2019/09/02 by George McKay · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · #Music History and Culture #Theater, Performance, and Music History #Diverse Musicological Studies #Punk #Subculture (biology) #Musical #Context (archaeology) #Art #Singing #Movement (music) #Popular music #Art history #Media studies #Sociology #Visual arts #History #Aesthetics
paper · doi:10.1080/19401159.2019.1673076
openalex publication_date 2019/09/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
This article explores the links and tensions in Britain between a musical subculture at its height of creative energy – anarcho-punk – and the anti-nuclear movement, including the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. It identifies and interrogates the anti-nuclear elements of anarcho-punk, looking at its leading band, Crass. At the center is an exploration of the sounds of Crass’ music and singing voices – termed Crassonics – in the context of anti-nuclearism: if the bomb changed music and art, what did the new music sound like?