by David Insurrection
“The title of the book for me says everything – everything that we gave our soul to during those years. This book does a fantastic job at retelling that story.”
— Col Latter (Flux of Pink Indians)
Paperback
208 pages, colour.
UK Royal size paperback (234x156mm)
£19.99
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Anarcho-Punk: Music and Resistance in London 1977-1988 by David Insurrection is the distillation of three years of work. It’s the story of an oft-overlooked scene. Anarcho-punk in the 1980s truly rocked the boat. Much more than music, it set out to change the world and, in a not insignificant way, did just that.
It inspired a generation of activists, artists, and musicians to take up the fight for a better, fairer world. They tore down the walls. The Sex Pistols may have opened the door, but the Crass punks charged through it. This is their story.
As we return to the embattled 1970s and 1980s, David takes us on a journey where we visit some of the scene’s most significant locations and hotspots, to places where change mattered and the spirit of revolt burned brightest.
David Insurrection was born in 1962 and raised in NE Scotland. He’s married with one daughter. At the age of 17, in the autumn of 1979, he discovered punk rock. It would leave a lasting impression on him. In 1980, he first heard Crass. That experience changed everything and would determine the direction his life took from that point onwards.
In 1984, he began to identify as an anarchist and took his first activist steps. By this time, he had immersed himself in everything anarcho-punk. In 1988, he produced his first zine. His next zine, in 1990, was called Insurrection. In 1993, he moved to London. He stayed there for four and a half years, returning to his native Scotland in 1997.
It was during his stay in London that he first got a hankering for writing a book on anarcho-punk. He’s still involved in the scene to this day.
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