Last Amendment (formerly known as The Crass Collective and Crass Agenda) is the working title of a series of collaborations by ex-members of the anarchist punk band Crass and others. Although Crass formally split up in 1984, Penny Rimbaud, Gee Vaucher, Eve Libertine, Steve Ignorant, Andy Palmer and Pete Wright came together in November 2002 to put on a concert at the Queen Elizabeth Hall on London's South Bank in opposition to the at that time proposed War on Iraq. Although they did not all appear on the stage at the same time, most of the ex-members of Crass participated in the event under the name of The Crass Collective, along with other performers such as Ian MacKaye, Goldblade, the English Chamber Choir, Fun Da Mental, etc. Anarchism is a generic term describing various political philosophies and social movements that advocate the elimination of hierarchy and imposed authority. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ... For information about the anarchist writer see Chris Crass Crass was an influential English anarchist punk rock band. ... 1984 is a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Penny Rimbaud circa 1977 Jeremy John Ratter (born 8 June 1943, Northwood, Middlesex, England), better known under his pseudonym of Penny Rimbaud, is a drummer, writer, poet, former member of performance art group EXIT and co-founder of the anarchist punk band Crass with Steve Ignorant in 1977. ... Gee Vaucher, born Dagenham, East London, 1945. ... Eve Libertine (real name Bronwyn Lloyd Jones) is a British singer. ... Steve Ignorant performing with Crass at the Autonomy Centre, East London, December 1981 Steve Ignorant is a singer and artist. ... There have been a number of notable musicians named Pete Wright; Peter Wright, who is better known as Pete Wright was bass guitar player for anarchist punk band Crass from 1977 until 1984. ... November is the eleventh month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of four Gregorian months with the length of 30 days. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Queen Elizabeth Hall (QEH) is a music venue on the South Bank in London. ... Italic text St. ... (This article is about the area of London called South Bank. For the similarly named area of Brisbane, please see South Bank Parklands, Brisbane) The South Bank is the area in London on the southern bank of the River Thames near Waterloo station that houses a number of important cultural... The 2003 invasion of Iraq, also called Operation Iraqi Freedom, was launched by the United States and the United Kingdom on March 20, 2003, with assistance from a loosely-defined coalition of the willing. United States military operations were conducted under the name Operation Iraqi Freedom, United Kingdom military operations... Ian Mackaye Ian MacKaye (pronounced Mc-Eye) (b. ...

The Crass Collective continued to put on gigs and performances, usually of a collaborative nature, on a regular basis throughout 2003 at the Vortex Club in Stoke Newington, London. In October of that year however they changed the name of the project to Crass Agenda. Works by the collective have included Dada cabaret, an interpretation of Allen Ginsberg's poem Howl, Crass' Yes Sir I Will and an update of Dylan Thomas' play Under Milk Wood, in which property developers move into the mythical Welsh village of Llareggub. Stoke Newington is a place in the London Borough of Hackney. ... October is the tenth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... Cover of the first edition of the publication, Dada. ... Allen Ginsberg in San Francisco. ... Howl and Other Poems was published in the fall of 1956 as number four in the Pocket Poets Series from City Lights Books Howl is a poem by Allen Ginsberg that was first performed in 1955 in the Six Gallery in San Francisco. ... Yes Sir, I Will, released by Crass in 1983 (see 1983 in music), was the bands final official album. ... Dylan Marlais Thomas, (Swansea, October 27, 1914 – November 9, 1953 in New York City) was a Welsh poet and writer. ... Under Milk Wood was originally a radio play and later a stage play by Dylan Thomas. ... Wales - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

Others that have worked as part of Crass Collective/Crass Agenda include disability rights advocate and actor Nabil Shaban, Pianist Dylan Bates, saxophone player Ingrid Laubrock, John Sharian, Julien Siegel, Gene Calderazo, Ed Jones and others. During 2004 Crass Agenda were at the forefront of a campaign against the closure of the Vortex jazz club, which has now relocated to Hackney. The disability rights movement aims to improve the quality of life of people with disabilities. ... Nabil Shaban (born 12 February 1953 in Amman, Jordan) is a British actor. ... A pianist is a person who plays the piano. ... Saxophones of different sizes play in different registers. ... Hackney is the principal area of the London Borough of Hackney in East London. ...

In June 2005 the project was renamed Last Amendment, with their website [1] declaring the name Crass Agenda as being "no more". Their first live performance using this incarnation was on June 30th at the New Vortex club in Hackney, east London.

Discography

• Savage Utopia- featuring Eve Libertine, Christine Tobin, A-Soma, Louise Elliot, Kevin Davey, Phil Robson, Liam Noble, Davide Mantovani, Matt Black (of Coldcut) performing work by Penny Rimbaud (Babel Records/Exitstencil, 2004)
• Penny Rimbaud's How?- poetry based around Allen Ginsberg's "Howl" recorded live at the Vortex Club. (Babel Records/Exitstencil, 2004)

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External link

• Last Amendment upcoming events