Crass were an English punk rock band, they were formed in 1977. They promoted anarchy as a political ideology, a way of living and as sort of a resistance movement. Crass are the first band compared to other punk bands to properly promote anarchism, for them it is a way of life.
Crass were the ones who made anarcho-punk very popular throughout the punk subcultures. They advocated direct action, environmentalism and animal rights. Crass did everything for themselves such as graphics, sound collages, albums and films. They critisised mainstream culture hugely and decided to tackle this by promoting things such as feminism, anti-war, anti-racism and anti globalism.
Crass practiced “direct action”. They did this by spray-painting graffiti messages around London underground (using stencils), advertising on billboards, organising squats and sorting out political action. They also decided they would dress in black with military style clothing with a black backdrop behind them which contained many of their “icons of authority”. These being things such as The Christian cross, The Union Flag, The Swastika and an Ouroboros.
They were very influential on the punk culture itself and were also considered to be involved with the “art punk” genre. This being because of their use of tape collages, graphics, spoken word releases and improvisation.
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