Crass

    Crass, a British anarchist band, was founded in 1977 by Jeremy Ratter (Penny Rimbaud) and Steve Williams (Steve Ignorant). The band was said to be defined by its "barely structured music and for the communal lifestyle its members lived in support of their politics." 

    Crass' logo represents multiple contradictions. The symbol began as a snake wrapped around a cross. The final version above contains a christian cross, swastika, and Union Flag. The flag is combined with a two headed snake consuming itself to present" the idea that power will eventually destroy itself". This makes the band's anarchist views evident. Various lyrics include, "The system might have got you but it won't get me" and "Be the passive observer, sit back and look at the world they destroyed and the peace that they took.

Ask no questions, hear no lies and you'll be living in the comfort of a fool's paradise." With lyrics like those, Crass proves to be tremendously effective as an anarchist band fueling the anarchist movement.

 I will further expound upon Crass' powerful lyrics containing anarchist messages in future posts. 

                                                                                                                -Hannah Kelley

Sources:

http://crassahistory.wordpress.com/2010/09/06/15/

http://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/d11374

Chumbawamba

When thinking of bands that have anarchistic views, one of the first bands that comes to my mind is Chumbawamba. Their 1994 album titled Anarchy is probably the album where the band addressed many social problems homophobia, strikes, and most importantly fascism. This band is considered to be in the genre of "Anarcho-Punk", which is defined as punk rock that promotes anarchism. Here is a link to a video of one of the songs that talks about the issues of authority. Chumbawamba-Liberation (it's kind of quiet, the lyrics are below the video in the description) This band is most likely known for their song Tubthumping that was released in 1997 which is an upbeat, sing a long, kind of song, but most of the band's songs are focused on issues they find serious and try to promote social change through anarchist ideals.

-Megan Keane