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From 1978 to 1984, the seminal punk band Crass shook the music world down to its ideological roots, attacking hypocrisy and authoritarianism with little more than a fierce do-it-yourself attitude, a cutting sense of humour. At their height, without radio play, advertising or major label support, the band could sell 20,000 singles in a week. Their condemnation of Thatcher and the Falklands War, "How Does It Feel to Be Mother of 1,000 Dead," saw them discussed in Parliament. Then, as they had promised, the band split up – only to live on as a surprisingly efficient and effective activist art collective. Julie Travis reports. more >
[published 10/06/2002]
There was a time in America where you would hear a song on the radio, love it, and be afraid to walk away from the speaker for fear you would miss the DJ announcing who was performing. But with the media getting more homogenous and people turning to the internet for excitement, are those days over? Elijah Non Grata investigates. more >
[published 08/30/2001]
"Poses" shattered my envious vision of a modern Jim Morrison, replacing it with the reality - a brutally honest and even dangerous gay musician. more >
[published 07/22/2001]
At its most expansive and inclusive, hip-hop, like the Zapatista movement, extends to include anyone who is dispossessed. more >
[published 06/29/2001]
More than anything else, this is what's killed pop - a self-consciousness has crept in, a knowingness that's half decadent and half neurotic. more >
[published 06/22/2001]
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