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110-page 8x8" Book Crass ANOK4U2 "As you may know if you move in certain circles, Crass was a collective of English punks active between the late 1970s and 1984. Some of them had long been involved in certain creative fringes of the hippie movement in the previous decade. Anarchists and pacifists, they didn’t have an easy life: from the very beginning, they had to fight hard to avoid being silenced. In 1985, they were labeled "an association operating on the fringes of the law" and convicted in court for producing "material contrary to public decency." When I talked about them during meetings in the presence of certain old-school anarchists, some would raise an eyebrow, and others would be scandalized—I think they saw me as just some clueless loser with no future, but no. And Crass, too, seemed like just another punk band, but no. It seemed like everything ended in 1984, but in some ways, that’s when it all began. In ANOK4U2, I’ve compiled their lyrics, properly translated. There are also three interviews from different eras that I found interesting and, in some ways, revealing. I hope reading these texts can be inspiring. Just as it happened to me when I was twenty, I hope it can plant certain ideas in your mind, raise doubts, fuel questions, and push some of today’s young people to take control of their own lives." - Marco Pandin |
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