Every Crass Album Ranked: Worst To Best

[@BurntDisc]

Which band should I do this with next? Seeing as though The Clash have been on the end of some crass statements I'm half tempted see how their discography compares. I've also gone down a bit of a Chumbawhamba rabbit hole as of late too...... I love music of all genres and will consider any suggestions that are a complete 180 to Crass. Ta

[@hjmilian]

Conflict (UK) it'll be hard to top The Ungovernable Force

[@Tomversal]

Big Black, with all their EPs included of course!

[@BurntDisc]

Theyre one of those bands that past me by somehow 🤦‍♂️ seems an appropriate time to listen ​@Tomversal

[@BurntDisc]

​@@hjmilian that's the only album I have of theirs... the mix frustrates me but it does have some great songs

[@hjmilian]

At least you have their best one. Another band to rank albums worst to best is SubHumAns (UK) especially that their early days was punk but later they crossover with Ska

[@ndSpaz]

I do like Yes Sir, I Will, it's my favourite by them.

[@BurntDisc]

What do you like about it? I'm so baffled 😂

[@johncataldo5529]

You are kidding, right?

[@fuckoffhoxo]

it's my fave too

[@famdouglas5198]

I still find myself whisteling What if I told you to fuck off on my way work

[@recycled_city]

@@BurntDiscmine too. It’s pure art, sound, and vitriol. I feel like it’s closer to Throbbing Gristle or other artistic noise from around the same time. There’s something really pure and uninhibited in it that few (if any) records before or since have touched. They abandoned all pretense of “music” and focused on direction. I can understand why it wouldn’t appeal to those just looking to tap their foot, but I find it their most enduring work and the one I’ve returned to again and again for nearly 30 years.

[@OriginsReborn]

17:42 My new English teacher Mr Nielson declared Punk was dead in September 1978 when he clapped eyes on me and my spikey hair for the first time. "Punk is dead Mason, you'll have to get that hair flattened or you'll be right out of fashion come Christmas!" ..he missed the point of it not being a fashion, or that changing my hair style wouldn't change what was in my head. Turned out to be a good bloke in the end, weirdly.

[@BurntDisc]

God bless Mr Nielson!

[@hjmilian]

I found a lot of Crass B Sides to be some of their best material, Big A, Little A is my favourite track, also Nagasaki Nightmare was highly creative.

[@BurntDisc]

Yeah big A little A is a lyrical masterpiece

[@VuotoPneumaNN]

Nagasaki Nightmare is a masterpiece.

[@Semprini537]

Agree. And first 3 albums

[@Jay-Vee]

Great video, thoroughly enjoyed it as I watched all the way through. Sounds like you have a lot of love for Pete, and rightly so! I don't like putting things in order, as to me it's like having to choose from so many that I feel guilty about deeming my favourite band's work inferior from one record to another, but of course we all skip certain tracks. So, unfortunately I can't choose a favourite song either, as there's so many and for different reasons, and depends on mood. Once again, great video though, you done a bang up job with it. I've subscribed for more.

[@BurntDisc]

Pete is the man! Thanks for your kind words sir, love your channel keep up the great work 💪

[@joshmalone7258]

Dude thank you for finally saying what I've been thinking for years now, Pete Wright is such a phenomenal bassist, he completely blows my mind, absolutely the glue and secret sauce of the Crass sound, and definitely the most under rated bass player in all of punk.

[@BurntDisc]

I don't think Crass would've worked without him... where the hell did he disappear to?! Might have to do a follow up video to find out what happened to everyone

[@joshmalone7258]

@@BurntDisc Man a deep dive into the life of Pete Wright would be amazing!

[@tonyajm8289]

Unfortunately you'll find out they had a massive fallout. Pete Wright released a lot of internal emails detailing arguments within the band, mainly between him and Penny. Coincidently he released a solo album under the name Judas 2, very different from Crass stuff but worth a listen if you can find it.

[@BurntDisc]

@@tonyajm8289 wow I need to read all the drama! I think I'm gonna do a follow up video listening to everything mentioned in the comments... had a brief listen yesterday I can't believe that's Pete

[@jeffsims8270]

Grant Matthews from RUDIMENTARY PENI is also a highly underated bassist IMO!

[@janetordoff8587]

Has to be Feeding of the 5,000 for me. Epic

[@owenjnelson-fb9mg]

You should rank every apostles recording … singles, albums and tapes. That could take you a fair while and be very interesting!!

[@BurntDisc]

I'm ashamed to say I've not even heard the name apostles, let alone any music! Where's the best place to start?!

[@owenjnelson-fb9mg]

@@BurntDisc A bit of a joke comment as they released so much and much of it is unlistenable! But the first EP "Blow It Up Burn It Down Kick It Till It Breaks" while sounding like recorded in a garbage can is an anarcho punk classic! Second Dark Age is amazing but extremely lofi...but good lofi! The rest is some of the most disturbed controversial punk ever released...

[@BurntDisc]

@owenjnelson-fb9mg I don't mind a bit of lo fi! Nice one mate will give those a listen

[@davedennison7386]

Apostles are fucking amazing, though there is a lot of shit to wade thru..they're not down a rabbit hole but down a fuckin warren...academy 23 are fucking great...look back in hunger is a personal fave

[@rocket69218]

Christ is my favourite, I love the songs, the packaging (the original vinyl with the box) the book, the live stuff, I love the all the stuff in between the songs. It's pretty much the perfect Crass album imo, it feels like fully realised 'thing' and it's a great place to start if someone wanted to understand what Crass was all about.

[@BurntDisc]

Maybe it didn't resinate with me as much because I didn't have the packaging or nostaliga

[@jeffrice6403]

Glad that you credited Pete with being one of the things that really make them stand out from other bands. I recall listening to a cheap tape dub of "Feeding..." in the '90s and thinking it was a different band after "Fight War Not Wars". There's the quick noise piece ("Women") followed immediately by "Securicor", which really has a different feel from the rest of the album. His tracks would have made a great EP but they also fit in perfectly with the 18(!) songs on that record. Also, it's crazy that they considered "Feeding" to NOT be a full length album! It's easily as long as a Ramones LP!

[@BurntDisc]

Yeah it's cool how there's different mini bands within crass.... Steve crass, Pete crass, eve crass etc.

[@Moojingles_]

Yes sir I will is unironically my favourite of theirs, especially burying the hatchet! 😅 I just really like the pure anger in behind it, you can tell they really belive what they're saying...

[@BurntDisc]

I'm shocked at the yes sir love in the comments

[@laravelisbullschitt3281]

Pete Wright was the man… his trio of songs on feeding are probably my fave crass tracks ever, especially securicor. I downloaded the multitrack masters for feeding and it was a joy to just listen to his voclas and bass in isolation, absolute genius. Actually listening to pennys drums in isolation he really could play, wasn’t all just um cha um cha… lot of jazzy/swing flare going on I’m sure you’ve heard it but if not, another great crass song is Honey Bane - girl on the run, basically crass as a backup band for honey bane, Pete’s bass on it is just superb

[@BurntDisc]

Just had a listen... its pretty decent! Where did you download the multi tracks?! 😮

[@laravelisbullschitt3281]

@@BurntDisc they released the multitracks a while back, the entire album, think it’s a 16 track recording. They released it so people would remix it, and they’ve made albums of these remixes…for the most part they are awful, someone takes a shitty drum n bass drum loop and puts that over the song and cuts up the lyrics …. Didn’t see the point of it…. I don’t think you can still download it but possibly can, it was on their site. If you search google for CRASSWORDS REMIX PROJECT uou shoukd find the site. There’s a link to a Google drive with the stems but it looks empty…. I’ve got it saved on disc but it’s about 40GB

[@BurntDisc]

​@laravelisbullschitt3281 I think I've heard some of those versions on Spotify... very much a mixed bag of recordings Thanks for the tip will get on it 😊

[@TheDanielradio]

Really great! Makes me wanna take some crass albums for a spin. :) Lovin' the detailed reviews. Fave song... think I'll go for punk is dead. Hearing crass for the first time they felt dangerous I remember. Such piercing lyrics. Made they were the band that made me stop thinking that I didn't have to care about the messages the bands had in their songs.

[@TheDanielradio]

Why do you think Crass might regret bashing on The Clash so much? Or is it just having it in the white punks on hope song that you thought they might regret? :)

[@BurntDisc]

Cheers for the kind words sir, I often think 'what's the point in me making this' and it's comments like this that make me carry on

[@BurntDisc]

I have a feeling I've heard Steve Ignorant in interviews wax lyrical about how much he loves Joe Strummer and liked the clash and I think this song killed any relationship they may have had

[@alanknotts1844]

​@@TheDanielradioThey've never regretted it. It was a valid statement against how the Clash used RAR and how RAR used punk. They were right. The Ruts, TRB X-Ray Spex did more for RAR than the Clash ever did.

[@TheDanielradio]

@@alanknotts1844 Sorry I'm a bit out of the loop but you mean Rock against Racism? I know there were some successful gigs but I don't know too much about it.

[@notpub]

Best Crust includes 1-Crass 2-Subhumans 3-Aus Rotten 4-Rudimentary Peni 5-Flux of Pink Indians / Epileptics 6-Ambeix 7-Conflict 8-The Mob 9-Omega Tribe 10-Dirt and for easy listening ZOUNDS is must-have ♡♡♡♡♡ all

[@belsen777]

Tell me you’re 13, without telling me you’re 13….

[@user-vn1di4oq4w]

I dont think you know what "crust" is

[@coventrypunx1014]

@@user-vn1di4oq4wgive no Clues . That’s that know ,Know

[@notpub]

SUPERB VID!!❤❤❤ FINALLY someone who knows what they are talking about!!!

[@BurntDisc]

Cheers! 😃

[@TheMooCowReturns]

Great reviews, I pretty mooch agree, and I was listening them from the early 80's in high school, they were my band! Any chance you cud do something with Poison Girls too?

[@BurntDisc]

Cheers 😀 yeah I'll add them to my list of bands for potential videos...my 3 next ones are Subhumans, Ian Mackaye and Arctic monkeys

[@fredbloggs8362]

Oz has some great public radio where the presenters do all the groundwork and filter out a band’s catalog. There was a segment on Crass who I’d barely heard of and I was really impressed with the tracks I heard..

[@acrodave9287]

The funniest comment on Crass at the time was a cartoon showing a punk coming out of a record shop with the latest Crass album, throwing the record in the nearest bin and happily walking off reading the sleeve! A little harsh, but considering "Yes Sir, I Will", fairly understandable. For my taste, Penis Envy was musically the strongest, What the Fuck being truly haunting and claustrophobic, and Feeding of the Five Thousand was them at their most straightforward. I agree with Pete Wright being underrated, and he still complains that he never really achieved the chunky bass sound that he wanted. Crass were one of the few bands that deserve to be called "seminal", the only other band doing anything like them at the time in terms of pure independence were Prog band the Enid, whose albums were only available by mail order from the band itself. Great video!

[@BurntDisc]

Haha I would definitely do that with Yes Sir 😂 without the music it's a fantastic album... Nice will have to look up the Enid. Cheers for your comment mate 😊

[@notpub]

If you're looking for something funny, check out, "Bullsh*t Crass" by loveable Special Duties - "Fight Crass, not Punk!" Lol.

[@acrodave9287]

@@notpub I vaguely remember Special Duties, they seemed to be very special people with very special needs.

[@johnstahlman9767]

I actually like Christ the album better than Stations of the Crass, but that might be due to the fact I love the intro song on that album. I also really think Penis Envy is their best album, the bass playing is so damn good on that album.

[@hysterikole1]

Thanks for a great vid. You kinda explained why I've been feeling the way I do about Crass, as I've never claimed to like them much, but some songs just hit that nerve, and others I can sing along word for word. I bought all the albums in the 80s as a kid. And I think I was just turned off by the cacophony of Yes Sir, and the hippie tripe of Ten Notes, and just kinda set them aside and concentrated on Conflict...like Crass, but musically consistent. (I had the same feeling about the Bullshit Detector comps...they were legendary our part of Canada as they were basically impossible to get, and my heart beat a little harder every time I found one...and it was hard to listen to, especially the later ones, with the recording quality and musicianship just all over the place, and being the LP era, not really easy to skip songs...I love and hate those compilations)..who to do next? Why not Conflict? You can go into how Colin was roommates with the guy from AYS who went on to be prominent in the white power scene. (tho I think one of The Specials guys also roomed with someone on that side...it was a wild and turbulent time back then

[@BurntDisc]

Quite a few are saying conflict, I was always more of a Subhumans boy

[@hysterikole1]

@@BurntDisc It's not a gang war...why not both? 🤗Subhumans are great, too...but I guess Dick wanted to try different things with Culture Shock and then Citizen Fish. Don't get me wrong, those bands are good too, but Conflict's more consistent output was more palatable to what my angry teenage ears were looking for. At the time, it was a bit of a struggle to appreciate both CS and CF...but there's an idea, a Dick Lucas discography review. I dont know if his first band The Mental has any output

[@notpub]

#1 Penis Envy #2 Stations #3 Feeding #4 Christ #5 Best Before ... Eve could actually sing, and Beta Motel 5-4-3-2-1 is soooo good...also, Eve is a reknowned artist in her own right!!!

[@anna-rexia]

You probably know that ‘Steve Ignorant Band playing Crass songs’ , are still touring. Always good to get out and see these guys and the old anarchist Punks having a mosh in the pit. ..Always found Crass a very unique sounding band, no one sounds like them and their lyrics are still relevant today. Went to see Steve Ignorant Band in Bristol in 2023 and they did some limited edition vinyl pressings of that gig. The front cover is a shot of the gig, my ugly mug just missed out on being on the cover ! Still got a pressing though 🎸💙

[@BurntDisc]

Gutted to miss out! Yeah I've seen his show a few times he is class

[@yokerecords803]

Very cool video. Crass needs to be talked about. 1. The Feeding Of The 5,000 2. Stations Of The Crass 3. Christ The Album 4. The Best Before 1984 5. Penis Envy Crass-The Feeding Of The 5,000 Originally released in 1978 on the great UK label, Small Wonder. It was reissued in 1979 on Crass Records in a fold out poster sleeve and re titled, The Feeding Of The 5,000 The Second Sitting. This packaging would be used for the next two albums, the classic Stations Of The Crass and Penis Envy. The Feeding Of The 5,000 is an absolute and enduring classic punk album. Their far left stance finds Crass spewing out anthems against the system, war, abuse of women and religion. Check out "Banned From The Roxy". Steve Ignorant is in total command of his indictment of government and their protection of the rich and oppression against the poor. "Punk Is Dead", another indictment, this one against the punk movement in general, singling out The Clash and Sex Pistols as sell outs. Crass is ferocious music and they stake their claim as absolute leaders in the 1977 era punk explosion. This album basically started a movement and Crass took many like-minded bands under it's wings and helped them move forward. You can find many of these bands on the Bullshit Detector albums (3 separate volumes). They also are packaged in the fold out poster sleeves and released on Crass Records. The Feeding Of The 5,000 is a brilliant album by a unique and powerful band.

[@bostonmeadhorn4897]

Crass was an amazing band with so many great songs! My 2 favourite are big A little a and banned from the Roxy. I feel very privileged to have seen those song preformed by the Straightford Mercenaries live at the last punk show at The Rat. Didn't even find out it was the last night till the day of the show

[@damienf.7543]

Great video. Love Crass. 69th like. Excellence.

[@BurntDisc]

Cheers 😀 🍻

[@davidscott3124]

As much as I love Steve Ignorant and the albums he sings on, Penis Envy is my favourite

[@BurntDisc]

Valid opinion sir

[@shannonm.townsend1232]

So agree with you

[@tuckwatsellers]

I really liked Christ the Album. The monologue over the live version of "So What" is very funny. "Nice idea. Bollocks!"

[@TheChadTI]

15 seconds in: /subscribed.

[@BurntDisc]

Cheers dude 😊😊😊

[@hughmortyproductions8562]

I mostly agree with your rankings. The main difference is I don't hate "Yes sir, I will", I just think it's mediocre. I also rate "Christ: the Album" a bit higher. I don't think it's their best, but I can see why some people think it is. You're absolutely right about "Feeding of the 5000" being an all time top 10 punk album. My ranking, worst to best: 6. 10 Notes on a Summer's Day 5. Yes Sir, I Will 4. Stations of the Crass 3. Christ: the Album 2. Penis Envy 1. Feeding of the 5000

[@BurntDisc]

Solid list

[@beauwilliamson3628]

i'd add an honourable mention to the Jeffry Lewis album "12 Crass Songs" -come for the intelligible crass lyrics, stay for the folk punk esthetic thats easy on these old ears. (best Crass album = Penis Envy gets my vote)

[@BurntDisc]

I'm a big Jeffrey fan! Seen him live (didn't do any crass songs though 😢)

[@dillongstaff5625]

Time the 3 Bullshit Detector compilations had a CD box set reissue. Pass on the Dirt album...played it once and disposed of it!

[@BurntDisc]

Great idea! Makes alot of sense as a box set.. Can't say I've heard it, is it worse than Yes Sir I Will?!

[@stevencowie7151]

Everytime that I played any Crass, when I lifted the lid, I always expected the records to be covered in spittle. Ahem.

[@MrMistoffelees]

Not including the "Our Wedding" give-away story in the vid is a missed opportunity to introduce some younger viewers to one of the greatest trolling episodes of our time.

[@BurntDisc]

Young people don't watch my channel 😂

[@williamsloan5228]

I have them tattooed on my heart. They were life changing for me.

[@BurntDisc]

Nice mate, which band is the best?

[@BurntDisc]

Album******

[@esrAsnataS]

I absolutely love Christ the album. It was the first one I heard by them when I was 15 in 1983. I played it to death and still have a blast of it now and again. Sadly never got to see them.

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

Very nice, 'Stations' is my favourite, 😊. I have a suggestion for your Mt.Rushmore, Pauline Murray from Penetration, but Honey Bane could be there also 😀. Like deployed 👍

[@BurntDisc]

I'm glad you've said something that isn't 'yes sir I will' 🤣 decent choice stations 😃 did Honey Bane do anything note worthy after her stuff with Crass? Thanks for the like 😃😃

[@SSRT_JubyDuby8742]

@BurntDisc she was in a band called ' Fatal (fetal🤔) Microbes prior to her Crass association. She also had a hit in the early 80's on EMI, I think that Jimmy Pursey was her manager, though not sure now? She also did a bit of stage acting, though I never saw her. One of my mates has her as a Facebook friend, ✨️.

[@BurntDisc]

Sounds as mysterious as crass! ​@@SSRT_JubyDuby8742

[@adamoutrage6597]

I thought ten notes was worse than yes, sir. I liked parts of yes , sir at least , especially the part called Rock N Roll Swindler, and I can't say the same for ten notes.

[@BurntDisc]

10 notes was shorter that was the main thing that it had going for it 🤣

[@dennis_mennis]

Fantastic.

[@BurntDisc]

Cheers matey

[@dennis_mennis]

@@BurntDisc Do they owe us a living?

[@BurntDisc]

@@dennis_mennis OF COURSE THEY DO!

[@goredongoredon]

Their Best of album is my favorite because it includes their 7" releases which I always liked more than the albums. I'm kind of surprised you disqualified it.

[@BurntDisc]

Yeah I could've ranked it but it's cheating a little bit and we like rules on this channel 🤣

[@stinghouseproductions8502]

Not the biggest fan of them, but White Punks on Hope is the only song that summarizes my political views to a T.

[@BurntDisc]

Yeah it's a classic

[@shannonm.townsend1232]

Have you heard the band The Fates? I think a member or 2 of Crass was in the band. It sounds like spooky avant-garde witch-folk.

[@Morphstock]

Prepare to be flabbergasted , I have come across one person who rates Yes Sir I Will as Crass' best album.

[@BurntDisc]

😮 No Sir, I won't believe that...!

[@keironhiggspoet]

Crass are brilliant, I don't think my mam ever forgave herself for getting me into them with their 45 "bloody revolutions" (she actually saw them also) i supported steve ignorant once and he's a beautiful bloke and one of my fave punk frontmen. their art and music was always forward thinking.

[@BurntDisc]

Your mum is a legend (and so is Steve haha)

[@ChrisHigham-lr1vu]

Con-tam-in-ational Power - Stations and - You Pay. or Angels - Feeding. The bass is just a killer on 'You Pay.' Saw 'em once in 1981. "The effing c words treat us like pricks," by Anarcho punks Flux is also seriously unlistenable. Thanks for your insights.

[@BurntDisc]

Skipped through the Flux album today... seemed like the beatles in comparison to yes sir I will!

[@BanalayerPete1972]

The rise of the far-right has prompted an interest in bands opposed to that, and Crass seems the place to start. Love the "Let's play a disused railway hut" ethic. This is a fun video, and useful too. Cheers!

[@BanalayerPete1972]

@@Rampton8810: It's hard to know what "far-left" even means.

[@danieldickson1617]

"Yes sir, i will" is well good.

[@BurntDisc]

I will give it another listen In at least 10 years

[@jukeboxcowboy]

🤠 Yes sir. It is.

[@BurntDisc]

@@jukeboxcowboy how?! 🤣

[@djkero]

Is there a crass the a sides compilation on KZbin?

[@BurntDisc]

Maybe I should do one 😃

[@djkero]

@@BurntDiscso weird there isn’t one already, was the most popular crass CD

[@GriefTourist]

Securicor is one of the greatest songs of all time.

[@goldghost5851]

I have no idea who crass are nor why this was reccomended to me. Are they good?

[@BurntDisc]

How odd 🤣 I think they are an acquired taste.. go and listen to "do they owe us a living" and "Banned from the roxy" and come back

[@VuotoPneumaNN]

YES SIR I WILL IS A MASTERPIECE I WILL FIGHT YOU WELL ACTUALLY NOT FIGHT YOU BECAUSE ANARCHY AND PEACE BUT STILL

[@BurntDisc]

How?! How is yes sir good?! The caps were violent enough to be fair

[@VuotoPneumaNN]

@@BurntDisc It’s visceral, uncompromising, filled to the brim with pure anger and disdain. It’s the sound of a last desperate attempt at resistance in the face of objective defeat. It’s the ethos of Crass brought to its extreme consequences. It’s punk.

[@BurntDisc]

@VuotoPneumaNN that's a good summary but the anger is too repetitive and atonal for me

[@paulflah4562]

It's released as an album by a band so the buyer does expect to be able to listen to music, even enough to get your feet tapping. It was as if crass at the time were saying that the message is everything and the music absolutely nothing but I happen to like music and to sing along to a chorus. Yes sir I will id unique yes but if it wasn't by crass or some other band you were familiar with them I doubt that you or anyone else would or even could listen to it from start to finish. I hate to sound like some peoples parents now but it gives me a headache if I try to listen to it .

[@VuotoPneumaNN]

@@paulflah4562 LOL, hate it or not, you do sound like my dad. This type of critique only reveals an extremely narrow vision of what constitutes music. The music on Yes Sir, I Will is actually VERY important. It's important for the record to sound so abrasive, atonal and aggressive. Just like much industrial and noise music does. Not everyone had such conservative needs in music. I am a fan of noise, grew up listening to Swans, Throbbing Gristle, early Einstürzende Neubauten, Merzbow... and actually always considered Crass the band and the label as adjacent to that area of music. So yeah I would love that album regardless.

[@markgrygielewicz8047]

Which is the better version of 5000: Small Wonder or Crass Records?

[@BurntDisc]

Crass records... it was released the way they wanted it to be

[@hopebgood]

Best Crass album? Stations of the Crass. Or maybe Penis Envy. Maybe you just had to see them live back in the day to truly appreciate how amazing they were.

[@barrysmith839]

Vi Subversa is hard to top. Surely she and Siouxsie are the best. Debbie Harry was great to look at (then) but not in the same class. One punk band that is little mentioned but blew me away when I first heard them, was Generic. Great name like Crass or Conflict. Favourite punk band is Discharge, though. Saw them at the 100 club with G.B.H. At the time I prefered G.B.H. because Discharge's sound was like a physical assault, no one was near the front of the stage, because the sound pushed you to the back wall. Cal's hair was literally like what the music did to you.

[@buckmelanoma758]

I’m with you on the rankings except I’d argue stations is the best followed by envy. Feeding of the 5000 is brilliant but a bit short and incomplete

[@gallopingglen1]

id say the subhumas, adicts, chumba, poison girls ....any of those would be fantastic.

[@BurntDisc]

Subhumans will 100% be happening asap

[@detonationcruster]

My favorite is probably Big Hands.

[@BurntDisc]

Tune

[@notpub]

Totally agree- "Yes Sir I Will" right up there with Flux' "If The F-ing Pr-ks Treat You Like C-nts" ... atonal noise.

[@OldManScratchingHisBalls]

Where I was from it wasn't easy to get hold of punk records. It took real effort and even at the reduced price it was a slap in the face when those bands released those dogs.

[@BurntDisc]

I'll avoid that Flux release! Yeah (love your name on here 😂) must have been a slap in the face in real time when they came out

[@josephfreeman8516]

The bass line from "Punk is Dead" is too good. It plays in my head quite often. Rank Conflict albums next cause The Ungovernable Force is amazing and would like some opinion on it and their other albums

[@BurntDisc]

Only heard ungovernable force I need to do a deep dive

[@alexvince461]

They did mother of a thousand dead about the Falklands, that ep was really good

[@robsyers8647]

I'd have Yes Sir, I Will at number 2. Then again, I think Rancid is absolute garbage, so, yeah.

[@BurntDisc]

How can you like yes sir I will but not rancid 😢 not even anything from rancids golden period? (1998-2003?!)

[@davehoward22]

Saw them at finsbury park back in the day..(they nearly played after the stonehenge riot in 85 but the generator was knackered)

[@BurntDisc]

Crass in 85?

[@davehoward22]

@@BurntDisc Thats what i thought,but they were all there and were gonna play (its mentioned in their book)

[@kaylee6208]

Also another person who thinks Yes Sir, I Will is their best, or at the very least, it's my personal favorite. Far more interesting and experimental than all their previous releases, and as others have said, the emotion and anger are just so visceral.

[@BurntDisc]

I don't think I'll ever be convinced 🤣 maybe I'll give it another listen in 10 years

[@Boilingfrogg]

Got to see the band back in 1981 Carlisle Market hall. I was just 15 . Still remember it like yesterday. Best gig ever. Supported by dirt.Agreed "yes sir" was disappointing same with christ the movie. I payed £20 for the vid back in 86 VHS. Lot of money back then.

[@BurntDisc]

I'm glad I don't do movie reviews! I'll swerve that one ha

[@Boilingfrogg]

@@BurntDisc check out my home made crass movie

[@frankbrinkmann2510]

Best: Feeding of the 5000 Second: Stations of... The Rest: Forget it In my Opinion they should call it a day after "Feeding..." They said it all on this record.

[@BurntDisc]

Yeah feeding was never topped its in a league of its own for sure

[@stereo999]

My favorite crass song is Systematic Death.

[@BurntDisc]

Great choice

[@fraziocolucciio9213]

1st thing you gotta know about listening to Crass, is throw it directly into the garbage

[@BurntDisc]

10 notes and yes sir maybe

[@notpub]

Nope. Not even.

[@fraziocolucciio9213]

@@notpub how's 9th grade going?

[@KY-gc7ql]

As a skin my guilty pleasure is crass 😅

[@Iztok1967]

I LOVE Yes Sir I Will

[@BurntDisc]

What am I missing? Where does it rank amongst the rest for you?

[@Iztok1967]

​@@BurntDiscsecond place after penis envi

[@BurntDisc]

😮 im in shock ​@@Iztok1967

[@OldManScratchingHisBalls]

I still whistle it on the way to work

[@troyagane8220]

You are right about how crass played places where no band had gone before.I saw them many times in Bradford,Hebden Bridge,Todmorden,Cleator moor,Bristol,Birmingham and London.Pete Wright was probably the only one you would call a musician.N,A.Palmer the rhythm guitarist only played barre chords[i.e. one finger across the strings] Feeding the 5.000 is not technically an album but a 12inch E.P. playing at 45rpm.

[@BurntDisc]

I'm jealous I think I was born 30s later than I should've been! Yeah Pete really is the man I wonder what he did post crass... N.A Palmer what a legend like a punk bez ha Argh you're the 2nd person who's told me that about feeding.... Still standing by my list

[@scumbagmournblademumford2649]

Also: Conflict, Varukers, Flux of Pink Indians

[@AnarchistCookbookOfRiffs]

I feel the same way. Crass are best when they are writing songs! The later improve noise albums are too indulgent and difficult to enjoy. I like that they were experimental, and I like the artwork, but I'm never in the mood to listen to it.

[@BurntDisc]

Nailed it

[@davedennison7386]

Christ-the album is the best..stations feeding n beep envy are awesome but cta is the best, just my opinion

[@BurntDisc]

Beep envy 🤣 christ the album is a valid choice mate

[@toddhill7483]

Regarding Frankenchrist. Jello Biafra wholly selling out to pharmaceuticals officially negates everything he's ever done lyrically or spoken word.

[@BurntDisc]

What's he done?

[@toddhill7483]

@@BurntDisc check out What Would Jello Do?, episode 91.

[@lordsnot9540]

I like Yes Sir I Will. So there!

[@BurntDisc]

Nooooooo! 🤣

[@coreybernard7609]

I agree with most of this but I’d put stations at number one Christ at number two does it belong there no but it’s to close to my heart

[@TheChadTI]

9:52 😅😅😅😅

[@Axel-g8e]

One of the problems with Crass in the early 80s was very low quality cassettes, which made them sound shit

[@BurntDisc]

Some would argue that makes them better

[@Axel-g8e]

@BurntDisc yeah but the vin6l was fine

[@terencewilliamhull3166]

How old are you? Just asking??

[@BurntDisc]

36

[@andydee1304]

Dalle? You may as well just fling Avril Lavigne up there too.

[@BurntDisc]

Nah Brody rules... Sk8er Boi was a tune let's be honest

[@JokersNtheOddball]

christ is the best crass album, period. next is stations. if you think otherwise your ignorant.

[@BurntDisc]

Where's feeding?!

[@notpub]

As in Steve, or...😂

[@JokersNtheOddball]

@@notpub im going to use some modern social media lingo here.. I SEE WHAT YOU DID THERE

[@JokersNtheOddball]

@@BurntDisc wherever you want it to be, champ.

[@ActivistBatonVI]

Feeding of the 5,000 is my favorite of theirs

[@BurntDisc]

Right answer 😂

[@skawashers]

You lost me after 39 second. Cockney Punk Band.. They came from Essex,

[@BurntDisc]

It's all the same isn't it? (From a welsh/northern monkey)

[@skawashers]

@@BurntDisc Cockney has a sense of being working class. Penny came from a very privilege background, As did i think Gee Voucher. Both coming off the back of the 60s hippie era. Steve ignorant was the most recognisable accent to London.

[@steveshook1827]

To not mention If There Was No Government is fucking ridiculous. That is the only listenable song on Yes Sir I Will

[@BurntDisc]

I did... its known as "5 knuckle shuffle" on the cd

[@garythompson4041]

Why do we nor write love songs? Everything we do is an expression of that

[@bandsbikesandboozereviews]

Cockney punk band? Naaaahhh mate, you've got that wrong. Steve Ignorant was from Dagenham and had a Cockney accent but the rest were posh boys and girls.

[@BurntDisc]

My bad

[@bandsbikesandboozereviews]

@@BurntDisc little known fact, Reality Asylum was the B-side of the Crass single Shaved Women. The record pressing plant refused to press the song it was so anti religious. Crass compromised by having them press 2 minutes of silence. Crass were almost prosecuted under an old blasphemy law for the lyrical content of Reality Aslylum. Another fact, Dial House in Epping, Essex is where Penny Rimbaud lives and has done since the 1970s. It was something of a commune back then. It's in a very desirable area and BT have made numerous offers to buy the house.

[@Glynnwilliamson]

most punks i knew at the time just saw them as being a bunch of hippies

[@BurntDisc]

Why? Genuine question...my first punk gig was 2002 ha

[@migspit]

i must admit Flux of Pink Indians You Fucking... album is worse than Yes Sir I Will in terms of an ordeal to listen to.

[@BurntDisc]

I don't think I'll be listening anytime soon 🤣🤣

[@theargo]

Laura Jane Grace should be on that women in punk Mount Rushmore!

[@BurntDisc]

She's passed me by somehow

[@kevinsutton6927]

Interesting video. However I don't understand the repeated censoring of the word 'penis'. This word is not offensive. It's certainly not a swear word, so why treat it as such? The word 'penis' has no overt negative connotations. It's not a slur. It's not an insult. It's not racist nor sexist (or is it?) Is it because penises belong to male creatures exclusively? Is your deletion of this word interlinked to the current 'trans ideology' craz? Is it regarded as too 'binary'? I'm genuinely baffled. Would you also delete/censor the following words - 'vagina', 'anus' 'breast', 'nipple', 'mouth' ,'lips', 'hips', or 'tongue' etc ? Do you consider words such as 'cervix' or even 'bottom' to be allowable? . I dislike foul language too, but 'penis' is not a foul word. It's not even course slang.

[@BurntDisc]

It's racist. Of course I jest 🤣 great question, I knew this would be a thing... It's purely because youtube is not my day job.. without going into too much detail (im saying too much than I'd like to already)...i have to make videos as if a customer is gonna stumble across my channel. That probably still doesn't make sense but I'd rather be too safe and over censor than under censor....I don't want a customer hear me say that word, even though it is pretty innocuous. I hope you can still enjoy my content regardless 😃

[@BurntDisc]

At a push, I may allow bottom.

[@kevinsutton6927]

@@BurntDisc Lol

[@johnlopez605]

Check out a band called phane

[@alanknotts1844]

Cockney punk band?! 😂

[@BurntDisc]

For those outside London that's what they are 😂

[@alanknotts1844]

@@BurntDisc that's crazy logic, who are the cockneys?

[@BurntDisc]

@@alanknotts1844 people from london? 🤔

[@alanknotts1844]

@@BurntDisc 😃 Anyway, I enjoyed your video. For me Feeding of the 5000 was and is probably the most important punk record of all time. If you were listening to the Subs, the Ruts etc at the time hearing Crass was pretty scary in comparison. However, the best thing they ever did was Stations of the Crass-for me it fleshed out the ideas of Feeding of the 5000. An incredible listen when you were a young kid in the late 70's.

[@NoahFleischman]

Yes Sir I Will is an excellent album. Crap review.

[@BurntDisc]

Lol

[@notpub]

Hardly brother...brother...brother

[@feritudodmelyik]

All of them suck. No need to thank me.

[@BurntDisc]

Guessing you're a clash fan?

[@feritudodmelyik]

@@BurntDisc Haha :D More like a Special Duties guy.

[@BurntDisc]

​@@feritudodmelyikbetter than crass?! No chance

[@VuotoPneumaNN]

@@feritudodmelyik Ohhh so here you are. You actually exist. The one Special Duties fan.

[@notpub]

C'mon!!! Special Duties are great but Crass were the first punk band to sell over 200,000 handmade copies from their basement in Dial House!!! Bet you don't know who The Beatles were, either...

[@asodfjsofasfasdf2015]

rank them all low because crass sucks

[@BurntDisc]

😮

[@VuotoPneumaNN]

You suck

[@notpub]

What the eff are you doing here, then?

[@OurSouls-2you]

@@notpub Crass were a bunch of pinko wankers