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Steve ignorant the rest is propaganda5/20/2023 ![]() Ignorant’s life story punches holes through those perpetual allegations. Throughout the band’s life (and in the quarter-century since) Crass were routinely labelled as ‘middle-class hippies’ as refugees from the counter-culture of an earlier era and as privileged interlopers in the punk arena. The result is an engaging and revealing read, offering numerous fresh insights into the ‘Crass story’, and a very personal coming-of-age tale which brings alive the era of Ignorant’s own childhood and adolescence. More than twenty-five years on from the winding up of that band, Ignorant has authored an autobiography recounting his life before, during and after his time as a member of Crass. Although the role of singer was shared amongst many of the musicians in the band, Ignorant’s signature vocal style did so much to define Crass’s unmistakable and innovative (though since much copied) early sound. Steve Ignorant, one of the founder members of the anarchist punk band Crass, wrote, recorded, toured and performed with the band throughout the eight intense years of its existence in the turbulent times of early Thatcherism. ![]() ![]() As promised some time ago, this is my review of The Rest is Propaganda, from Freedom 16 July 2011 ![]()
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