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About Me

Crisis came into existence in the late '70s amidst the British hardcore punk movement and was often featured in Rock Against Racism live showcases. These political affiliations earned them comparisons to a more focussed and truly politicised Clash. Crisis was known for having a decidedly non-peacenik attitude which beget more thrashing off the stage than on. As much they would contextualize their relation with working-class rights, they bore only slight facsimile to the Oi! working-class sound. Rather, they would take the same energy that came from youthful, raw anger, but lock it down tight with restrained lyrical phrasing and strict rhythms. Resulting in a somewhat harsh poeticism of violent urgency held on leash that had more in common with WARSAW or GANG OF FOUR.
Members include Douglas P. and Tony Wakeford who would later expand upon some of the Crisis material for their dark, neo-folk group DEATH IN JUNE. Wakeford later went on to form SOL INVICTUS, and two other band mates, Luke Rendall and Lester Jones, would later find involvement in THEATRE OF HATE and SEX GANG CHILDREN, respectively.

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Member Since: 6/7/2006
Band Members: Douglas P.
Tony Wakeford
Luke Rendall
Lester Jones

Record Label: Apop Records
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Review from Neo-form.de

http://www.neo-form.de/artikel/artikel.php?id=422 Lange angekündigt und seit einiger Zeit nun erhältlich ist die Zusammenstellung Holocaust Hymns der Gruppe Crisis, deren Hauptprotagonisten Tony Wakef...
Posted by Crisis on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 05:00:00 PST

Holocaust Hymns review in Polish Magazine

Crisis "Holocaust Hymns", Apop Records 2005 www.apoprecords.com http://www.vivo.pl/gaz-eta/recenzje/gazeta.php?nr=39&id= 9Punkowa rewolucja to w popkulturze zaczyn wszystkich poszukiwañ muzycznych...
Posted by Crisis on Tue, 11 Jul 2006 04:42:00 PST

Review in Playback magazine

Crisis | Holocaust Hymns Columbia, Mo.s independent record store/label Apop Records has scored a coup in obtaining the remastered discography of politicized British punk band Crisis, perhaps...
Posted by Crisis on Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:10:00 PST

The March Of Man's True Destiny An interview with Douglas P.

INTERVIEW, will open in a new window.
Posted by Crisis on Wed, 14 Jun 2006 08:12:00 PST

Review from www.punkoiuk.co.uk:

While the political end of punk was originally dominated by tales of grey urban squalor emanating from the Clash, and later the black clad intensity of Anarcho-punk meisters Crass, there was another b...
Posted by Crisis on Tue, 13 Jun 2006 12:55:00 PST