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The only anarchy inspired musical screeds that are worth a damn at this point – or ever – was the stuff spilling out of England during the late seventies and early eighties. There were blue eyed and blond haired retreads a bit later on in the decade, but for the most part were average or inconsistent. Of course, Crass is probably the group most often associated with this kind of thing – as well it should be. While the band didn’t work to be heard by a wide audience, which could actually be thought as antithetical to the whole point of politicized music, Crass did form a record label and disseminated music it like which sported a message. Preaching to the choir, then as now, though, seems like nothing too distant from being a cheerleader.