There are very few artists who have managed to have questions asked about them in the House of Comm
ons, in fact I
believe that the list is just John Lennon, UB40, the Sex Pistols and Crass. The latter ended u
p being enquired about because of their single ‘How does it feel to be the mother of a thousand dead?’ an attack on Thatcher and the Falklands War.
I can’t post it here – I don’t have it, and it’s not on emusic or iTunes either (can anyone help?!?!).
But I did track down this single, which deals with some of those who were offended by the aforementioned single, this one is ‘Sheep Farming In The Falklands.’
Crass -‘Sheep Farming In the Falklands.’ mp3
This was inspired because I picked up their debut LP, The Feeding Of the 5,000 today, with the wonderful’Do they Owe Us A Living?’ A fantastic riposte at the end of the working week…
Crass -‘Do They Owe Us A Living?’ mp3
icial website
Crass @ Wikipedia