrington, great times
They played a shitty place,, upstairs I think, good gig but not as good as the mayflyer gigs, just made it into my best ever top four gigs
Saw them at Rochdale in club with palm trees!
always great to her this session
I saw Crass and Poison Girls on Hastings pier in, I think, 1981. A bunch of us went down on the coach from SE London.
Jolly Boys Anarchy Outing? ;) I'm SE London. Eltham? ...so did you know Colin and Paco etc from Conflict?
@@hopebgood The late Paco used to drink in the Dew Drop Inn in New Cross, used to see him there quite a lot, had Conflict - Conclusion album on the jukebox whilst playing pool, such happy happy days under a haze of many snakebite and blacks.
@@gavinbuck8130 This is where my memory lets me down. The Dew Drop. I remember going to two places nearby, both in New Cross. One was some pub where all the old black guys playing dominoes mingled with punky types and then there was a huge club nearby that we'd all go to later. Which one was the Dew Drop?
Crass. Amazing punk band. Saw them a few times. Once at lasdwade. That was class. The feeding of the 5000. 👍
Saw the band several times in the 80's, fucking brillant
Great band clever and know what they doing songs timeless and protest and meaningful to this present day Steve ignorant plays crass and was great to watch in Birmingham
WOW!!!...
lyrics still ring true today, nothings changed
great souvenirs!
Brilliant Peel..long live his work
still fuked kids tho
@@rodneyhull9764 I think you're confused mate.
@@gavinbuck8130 afraid not.
Nothing has come close to them since.
Germs did it before and better imo. Couple other bands too but thats just personal opinion. Not trying to diss Crass or anything theyre great!
@@ericks9979 Germs were good but no-one did it like Crass
@@ericks9979 lol...germs were just a bunch of junkies. crass were serious.
@@squeaka67 only darby was, they also get a bad rap for being terrible musicians but by (GI) they were pretty tight for what they were. Darby had vicious vocals amazing lyrics, Pat Smear is pretty talented, Lorna Doom had some solid bass lines, and Don Bolles was an insane drummer. They definately made an impact on the scene.
@@ericks9979 Germs the best west coast band
Brilliant
better production than their early stuff. Penis Envy is such a great production.
Penis Envy is still a great album
That's because it was a Peel session, so they got to use the BBC's studios (and producer). BBC probably had far better equipment than Southern Studios where Crass usually recorded.
Never knew Crass played a Peel session....
Remember when i was told t pay no more than 99p for my crass album still got love tham❤❤❤❤
How much you pay these days for" Steve ignorant and friends at shepherds bush???? 99p🤔
John Peel made me who I am.
He certainly played a part in mine, as a youngster listening to an AM radio under my bed covers at night to later start recording Peel when I got my first FM radio/cassette, I wanted Peely to be my dad.
There will never be anyone else like John Peel, as a promoter of the obscure and hard to find, and as a human being.
brilliant
Was expecting to Hear a shitty version of this session,like i used to have Early 2000...incredibles that the original masters finally surfaced...crass at their best.Fabuleux...
Interesting i love it
Kurt kurdt on youtube
The best !!
Sweet!
Coolest band ever!
I took some acid once. As a joke my friend gave me a tape of Feeding of the 5000. Initially I thought it was going to send me on a bad trip. But the opposite happened. 30 years later I still say Crass is the best punk band ever. Dead Kennedys is a close second, and Lawnmower Deth did one of the best punk albums called "Billy" but it gets no respect. Corporate punk music sold in the charts always made me feel like I was "being cheated" as Lydon asked. But Crass never did that. Authentic and authoritarian over itself.
Ha, interesting. I'm in my fifties and for me Crass are my favourite of all the bands from that era and also, Dead Kennedys stand out as very unique and special. Best wishes
I was tripping with a friend on acid and I put Crass on but he couldn't take it! I was jumping around the room because they are tight & 😊funky as fck..
God Bless.. John Peel..Thats all....
even when he fuked kids ?
@@rodneyhull9764 lufc
"...if thats the bus ride,I think I'd rather WALK..."
Genius
Watching from Greece.hi everybody.
PUNKS NOT DEAD.
it died in 1984.
Got to see these songs get life once again, at punk rock bowling. The year fat Mike said the shit. 😂😂😂😂😂
CrAss were and still so revealent today as they were then in 79--83 I'm glad I got to see them play . down at Elephant fair..🏴😎 A.N.O.K. and peace no war but class war 🏴 Fuck the system /
Amazing band any punk that doesn't like these obviously doesn't understand they had some great tunes(wasn't noise) great bass lines... They lived it as they talked it.. Even though Steve has sold out & made loads of money on World tour doing all Crass songs / big venues / security etc.. They are planning something for 2020 even though it won't be full reunion with original members that's all I know at the moment any one have more info?.
Sold out ? Explain .
@@jimmytgoose476 the original motif of Crass records was to remain the same price no matter what happened to inflation (they often has a sticker on saying "dont buy this record for more than £1.50 or whatever).
They are new age anarcho-hippys, the communal types. The other pretentious people in that scene would say he sold out for making money. But let's face it. We are past that bullshit and the world needs Crass more than ever.
@jimmytgoose476 true, course he hasn't sold out, bloke can't survive on fresh air for fk sake, this "sold out" bull💩 annoys me
Good session. I tend to prefer their sessions and demos to their albums. It might be that Crass are good in small doses...
I didn't know that Crass would have been invited by John Peel.
Just another crass comment passing through!
Viva Anarchia
I thought it skipped or jumped during Bomb, but it was probably the beeb censoring the word "fucking"
To all the haters..I love crass x
👌
verdadero espíritu punk. ¿por qué no se hacen canciones tan creativas hoy en día? canciones moralinas de la pobre izquierda, Dios salve al punk
Who plays the piano in the intro????? This is real art. Crass had always made art.... If anyone says that this Band didn't affect their music ear, they would be liars- except for all the anarchy lyrics. Even Skinheads were going to their gigs in their early years. It is not matter of anarchy or Nationalism(instead), but matter of sth different giving you something new..... Crass was real Art
It's George Tarbuck
Definitely anarchic .brilliant for it's time
They played a miners' benefit gig in Aberdare back in 1985 (I think it was) - and attracted a hardcore cohort of London skins alaong too. Ro'n i'n cachu brics.
Yep, i was supposed to go, i had to pull out last minute, my friends went to the gig, it kicked off big time that night.
Was the last gig crass ever played that night.
LOLL!
OGs...
😍
Reunite!
This moves me……………. Anok 2u2
mother .... MOTHER ....... saw this band back in the day in a packed out club in Rochdale ... perhaps youth culture is more 'sophisticated' now .... it certainly isnt more daring ,,, dangerous etc .... in fact , it makes me fucking yawn
They were great times and pretty dangerous too, with boneheads ambushing us outside The Moonlight Club, West Hampstead and football fans smashing up a gig at The Conway Hall, Red Lion Square. It was all worth it as to be in that era and attending Crass gigs will be something never repeated in a world of Auto Tune. Make Love Not War
I was there . we got the young kids up on the stage to keep them safe , was madness. Yep all gigs are so tame now :-)
asswipe.