How a Punk Band Nearly Started World War III

January 4, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments

Vice has a great story about Crass, probably the most uncompromising punk band that ever existed.

Official government documents have just been released regarding one of the best things ever done by the only real punk band ever, Crass.Basically, in 1982, when the rest of punk had started playing sax, Crass created this piece of subversive décollage, splicing together recordings of Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan to create a fake phone call between the conservative übermenschen.

It got pretty weird from there–especially when the KGB got involved. Read the fulls story here.

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