THE STORY OF CRASS George Berger Crass was the anarcho-punk face of a revolutionary movement founded by radical thinkers and artists Penny Rimbaud, Gee Vaucher and Steve Ignorant. When punk ruled the waves, Crass waived the rules and took it further, putting out their own records, films and magazines and setting up a series of situationist pranks that were dutifully covered by the worldʼs press. Not just another iconoclastic band, Crass was a musical, social and political phenomenon.

Commune dwellers who were rarely photographed and remained contemptuous of conventional pop stardom; their members explored and finally exhausted the possibilities of punk-led anarchy. They have at last collaborated on telling the whole Crass story, giving access to many never-before seen photos and interviews.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR George Berger has written for Sounds, Melody Maker and Amnesty International amongst others. His previous book was a biography of the SUBJECT CATEGORY Levellers: State Education/No University. MUSIC/POLITICS

PRICE ACCOLADES $24.95 “Lucid in recounting their dealings with freaks, coppers and punks the bandʼs voices predominate, and thatʼs for the best.” ISBN —The Guardian UK 978-1-60486-037-5 “Thoroughly researched ... chockful of fascinating revelations...it is, PAGE COUNT surprisingly, the first real history of the pioneers of anarcho-punk.” 304 —Classic Rock SIZE “They (Crass) sowed the ground for the return of serious anarchism in the 6 X 9 early eighties.”—Jon Savage, Englandʼs Dreaming FORMAT PAPERBACK

PUBLICATION DATE 10/01/09

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