CRASS
The record label of the Anarchist Punk band of the same name, Crass
released most of its products in the early '80s. A couple of singles
came out in 1979, however, and thus qualified it for this site. Those
singles were Crass's own, 'Reality Asylum' (521984), and Honey Bane's, 'You
Can Be You' (521984/1). The numbering represented a countdown to the
year 1984: 1980 records were prefixed 421984, 1981 ones 321984, and so on, until
1984, when Crass split up and their label closed down. The company
was operated as a non-profit-making organization, with ideology, rather than
money, being what mattered. Rather unexpectedly, a record by Captain
Sensible, 'This Is Your Captain Speaking' (321984-5; 1981), can be found
in-between the more political releases by the likes of the Poison Girls and Flux
Of Pink Indians.
Copyright 2006 Robert Lyons.