Fuck! it's so good to see someone getting Crass 40 years later, maybe theres still hope.

@peterchapman3740

Жыл бұрын

lol nothings changed

Thanks for giving Crass a chance.

@ID-8491

Жыл бұрын

Give Crass a chance!

Man I can't believe how relavant the lyrics are 40 years later, going to see Crass and listening to there songs and reading the info on the foldout sleeves(which was as important as the music) back in 79-80 changed the way I thought about the world and politics and still do have those views, they were and remain EPIC.

@raggersragnarsson6255

Жыл бұрын

It's scary how worse it is now. We need CRASS more than ever and people to listen to them.

@zenabi1966

Жыл бұрын

All comments here are spot on. Crass are unquestionably more relevant now than when they were recording these classics. You could say they were visionary but the problems they sang about then weren't generational, but still exist on a more frightening level.

@pulleyfm8585

Жыл бұрын

@@zenabi1966 It's scary how many punk songs are no longer warnings about the future but now echo as simple truths of today

@marclynch314

Жыл бұрын

@@zenabi1966 yesssssss we do

@heathcornbeef

9 ай бұрын

​@beesmonkKia Ora hello from Aotearoa New Zealand ✌️👍👏👏👏 peace right back at ya

This isn't just punk, this is Anarcho-punk!

@broken8wt407

3 жыл бұрын

Damn right!

@room2180

3 жыл бұрын

Anarchy is great and all, but you can't have that type of revolution, without violence. And, even if you succeed, do you think people are ready for that kind of responsibility?

@room2180

3 жыл бұрын

@Paul Goodman your funny

@room2180

3 жыл бұрын

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@DeezN1892

3 жыл бұрын

@@room2180 exactly what I’ve always thought. Even if it’s non-violent, it would have to be ‘government’ first. And it’ll be called a ‘left wing government’. To get big muscles, you have to go to the gym. Can’t just imagine being huge and suddenly it happens.

Great stuff mate....Crass could change your whole outlook on life,they were much more than a punk band,cheers for this bud...this has brightened my day😉👍.....it is still as relevant today,if not more...

@patkelly3966

3 жыл бұрын

Its great that your loving this btw Maybe a Xmas number ! for XRass

@pmac792

2 жыл бұрын

Still stirs me up that. Crass is a state of mind.

Crass teach horticulture today, they teach gardening at the exact same house and gardens where they made all these records. I am very happy to see something like this. Well done man. Crass are the best punk.

@lewisb85

2 жыл бұрын

Been on one of penny’s courses he’s a lovely man!

@witchypoorose5196

6 ай бұрын

I've never had a chance to visit Dial house. That would be cool. 🖤

Thank you for taking them seriously, they changed my life forever back in 1980 and my world view is still the same now thanks to Crass

@athousandIQ

9 ай бұрын

They changed my life too. Solidarity from Amsterdam...

@heathcornbeef

8 ай бұрын

Kia Ora hello from Aotearoa New Zealand hay these guys ❤ wearing a crass patch or tee shirt here in Aotearoa New Zealand in the eighties and nineties was a really good way to get ya head kicked in by skinheads but here i am 54 years old and I've still got a Mohawk red at the moment and fuck them hater's were are they now? Nowhere to be seen . I fucking love CRASS

@humdingermusic23

8 ай бұрын

🖤@@heathcornbeef

@heathcornbeef

8 ай бұрын

@@humdingermusic23 right back at ya ✌️🤘👍👏👏👏💥

@witchypoorose5196

6 ай бұрын

Same! Grew up in southern CA.

They make us choose sides in politics, race, and beliefs. We only win when we stand together against them and tell them we ain't playing their games anymore. "Fight wars not war, destroy power not people".

@ravenpupski

3 жыл бұрын

Your pathetic mate They don't make us do anything. You just do what theyv made you believe you should do. Did Boris twist your arm? No! You just thought, 'Boris has given me 2 choices and I must choose one or the other!!!!!! " Idiot You had a 3rd choice all the time Wich was' what's my decision, irrespective of what Boris Karloff, of Frankenstein fame ' wants..........

@nigelb4809

3 жыл бұрын

@@ravenpupski My pathetic mate what?

@ravenpupski

3 жыл бұрын

@@nigelb4809 Don't like a reality dose, do you? Congratulations. Youv joined the ranks of the dogmatic. Pathetic.

@DeezN1892

3 жыл бұрын

@@ravenpupski and what was your decision?

You completely get them pal, great to see. Crass absolutely blew my mind in the same way when I first heard them 35 years ago!

I've subscribed to your channel, having been a punk(skinhead now) and a Crass fan for over 13 years I enjoyed your reaction to them.. basically this song is saying don't choose revolution because what you're fighting to change will come round again, it revolves you become the very system you're fighting against. Crass were an Anarchist band, the whole history of the band and the house they operated from is amazing but I'm not gonna bore you . Basically for me Crass were life changing, in vegetarian 13 years , anti fascist(life lomg) and I see the system for what it is. It suppresses, crushes, starves and murders and in order for it to gain it's wealth it will stop at nothing. Crass hit harder than any other band because they meant it, it wasn't a fad they were not a scene band they existed as agitators teaching us a different way to think, to live and yo act. Through so many channels of resistance and how you can contribute to making a better life, they are a massively inspirational band, as I said life changing. Take care and stay safe man, there is no authority but yourself. (A)//(E)

30 years ago I heard in crass on cassette, the feeding of the 5000, the soon I heard it I was like this is what I have been looking for all myl live, huge fan still today

Always loved this band. Sadly we're here in 2021 and it's just as relevant.

Have a listen to “Sheep farming in the Falklands” by Crass if you think that Crass can be outrageous with their lyrics. Your reactions to Big A little a and Bloody Revolutions are great. You get it 👍🏻

@stevens6654

2 жыл бұрын

Ah, yes...Sheep Farming in the Falklands will leave you slack-jawed. Not as epic as Bloody Revolutions - a pitiless attack on British imperialism.

I’m a very old punk rocker that has been involved in the scene for a very long time, promoting shows and events, I like your reaction and see it genuine, reminds me of putting on shows for my 30 years plus and the personal joy I would get when seeing a person’s first experience with it. Puts a smile on my face. Keep up the good work as I see it as good work helping people cross over and become that much more closer together in understanding. ~Cheif Blackdawg Founder of the World Wide PyratePunx.

@asacash

3 ай бұрын

My father was in the '80s Orange County punk scene he was also an extra in the independent movie Suburbia they'd cast real punk rock kids not actors the movie free on Tubi. Check out my ReverbNation artist page my father taught me how to play bass guitar the singing came easy to me 😁

40 years late, but welcome to the revolution, Brother.

@andythunders1049

3 жыл бұрын

Hey as a 30 year old dad of two who was part of a punk scene ten years ago local some of us weren’t born yet and can’t help that lol better later than never man

@AGC173

3 жыл бұрын

The revolution won't end until oppression and exploitation does. The fight goes on comrades

@honourethefire5794

3 жыл бұрын

Revolution will never work haven't you listened to the lyrics

@ravenpupski

3 жыл бұрын

@@honourethefire5794 And PLEASE, HONIURTHEFIRE is a magnificent, powerful, inspiring name/tag/handle. But stop using it, relinquish it so a more worthy saracen can adopt it. Your just too defeated and crushed to be worthy of a magnificent handle like that. If you'd called yourself '"Spitfire' I would have elicited equal disdain and disgust. SPITFIRE... LOOK up what she Means to this nation.

@ravenpupski

3 жыл бұрын

@@honourethefire5794 I suggest you use the username/tag/handle.. 'Titanic'

The truth is the truth no matter how old the message is. That song will be just as relevant 10, 30 or 50 years from now. It's all a big game and we're all just pieces on the board.

You got it, great reaction.Crass made an enemy of Mrs Thatcher with their song 'How does it feel to be the mother of a 1000 dead'. She instructed her police to make life as hard as possible for us punks {as they liked to call us} and they did, it didn't stop us just made us more politically aware. Check out 'the battle of the beanfield', when going to Stonehenge for summer solstice was made illegal in 1985. Thatchers government really did fear a social revolution and like the governments of the 60's they used the media to ridicule punks like they did with the hippies and the police to harass us. Funny thing now is, more people claim to be punks back in the day then there was and a number of them most likely tried to beat us up as that was a common factor we had to put up with too. One thing for sure it was a great time to be alive.

You understood that song totally. All the best.

Remember it well,,, shaved women was the first single I had, still got it, still sounds brilliant, along with all their other stuff,,,BIG LOVE TO ALL,,, XXX

Reality Asylum and 'Where next Columbus?' are great crass songs as well Crass are very intelligent in their philosophy

@davepollison4333

2 жыл бұрын

My favorite Crass songs are You've Got Big Hands, So What, Shaved Women, Nagasaki Nightmare, General Bacardi, and Do They Owe Us A Living

@MrHotSalsa

11 ай бұрын

Bata Motel is GOAT'd

@witchypoorose5196

6 ай бұрын

One of my all-time favorite songs by Crass is: 'I Know There Is Love', From Christ, The Album. 🖤🤓

Huge old school Crass fan here! Glad you enjoy!

Thank you for this video. I’m in my 30s now but heard this back when I was 17 and still hold to the philosophy of this song today.

Crass' "They've Got Big Hands" was one of the first harder-edged punk tracks I heard. Listen to that one, and you'll certainly remember the chorus.

@erickent3557

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, Crass Big Hands is a great tune. White Punks on Hope. Then slide on over into a few CONFLICT cuts... 'This is the ALF'

Can't tell you how much I enjoyed this review mate ! Made my day.Crass!Crass played our community centre and youth club twice in 1981 in a small Cheshire I was 11 they were first band I saw live. No bar so all the kids were allowed in. They mingled the audience before the gig and gave out badges to the kids.I bought this record too and still own it 70p well spent.

Crass changed my life 40 plus years ago. I think/hope they made me a better person. Really glad to say I met Steve Ignorant on his “Last Supper” tour. Absolute gentleman. Crass were 100% genuine. We need more people like them in the world

Crass, so what, a masterpiece of lyrics in this track

Along with the way you interpreted the song, its also very much a song against other communist ideologies such as marxism, leninism, maoism, etc. Crass were anarchists and the biggest difference between anarchism and these other forms of communism is that anarchism doesn't believe in a dictatorship of the proletariat. The other ideologies believe the workers would run the government and state with socialism and the state would slowly dissolve on its own. Anarchism rejects that idea because any kind of power will corrupt and cause someone to just want more and more power. As we saw with the USSR, after Lenin died and Stalin came into power, Stalin became a power hungry dictator (against Lenin's wishes) and that's what they mean when Crass says that Marx's/Mao's ideas are just oppression now.

Awesome to see someone turned on to crass! More that do, the better the world can be..

So glad you enjoy CRASS

Crass at their finest, still totally relevant today..... check out 'The Story of Crass' if its still in print.... a great read & an insight into people that were more than just a 'band' x

@plague_doctor666

2 жыл бұрын

Good book

@Jamie_Wulfyr

2 ай бұрын

I have a copy. Very interesting read.

I saw Crass many times even got to know some of them, they changed the way a lot of us thought and lived, They had their own record label and produced a lot of punk records for bands that would never have managed it by themselves. We were lucky enough to put a record out on their label. It is still happening out there and the bands are still playing old and new young and old, all over the world as nothing has changed since the 80's. People say Music will not change anything well Crass changed me.

@charlesdufranc9708

3 жыл бұрын

Hi what was your band's name if I may ask?

@gorty43

3 жыл бұрын

@@charlesdufranc9708 Hi Charles I was and still am in Anthrax. Had a 25year rest then came back in 2009 with the original line up, not only were we in the band but we were all friends since 8/9 years old, In the studio Saturday mixing the new album.

@charlesdufranc9708

3 жыл бұрын

@@gorty43 Thank you for your answer, I'm on your music now. Great hardcore anarcho style.

@gorty43

3 жыл бұрын

@@charlesdufranc9708 Hi have a look at our record label Grow your own records lots of up to date stuff on there from bands playing now,

Haha this is great. I stumbled here somehow. Ive still got all my old CRASS vinyl ive not heard this in years and forgot all about this one. Cheers.

Yes, brother. Had these songs on my playlists since the 80s, either cassette compilations or other because they are so so powerful and, now, watching you react had tears of mixed emotion in my eyes. Peace.

I won't lie. Saw the thumbnail and thought... A brother finding Crass... YES PLEASE!

@TheAdventuresofTNT

3 жыл бұрын

Lol these guys are amazing

I'm 56 now and have most CraSS 7"..this song is brilliant..Sheep farming in the Falklands..another classic..Steve Ignorant (vocals) is now an RNLI response volunteer..brilliant..

F you’re Amazing for reacting to Crass .✌🏽💗

Still as good as it ever was. Listening to this when I was sixteen and still am. Glad you liked it. You got good taste ❤️

Finding this stuff 40 + years back in my early 20's, gave me the same kinda WOW moment that our friend hosting just had. It would be well worth your time checking out 'Sheep Farming In the Falklands', 'Gotcha' & 'Your'e Already Dead '.

I helped request this, glad you did it. Fantastic song, liked seeing trying to turn it up when it was on max too lol

Did not expect to see C.R.A.S.S on this channel. Fair play m8. If you are going down that UK Anarcho punk rabbit hole Can I suggest Conflict - The Ungovernable Force Subhumans - Work Rest play Die Culture Shock - I.S.D

@joesinclair8910

3 жыл бұрын

On the back of this, zounds, poison girls and flux of pink indians you will also really like

@joedivision7148

3 жыл бұрын

Work rest play die was my jam back in the day!

@Disco_Breakin

3 жыл бұрын

@@joedivision7148 When the system has you beaten even tho you haven't eaten

@joesinclair8910

3 жыл бұрын

@@Disco_Breakin cus you cant afford to eat or drink to keep your brain alive

Yup you get it. This was great. Record from 40 years ago still sounds amazing

Your reaction is spot on only 30 years after me, but im old.

First time I heard this in 1985 it blew my head off. Probably the most memorable lyric of the 80s for me, to be honest.

This is so sick to see someone hear this for the first time. Just found your channel, I dig it. Crass hits so fucking hard. The lyrics are spot on

1985 I was introduced to Crass at just age 11 permanently strengthening the ability for self thought and question everything. Too this day I still have every 7"-12" released on Vinyl.

Check out "End result" "Securicor" " Mother" to name just a few good ones from CRASS.. in my opinion " stations of the CRASS" is my favorite album, been listening to CRASS since 1989.

They're on my top 5 favorite punk bands. Hard punching music Explosive lyrics with a real message

This is the first one of these reaction videos I have enjoyed because the laughing at the realization is the same reaction I have listening to crass

I'm subscribing, And that's to YOU, 'cos of your reaction and acceptance of CRASS & PunK RoCK. And not the Sissy kind ! Real bands with something to say, And Meaning It ! Cool Bro', Keep On Keepin' On ! ... Up Here in the North of England. Peace&Love, Dalc. P.S. You could sample a bit of early NEW MODEL ARMY. Their song 'VENGEANCE' is a good place to start. [shrugs shoulders] I don't know...see what y' think.

@benwilliams3395

3 жыл бұрын

The Hunt, or 51st State, surely

Awesome that you're listening to Crass. They're music and Gee Vauchers art work is somehow timeless. Try reacting to 'So What' from Feeding of the 5000. Zounds , The Poison Girls and The Ruts also great bands.

@EuchridEcrow

3 жыл бұрын

I agree! The bands mentioned, listen.

@wodidos

5 ай бұрын

I’m in a rut!

More Crass!!!!! Eatenbyghouls where you at. Maybe some Joy De Vivre.

After loving Crass for 44 years, it is so damn good to see someone react like you do to this incredible song. Wonderful. Glad you liked it so much, man!

Me and my mate went to their farm, and sat in awe and wonderment, as our heroes made cup of tea, and did kitchen stuff.

Thank you for reviewing this song and getting it out to more people. Much much love

I love CRASS ! one of the best hardcore bands in the 80s. Theres tons of great song from these guys...

Don't watch many reaction videos, but was surprised by the band chosen here, not a huge Crass fan, but cannot deny-they were really good (usually only listen to much newer punk and the classic old stuff is seldom played anymore). Too tell ya how old a punk I am, that album (i had the cassette-such a bragger) came out the exact time I dived headfirst into punk in jr. high.

Brother, your super cool. This was our theme song in 1984. Punk from Toronto.

Wow, tbf when I bought this 7" single as a teenager the lyrics sounded like sloganeering. Nearly 40 years later I understand it all & how they were trying to educate. As someone else has said on here, refreshing to see it still being played by a different generation who hopefully understand it better than me at a young age.

I saw them in a small club it blows and the people who love the lead singer like lead singer of Rolling Stones and lot celebrity

I used to go and see crass in the late 90s early 80s and I’m going to see them this Sunday 3rd after a 40 year wait!!!!

if you want a really impactul Crass song, react to "nagasaki nightmare", still blows my mind everytime i listen to it

@trevorhill4723

3 жыл бұрын

The singing on the first part is a bit weird at first, sort of like the '3 little girls' form 'The Mikado', the second part, is very heavy with the agony and the radioactive rain, the third, and angry part, is for us to heed the warning. Great track.

Fantastic stuff! Keep up the good work. Maybe try listening to Vex. A great three piece from Bexley in London. They used to tour with Conflict, and were on their Fight Back label. They only released the one 12" EP called Sanctuary. A quite underated band, that sounded more like Killing Joke than any other anarcho-punk band from the early 80's. Great guys and good friends.

Holy Cow, never thought I'd see a CRASS reaction...! Well, I think you've caught on why what's called "punk" nowadays really isn't very punk at all. Green Day is a kick-ass rock-n-roll band, but punk? Labels don't define good music, of course. I remember, late 80s, the punk and hardcore scene where I lived fizzled out, and had been for years; I was left wondering where the hell it went. My best friend put on a cassette and out blared N.W.A. Fuck tha Police... Ah, that's where it went!

Saw Crass for the first time when I was 12 years old in '79 in a tiny community centre in my home city. I managed to 'borrow' one of their banners. It hung on my bedroom wall for a while until I moved house then it sat in my folks attic for 40 years. I posted a pic of it on a Crass group on FB and only found out 'the missing banner' was a thing when I got a message from the drummer Penny Rimbaud calling me a thieving bastard and telling me to shove it up my arse. 😆

This is the only Chanel reacting to real punk on the regular. So glad I found it.

Still one of my favourie bands .seen them 6 times 79/80 .more relevant now ..

The Crass! I haven't heard say that name in twenty years. Very underground so, of course, underrated.

Old 30 something punk rocker here. Forgot about Crass, super happy after this reaction.

I am so glad you listened to this song! Crass is an incredible band. Check out Penis Envy, it's a mindblowing album.

It's great that you listened to this T. (I'm calling you T) ;) And I loved your reaction. This is proper genuine UK music. Have a great day mate.

Brilliant from start to finish,love this song had to subscribe.

Crass, in a weird way, helped to lead to Napalm Death and Carcass, which was a huge part of shaping how 90s death metal and grindcore would shake out.

@DestroyYouAlot

2 жыл бұрын

(And Bolt Thrower. Speaking of, you should check out Bolt Thrower - World Eater. Classic British death metal.) kzread.info/dash/bejne/g4Blm8Seea25dZM.html

I was in Berlin when this was released back in 1980. What a perfect setting to hear it in.

Im so glad you like it. I found crass in 1979. Im 54 now and still listen because they keep me on track. Anarchy and freedom

@asacash

3 ай бұрын

My father was in the '80s Orange County punk scene he was also an extra in the independent movie Suburbia they'd cast real punk rock kids not actors the movie free on Tubi. Check out my ReverbNation artist page my father taught me how to play bass guitar the singing came easy to me 😁

Thank you for this! I have been listening to to these guys for 30 years. Never gets old or out of context. Habbenings!! Let's see what habbens!!

@heidipetersen2011

2 жыл бұрын

They truly were the first truthers of the long time movement that stands against corruption and crimes against humanity. Popcorn worthy for sure these days

I always love coming back here for your reaction sir.

The art work and statements from the covers are as important as the music. It's still relevant because life has not changed. ANARCHY & PEACE DESTROY POWER NOT PEOPLE

listening to my beloved Crass and found your reaction video, always fun to see someone get blown away by a new experience! Thanks a ton to the patron for spreading the message too! For anyone wondering the year zero (The very last bit of the song) was a plan enacted in Cambodia by a well educated communist (taught in France, on the other side of the globe, who's universities were very radical) named named Pol Pot. Around 30% of the country died. "Year Zero is the idea, put into practice by Pol Pot in Democratic Kampuchea, that all culture and traditions within a society must be completely destroyed or discarded, and a new revolutionary culture must replace it, starting from scratch" Intellectuals were killed (Only Pol pol is smart enough to run the world), everyone with glasses were killed for looking like intellectuals (also to wean weak ~modern genetics~ out of the population), and the cities were emptied and marched into the countryside where everyone became top level pro farmers or had their heads crushed with rocks.

Maybe the most relevant commentary on today in art, this side of the third chapter of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Orwell's 1984.

Old Crasshole here dude, I'm glad you enjoyed it

One revolution, literally, leaves a body where it started, having revolved.

Check out pink flux of Indians

@glennmclaren3108

3 жыл бұрын

Tube Disasters

I've been waiting for people to get Crass xx

Excellent message !!

I'm so glad to see you touched by Crass. The marching section of the song you seemed to like is a part rendition of the French national anthem, The Marsellaise, which is about the storming of the Bastille in revolutionary France. If you want to know a bit more about the Crass collective you might wanna listen to youTube interviews with the drummer Penny Rimbaud or the male vocalist Steve Ignorant. You won't regret it. For those of my generation who were touched by Anarcho-Punk, Crass were our teachers. You should also Google Gee Vaucher who put together Crass's distinctive covers and posters. You may even recognise some of her art. They made waves in punk era UK, to the extent that the establishment took note of them and they were mentioned in Parliament. Other bands from the era who were politically anarchist and who were associated with Crass or their record label Crass Records include The Poison Girls. Less anarchist more feminist. Vi Subversa was a middle aged woman at the time. Flux Of Pink Indians. Zounds. The Mob. Here's something else to note. A young black punk/grime artist has taken Crass as he s inspiration and is well worth a watch. He gets it and I think you'd love him. Do a vid of a first watch of Bob Vylan doing We Live Here. You'll appreciate the watch I know. Peace. Solidarity. M.

Seems like you are now ' One of Us'... Eyes opened, thanks for creating the opportunity for others to see.

I've been quite a long-time crass lover now and I think that's a super nice video. I think that this song is an individualistic anthem: any revolution requiers it's opponent's blood, and simply can't be without an idealised leader, and hysteria of the masses: two things that the band rejects. In short, every revolution is tyranny. That's why the band, while being anarchist, reject revolution as a principle, as it rejects every injonction. This can be a bit surprising as being anti-revolution, often implies to defend the status quo: the state, democracy, royalty, and finaly the song can appear quite conservative. But the whole thing is to claim the liberty to be your own leader. Well sorry fo the over long comment, but that's often like that when it comes to Crass. Thank you

There are some beautiful folk commenting here who haven't forgotten how music can be used to the best effect! Love to you all!

One of my favourite bands still... This song should be mandatory listen, for all aspiring revolutionarys. (Edit : Big hands) was the first song I heard of them, and I was hooked. Still listen occationally. Poison Girls(the band) was awesome too same label and Flux of Pink Indians. Its ages ago so dont remember all songs. From Poison Girls the one that stuck was Desperate Days.

Same adventure I had when first heard these...blows your mind 😎

Check out Banned from the Roxy by Crass.

man, crass and you are so right in what you arwe saying

CRASS. They went out to talk straight and confront accepted morality and accepted social attitudes. They went to war on English society from 1977 to 1984 when they broke up. They recorded and produced their own music, so they answered to no one but themselves. Much of their stuff would not have been recorded if corporations were involved. All members of crass, about 6 or 8 of them, all lived in the same huge farmhouse in Epping Forest, near London. Iv visited the place, and met Crass drummer and founder member and song writer, Penny Rimbaud, and his g/f and Crass member, Eve Libertine. The house Crass all lived in, is actually in a forest! Beautiful human beings.

Crass we'll be relevant always bought most of thier albums all the anarcho punk bands they produced back in the early 80s I still listen to them like it's the first time I heard them can't say that with any other band

Mad magazine & punk rock shaped my political views. Good to see people getting into crass!

wow, i am feeling my age right now. this is the stuff i grew up listening to.

Same reaction as you 1980 14 yr old come onnnn still same 55 now still kicking Try stations of the crass pal

I’m So Glad To Have Seen Steve Ignorant Back In 2019, The Guy’s Vocals Are Mesmerising

Check out CRASS " The last supper" on you tube, its a live CRASS concert with amazing sound and visuals.

Good evaluation.