Greatest British hardcore band:

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[asthmaticeog]

1. Crass, for sure.

They were brilliant. The Exploited would just go around singing "Maggie You're a C*nt," but Crass went way beyond that kind of simplistic I hate Thatcher crap by, for example, editing Reagan and Thatcher's speeches into a phony phone call discussing the winnability of nuclear war, and doing it so well it fooled the press and caused a scandal. THAT'S fuckin' art, right there, and it's where punk transcends it's formative "Ha ha, I hate prog and I can't play well" ethos.

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2. I was always a big fan of G.B.H.

I can't cop to being terribly familiar with Crass (compared to other Brit bands). G.B.H. weren't as political as other bands of that era, but they did have some pretty clever lyrics. "Generals" was a great song.

[asthmaticeog]

3. Weren't they Canadian?

Edit: NO NO NO, I'm thinking DOA - morning brainfart, never mind, going for coffee now...

[dolo amber]

4. Winger!!

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6. You're no longer welcome 'round here.

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:P

[Zuni]

5. Subhumans, no doubt about it

The day the Country Died is one of the baddest British Punk records EVER recorded.

Just listen to the Songs "No" and "Zyklon B-Movie"