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skip to content home about older posts new crass a history site posted on june 7 2016 1 comment i have created a new site for crass a history hopefully it is easier to navigate than the current wordpress site i will still be updating things here and the new site too including interviews and images please let me know what you think http crassahistory com 1 comment posted in uncategorized dirt object refuse reject abuse posted on march 30 2016 leave a comment crass records 321984 6 recorded mixed at southern studios sept 1981 and produced by penny rimbaud bass vomit design dada nana drums fox engineer john loder music by lyrics by dirt producer penny rimbaud rhythm guitar lou voice deno voice lead guitar gxist gary remembers from the dirt web site expression the lyrics come from within from things around us that happen to us that we see like most of the releases on the label members of crass were directly involved with the record both with layout and with studio production on the cover crime and war scene photos are juxtaposed with a collage of photos of band members as a bit of lighthearted fun against the backdrop of doom and gloom also for the first time the black and white skull image that would become associated with the band as a logo appeared gary the text was done by me the collage was done by andy crass the skull on the records which was also used as the bands logo was painted by an artist and best friend of the band leo many people have submitted to us what they feel it represents no comment the recording itself was produced by penny rimbaud and engineered by john loder at southern gary recording was weird never been in a studio before it was good but also disturbing in the sense that what may work live on a stage sounds dreadful when you break down the individual instruments coupled with the fact that our equipment was the cheapest you could possibly get and i seem to recall having to do my vocals over and over working with crass was fun inspirational and laid back southern studios had a relaxed atmosphere and nothing was rushed there was no obvious concept of time leave a comment posted in dirt the thatchergate tapes posted on march 14 2016 1 comment in 1983 crass produced a recording purporting to carry details of a secret telephone conversation between mrs thatcher and president reagan the conversation was produced by going through many hours of recordings of thatcher and reagan and splicing them together to make a plausible though low fi personal phone conversation between thatcher and reagan discussing the the sinking of the argentinian ship belgrano and exocet missile strike on the british ship hms sheffield from the story of crass after they d recorded sheep farming with eve s sparkling imper sonation of thatcher an idea took seed she sounded so much like thatcher remarks penny rimbaud without even trying that hard so the initial idea was that we should get an actor who sounds like reagan crass knew an american actor john sharian perhaps best know for his role as the replacement robot in red dwarf and per suaded him to record a dialogue with eve as thatcher pete suggested he tried to do it as an edit in those pre digital days this was a mammoth task of physically cutting and re assembling tapes of speeches word by word it was the most extraordinary piece of editing i ve everseen remarksrimbaud but obviously the sort of stuff the kgb were up to all the time because that s what the pentagon thought it was the tape was done in absolute secrecy at southern we worked with one engineer the tapes were taken to his house every night and stuck away no one knew about them it was quite a dodgy thing to be doing really when it was completed pete went off to europe to distribute the tape in the most anonymous way possible and nothing more was heard letters released in 2014 by the national archive on the crass regan thatcher tapes penny recalls in vice magazine thatchergate we wanted to come up with something which might get rid of thatcher it was just after the falklands charade when she was about to get re elected we were told something we knew could seriously dent the thatcher empire allegedly the navy had allowed hms sheffield to be blown out of the water by not informing them that an incoming exocet missile had been picked up on the radar the other three boats in the grouping were informed and took defensive action why because one of the ships was the invincible and on board was prince andrew given that the information was classified we decided the only way to make it public was to fake a telephone conversation between thatcher and reagan we edited bits and pieces from speeches made by the two of them creating a conversation which included all the details of the sheffield we then sent out tapes to all the major european newspapers but nothing happened thatcher was re elected but then six months down the line the us state department announced that they were in possession of kgb tapes produced to destroy democracy as we know it it soon became obvious that it was our tape they were talking about it was frightening a bunch of anarchist jokers sparking off a world war anyway the same kgb story eventually broke in the british press and it wasn t long before the observer got in touch with us asking whether we knew anything about the tapes it was unbelievable the whole operation had been carried out in absolute secrecy but somehow or other they d managed to pin it onto us after a gruelling day of negotiations we agreed to admit responsibility if they would print the sheffield details in their article which true to their word they did we did our best to expose the story but even now it s an issue which has never really been given full and proper investigation 1 comment posted in thachergate exit stencil card number 12 posted on march 9 2016 leave a comment exit stencil postcard number 12 photo from stop the city 1983 leave a comment posted in gee vaucher postcard lack of knowledge grey posted on march 5 2016 leave a comment crass records 121984 6 a1 another sunset a2 girl in a mask b1 radioactive man b2 we re looking for people bass uncredited paul stevens design cover design photography by dada nana lack of knowledge drums uncredited philip barker engineer john loder guitar uncredited tony barber producer penny rimbaud songwriter uncredited chiefy tracks a1 b1 b2 daniel drummond paul stevens philip barker tracks a2 tony barber vocals uncredited daniel drummond written by written and directed by lack of knowledge recorded 6th 7th august 1983 at southern studios london some note about the recording from the bands web site in the summer of 1983 the band finally made their way down to southern studios to record the grey 7 for crass records continuing off from their debut single lack of knowledge found ways of remaining melodic and memorable while exploring new musical ideas drummond s vocals are deeper and less typically punk a style that would even further develops on subsequent releases needless to say joy division comparisons were to follow there are quite a variety of tempos and rhythms over just four songs lyrically the record is a mixture of paranoia and nuclear anxiety using ambiguity to their advantage the band wound up sounding more like a crass band then they realized the design is a collection of photos detailing architecture around certain parts of the city becoming what s known as a psychogeographic map the concept developed as a way of combining subjective and objective modes of study by the situationists in 1958 is a means of defining the geographical design of an environment and it s implications on the psyche of it s inhabitants while the term doesn t imply it historically all psychogeographic maps have been of urban settings the collection of photos on grey of london s council estates vividly depicts how the architecture as well as city planning helped to increase alienation and despair promotional badge produced by better badges leave a comment posted in lack of knowledge semi detached the films of gee vaucher posted on march 5 2016 leave a comment semi detached is a collection of films made by gee vaucher that were show along side crass during their live shows on tv monitors gee made these collages of video by in camera edits filming straight from an old black and white tv at dial house gee interviewed at in all our decadence her new york show states we thought it needed some imagery i started working with mick duffeild he was working with super 8 and i was working with video because video had suddenly been invented so thats wheni picked that up because it was cheap and you could re use the film we had a lot of imagery on stage in terms of the banners we had a screen at the front of the stage for the super 8 then we had i put two big monitors on either side of the stage which would have the films i made and their would be a loop film on stage and then there would be a tv on stage running what ever was on tv that night coronation street or whatever so there was a lot going on they just fitted with the collages i just started filming off the tv there is nothing there that has not been see and i just cut it inside the camera i would just choose one of the songs and think i ll illustrate that originally released on vhs semi detached has been reissue on dvd by exit stencil press you can get it here cleaned up from the original vhs and issued accompanied with a booklet leave a comment posted in gee vaucher video exit stencil card number 11 posted on march 3 2016 leave a comment exit stencil postcard number 11 titled still life with nude gee later released this image as part of the pax britannica box set of art from artists including banksy billy childish and jamie reid leave a comment posted in uncategorized penis envy posted on march 2 2016 1 comment crass records 321984 1 recorded at southern studios london dec 1980 design by crass at exitstencil press b6 is an unlisted track which was originally released as a flexi disc 321984 1f cover sleeve front what vision is left and is anyone asking no more than â 2 25 crass penis envy run out groove etchings side a in her hands she has seduction you ve heard it all before side b in his hands he has destruction make love not war the third crass lp penis envy was a radical departure from the first two albums and as such represents something of a milestone it was released the same week as the loving flexi scam proving crass were no idiots in the promotion department penis envy is the misuse of one of freud s more absurd theories as described by penny rimbaud to a radio interviewer in 1983 when we first started we were seen as a male boot band and this record certainly puts that straight that our sensitivities are much wider than just that element in this respect penis envy could be thought of as crass first truly self conscious recording having had plenty of time to reflect on the position they found themselves in penis envy is the sound of the band trying to achieve something tangible and pre conceived the band heralded penis envy as their big feminist statement though in truth it covered a broader range of topics and with considerably more generosity to men than other feminist acts of the time indeed it could be argued that the real theme of the record is love itself the cover fea tured a packaged rubber doll none too subtly juxtaposed with back cover artwork of an animal being cut up in a slaughterhouse and a collage of women in bondage sounds review other pressings of penis envy have slightly different covers uk release pay no more than 3 00 plastic dreams plastic instead of the pay no more blank side no more than 6 59 dollars no more than poster update dec 2012 penis envy japanese release 1982 saw penis envy released in japan through a licensing deal with rough trade japan rtl 25 rtl 25 b 1982 this pressing is from from tokuma japan and the cover has a pink obi penis envy test pressing test press of penis envy pressed by waddell co i always though it was rare to see a white label or test press of crass records as they kept costs down but over the last few years quite a few have made it on to the auction sites 1 comment posted in crass penis envy exit stencil card number 10 posted on march 2 2016 1 comment exit stencil postcard number 10 1 comment posted in crass gee vaucher postcard reality asylum japanese single on rough trade japan from 1981 posted on march 1 2016 3 comments i originally touched on this release in the reality asylum single release details but i ve found some new images around the net that now allow me to flesh out this post after the initial release of the single and had been an indie chart hit rough trade approached the band to see if they wanted to release the single in japan penny remembers rough trade asked if they could release it and we thought why not i think gee did some extra stuff for the sleeve they did all the work we didn t have much to do with it numbers released vary between 1000 5000 single with poster note the rough trade single slip cover unfolded sleeve japanese idents on single sleeve demo version with demo stamp manufactured by japan records inc tokyo distributed by tokuma musical industries co ltd 3 comments posted in reality asylum older posts search it search for recent entries new crass a history site dirt object refuse reject abuse the thatchergate tapes exit stencil card number 12 lack of knowledge grey semi detached the films of gee vaucher exit stencil card number 11 penis envy exit stencil card number 10 reality asylum japanese single on rough trade japan from 1981 links all the mad men records andy t anthrax crass facebook crass shop at southern records crass the second sitting crassarkive exitstencil press honey bane lack of knowledge mdc poison girls official web site steve ignorant steve ignorant s slice of life the cravats the hippies now were black zounds blog at wordpress com blog at wordpress com 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