They're telling you to do it, grow up and tow the line, they tell you if you do it, everything will turn out fine. Are we even halfway there? Have we even started moving? Crass did. It's a long road from our animal origins to the promise of humanity. We wouldn't have our rock and roll any other way would we?Ī current of violence runs through the whole book: pointless aggression that comes from the great confusion of being alive, and being too scared to show love. They had to sleep on a lot of hard floors and use some toilets unfit for humanity but looking back on it, that makes the triumph all the greater. Punch and Judy professor, reader, listener, student, and always ready to hit the road with a new band: Conflict, Schwartzeneggar, The Stratford Mercenaries and continues to this day with guest appearances, Paranoid Visions and a new band called Slice of Life.Īll Steve's bands worked basically for no money but the music endured and will always rock and will always mark a moment in time with true freedom and true greatness. Steve tells about the great freedom and spontaneity of Crass, but also about the pressure of sudden and unexpected fame and the inevitable comedown when it's over. The kid knew a good thing when he saw it, heard it or felt it. Love and listen to his beautiful enthusiasm.

For Steve it was the Angry young men writers and crucial, life-changing encounters with good people and kindred spirits, like hearing Toots and the Maytals and having that precious first glimpse at cool style and attitude. This is a story about being inspired and opening yourself up to great art.

I felt it because I did the same thing and so did you. I felt like I was there with him pacing around that empty little apartment wondering what to do and where to go, and if anything different from that boredom was even possible. Yes there are great Crass stories here, but for me the most interesting part is Steve's childhood and adolescence. If you want to talk punk rock, then I'll say Crass is the ultimate and leave it at that.

In fact, he's one of the greatest rock and roll singers for one of the greatest rock and roll bands of all time. This is the life of an artist, and no need to worry your pretty little heads about it, Steve Ignorant IS an artist.

Steve ignorant the rest is propaganda