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Interview: Crass co-founder Steve Ignorant on aging, the social power of punk, and his final show with Paranoid Visions at ’77 Montreal

Posted on July 19, 2018 by Gabriel Sigler in Interviews , Live Preview , Music // 1 Comment

Steve Ignorant (né Steven Williams) is true legend in the punk world. He co-founded the highly influential UK anarcho-punk band Crass with Penny Rimbaud in 1977, ushering in not only a wave of forward-thinking punk rock that tackled issues like nuclear proliferation, corporate greed and feminism, but also a strong, communal DIY ethic that has influenced countless bands and artists in the ensuing decades.

Steve Ignorant and Paranoid Visions play ’77 Montreal on Friday, July 27th at Parc Jean-Drapeau. Admission is free for children under 10. For tickets and the complete lineup visit the festival’s official  site .

How did this collaboration with Paranoid Visions come about?

Do you know what, I really don’t know. [Laughs] No, it’s really strange. I can’t remember how I ended up being with Paranoid Visions. It’s odd. When I was doing The Last Supper tour, Paranoid Visions supported us on a few of the gigs, and Peter Jones, their bass player, he actually arranged the gig for us when we played in Dublin. And then we were meant to play in New York with Paranoid Visions supporting, but there was a cockup with the American work permits. There was a huge backlog, so basically we had to re-arrange the American tour. Paranoid Visions went ahead and did it, and I said to Pete, “Well look, when we do Shepherd’s Bush Empire, the last one, you can support on that if you’d like, to make up for it.”

Then they invited me to do vocals on a song they had written, which turned out to be three songs, that I ended up doing vocals on. Then they did an album and invited me to perform on that. Then there was an album launch and I ended up doing that, and then all this other stuff came along, and all of a sudden there I am in bloody Paranoid Visions!

As far as I was concerned it was just going to be a one-off thing. But I think, obviously, you put the name Steve Ignorant and Paranoid Visions you get more people coming in the door, and you get more offers if you know what I mean. I’m not being big-headed or anything, that’s just the way of it. And really, working with them, it gives me the chance to sort of do a bit of the old rock stuff, and it sort of gives them a bit of a foot in the door to sort of further their career, if you know what I mean. So it works both ways, it’s good.

You’ve also been very active with your Slice of Life project recently, does that fulfill a different sort of creative itch for you?

Slice of Life is something that I’ve wanted to do for years and years and years, probably for about 20 years I’ve been wanting to do it. But I never found the right people to do it with. So working with the two Petes and Carol, it’s the perfect combination. And it allows me to be just a bit more poetic if you know what I mean, and a bit more personal. And it allows me to talk about issues that I feel are important, like the aging process, definitely. I’m taking about stuff like that now, and at some point I’m going to be writing about hip problems and knee problems [laughs]. There’s a lot of walking sticks in my gigs nowadays, so it has to be addressed.

That’s interesting though, you say it almost as a joke but people that came up in a certain era are growing up and a lot are still involved in music and punk but their issues in their 50’s and 60’s are not necessarily the same as when they were 16. Do you think it’s important to address those things?

Yeah, definitely. I mean, and things like testicular cancer and things like that, prostate, certainly cancer has to be addressed because I’ve got a lot of friends who are suffering from it. And I have to wear glasses now, I don’t hear quite as well. I can’t lift my leg up as high as I used to, we’re all going to get it, you know? And I just think it’s worth talking about really. No one else is doing it.

These shows that you’re doing with Paranoid Visions, are these the first time you’ve played Crass songs since the Last Supper show?

Yes, I tend to slip in a couple when I feel it’s appropriate with Slice of Life, a sort of little acoustic version. But I don’t do them all the way through, it’s just a little nod to it. Because, I’ve always felt if David Bowie was still alive and I went to see him perform, and he didn’t perform “Ziggy Stardust,” or you know, “Sweet Thing,” I’d be really pissed off. I just think it’s worth slipping in a couple, but no, that’s the first time that I’ve done them proper, with a full band behind me, since The Last Supper.

What made you want to come back to them? Crass has such a deep back catalogue, what went into selecting the set list for this tour?

Well, the way it happened was last year, the people from Rebellion [Festival] in Blackpool, England, said they’d really like to have something special this year. So Peter Jones got in touch with me and said, “Don’t get annoyed Steve, but how about doing some Crass songs?” And I went, “Oh, for fuck’s sake,” and we went, “No, listen, and we’ll do some Schwartzeneggar , and we’ll do some Stratford Mercenaries as well, and a couple of Paranoid Visions.” And I said, “OK, it would be nice to do a tribute to Vi Subversa from the Poison Girls , she died not long ago, so I wanted to do a cover of one of their songs.” And I said, “I’d like to do a cover of one of me favourite punk songs, which is “ Tube Disasters .”” And we got this set together, and it just went mad, blimey. And then of course from that the offers started coming in, the first one of which was Japan. And I knew Paranoid Visions hadn’t been to Japan, and I thought, “Well, I’ve got to give them that opportunity.” So we went and did it, and the same with Canada and with America. But Canada will I think be the last time we do it.

Oh, really?

Because Paranoid Visions are a band in their own right, and I’m with Slice of Life, and it would be a shame for what we do in our respective bands for that to be overshadowed by this. It would be too easy to do that, so yeah I think Canada will be the last time we do it.

People tend to look band on the Crass era with reverence now, what do you think when you look back on your time in the band?

That’s a toughie, what do I think of my time in the band now? What a fantastic upbringing it was. It certainly made me grow up quick. But on the other hand, sometimes I look back on it with a little bit of regret, because I grew up very quickly, so I missed out on a couple of teenage years there, you know? Although I did experiment with certain substances, and females and things, it wasn’t as wild as it could have been. Which is probably lucky, because there’s probably be loads of little Steve Ignorants running around somewhere [laughs]. No, I was always very careful, but no, I haven’t got any regrets, it was fantastic.

When you look at how people take in music today it’s changed so drastically since that DIY ethos that you were working with then. If Crass was starting out today, would your approach have been the same?

I often wonder about that. I think one misconception that people may have is that we deliberately started the DIY scene, and we didn’t , you know? We just used what we had around us. The banners were made out of old bed sheets, we painted everything black because that was what we had in the shed. It’s all held together with gaffer tape, duct tape I think you call it, and nails. It was very ramshackle, but we did it ourselves. But I think that’s really good, it maybe helped people go, “Oh, well I could do that.” And you can, it just takes a little bit of thought and care, you know?

It always sort of got me when you get people putting out very cheap 45’s, and the cover would just be a dreadful squibble, you know? And it would look rough, and all this sort of thing. And I’d think, “Well just because it’s DIY and cheap, it doesn’t have to look like that. You can still make it look as good as anything else.” When I was in bands like Schwartzeneggar and Stratford Mercenaries we got caught in the DIY scene, and once you get in that scene it’s really difficult to get out of it. Because people say, “Oh, you’ve sold out,” and all this sort of stuff. But what you’d find at a lot of those places, and I’m not saying this is all DIY setups, because I’ve been to places where it’s fantastic, but you turn up at some places and only half of the PA would be working. And you’re expected to perform. And I’d say, “Look, if people have come to see us for the first time, and they think that’s what we sound like, they’re not going to come again.” So for the sake of a few bucks or whatever, sort the PA out, because then you’ll get more people wanting to play there. Sort out the toilets, you’ve got to do that, you know? Don’t expect people to sleep on concrete floors and things, anyway, enough ranting.

In general it seems like that DIY ethos, at least for venues, has worked better in Europe where bands say they’re treated much better than in North America. Do you think there’s any reason why that system caught on better in Europe?

I don’t know, it’s the same with England really, because it was very difficult for the English to do that. There’s never been a lot of money in this country, and anything you do that’s sort of creative is frowned upon by the establishment. So they’re not going to put any money towards anything arty or anything like that, so you’re totally on your own. And then there’s the problem with venues over here, you start a venue and the police will come close it down for some reason, they’ll find an excuse. But I don’t know, I think maybe in Europe they just seen to have got it together, they always have done a lot more.

I think back to the earlier question, if Crass started tomorrow, would it be any different, and I sort of often wonder that, because we always saw ourselves as an information bureau, this is pre-internet and all that sort of stuff, and mobile phones. So we were introducing people to things like anti-nuclear stuff, anarchism, feminism. Nowadays you can just google all that, you don’t need to go to a Crass gig. “I just witnessed this song about a thing called anarchy,” “Yeah, I’ve googled it.” So I don’t know, it’s a tough one, that.

But a prime example of how new technology can be good is exemplified by the Sleaford Mods. They’ve just got a little computer and off they go, it’s brilliant. I wish I bloody thought of it!

Do you feel the same sort of spirit in Sleaford Mods as what you had with Crass and what you’re doing today?

Oh, definitely. I think what Jason and Andrew are doing is touching people who are in sort of shit jobs, and all of the stuff those people in shit jobs would like to say to the boss is what the Sleaford Mods are saying for them. It’s very strange, because I thought it’s only going to work in England, because of the subject matter, but it doesn’t, it’s global. It’s just sort of blown me away.

Does the longevity of punk ever surprise you? Did you ever think that these would be songs people would be singing decades later?

Oh, I see what you mean. No, what I think is slightly depressing about it all is that all those songs are still relevant. It’s a bit like reading Charles Dickens. You read Charles Dickens and it’s all about homeless people and children who’ve been exploited, and soup kitchens and all this, and that’s still happening today. And those books were written in 1850, whatever they were.

Do you think punk still has the capacity for radical change? Or has that spirit moved onto to genres like hip hop that are resonating with young people on a huge scale?

Yes, I do, I mean a lot of that music I don’t like, I think it’s because I just can’t understand it, if I can put it that way. But I appreciate the spirit behind it. And I think I can see where they’re coming from. But, I wouldn’t go and see it if you know what I mean.

You can respect it from afar.

Absolutely! And I’ve met some people who are involved in that sort of stuff, and they’re great, because they’re coming from roughly the same area that I am. It’s great. But then again, I’ve met an opera singer who I would call a punk, and people who work in orchestras, and they’ve got the same sort of spirit. It’s everywhere.

What excites you musically these days?

Well I’ve always had an eclectic taste in music, so one day I’ll be listening to West Side Story , the next day it’ll be Billie Holliday, the next it’ll be Sleaford Mods. At the moment I’m heavily into Doo-wop. So the next Slice of Life album we do there’s going to be some of that in it.

What grabs you about Doo-wop?

I think it’s the atmosphere it evokes in me. It’s just instant. It’s a bit like if I listen to let’s say, Miles Davis’ Some Kind of Blue , I’m instantly walking down a street that’s got puddles and neon signs flashing on and off. It’s instant, like a film soundtrack in my head, and I think that’s because when I listen to music, I listen to it for the pleasure of it, but at the same time I’m going, “Oh, I’ll use that bit.” I think that’s the way I approach my songwriting, thinking of it as a movie soundtrack almost.

There’s this notion that the best protest music comes out of harsh, repressive leaderships, do you find that to be the case? And if so, is there any silver lining to what we’re seeing today under Trump and Brexit?

I think that’s probably hit the nail right on the head, that the worse the tyrant in power the more protest songs you’re going to get, and the better. But it’s a shame it has to be that way. I just hope that there are younger people than me out there who are using this time to sort of come up with stuff, because that needs to be said.

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Best Crass song title ever was “Yes Sir, I will” taken from the response of a Falklands veteran (I think) lying in a hospital bed with no legs(the man not the bed) and being told by that right royal parasite Prince Charles to “get well soon”. No war but the class war.

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Once more Steve will go on tour to perform CRASS songs 1977-1984 and Ignorant Classics with his band:

Carol Hodge (vocals), Pete Wilson (lead guitar), Pete Rawlinson (bass guitar) Jay Bagnall (drums).

Steve Ignorant is a singer/songwriter and artist. He co-founded the anarcho-punk band CRASS with Penny Rimbaud in 1977. When CRASS finished he played in various bands and is currently performing with his own band Steve Ignorant’s Slice Of Life.

After the huge success of performing CRASS songs & Anarcho Classics at The Last Supper Tour in 2010-11 and high profile gigs with Paranoid Visions (Rockfest, Quebec 2016; Rebellion Fest, UK 2017; Japan 2018; Punk Rock Bowling, USA 2018; Montreal ’77, Canada 2018), Steve will go once more on a World Tour.

The political and lyrical ideas of CRASS are even more relevant today as they were then and will be performed with the same intensity of those days.

The entire CRASS Catalogue has been remastered and reissued through One Little Indian this April, which has only intensified the interest in CRASS and what it stands for.

He’ll be performing CRASS songs 1977-1984 with some Ignorant Classics with his band:

Carol Hodge (vocals) & Pete Wilson (Lead guitar) both played at The Last Supper Tour.

Pete Rawlinson (Bass guitar), who together with Steve & Carol & Pete W are the Steve Ignorant’s Slice Of Life band.

Jay Bagnall (Drums), drummer of Paranoid Visions and who played with Steve when performing the CRASS songs & Anarcho Classics.

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Steve Ignorant on live records, Crass, and saving lives

Steve Ignorant is a punk rock champion - though, being the kind of guy he is, he’d dismiss the title as mere flattery. A founding member and vocalist of Crass, Ignorant was substantial in not only kicking off the anarcho-punk movement itself, but helped forged a sound and line-of-thought that reverberates through punk through this very day.

Yet, when Crass stopped, Ignorant kept moving forward with bands like Schwarzenegger and Stratford Mercenaries, and even performing with Conflict. Now, he’s got two active groups- the acoustic Slice of Life and a jacked-up, all out punk attack collaboration with Paranoid Visions. The later pair just released 1977220174U ‎ , a live album from Rebellion Fest 2017 that includes Ignorant covering songs from throughout his discovery as well as a few well placed covers.

Because the record just came out, and because Ignorant and Paranoid Visions as bringing a similar set to Punk rock Bowling this year in Vegas ( Pssst… we’re sponsors ), Punknews’ John Gentile Spoke with Steve about the new LP, Hip Hop, and saving people’s lives. Check it out below.

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The live record- long has this been a decisive medium for bands. Some people see the live record as the true document of what a band is, while others often see a live record as “less good” versions of studio tracks. Steve, what’s your take on live records as a whole? Sometimes I prefer the live to the studio, and vice versa… I mean, that sounds like I’m sitting on the fence. We did a live recording of Slice of Life, but I prefer that to the studio one. I think it depends what mood you’re in and it depends what band you’re in. I remember one time Penny Rimbaud played me a live jazz improv record and I was like, “My God, what’s the point?” It just sounded like furniture falling down the stairs. So, it depends on what band is doing the live record.

What’s your relationship with Penny like these days? We’re on really friendly terms. I’m planning to go on down and see him in about four weeks time and whenever I see him it’s always good fun. We may have a disagreement from time to time- of ever we’re asked to do interviews together, we just tend to take the mickey out of each other. We’ve always been the best of friends and we always will be. I don’t think there’s anything that could split that.

So, I’m going to set forth a premise here. You and Penny often have differing viewpoints. People often say things like, “Crass meant this! Or Crass would do that!” But, I don’t think one can say Crass meant any single idea because the group was not one viewpoint, but a large collection of differing viewpoints. Well, yeah, absolutely. In a funny way, Crass can be whatever you think t means. People come up to me all the time at gigs and say “thank you for crass’ music” and it helped them through a tough time and different songs mean different things to different people. I’m very cautious of telling a 15-year old what Crass songs mean to him… I usually just shut up! Ha ha ha!

From a certain perspective, that’s very generous. You’re letting people take this thing that you’ve created, or that you’ve played a substantial part in creating, and letting them do with it as they will. Well yeah, you can’t stand to say “no, it’s got to be played this way!” There’s nothing nicer than hearing someone else’s interpretation of a song that you’ve written – like Jeffrey Lewis’ [Crass covers] record. I really enjoyed listening to that. I’m not precious about it. If I am performing that Crass stuff, I do get precious in the sense that it’s got to be right. You can’t do it wrong. That’s the only time I sort of get like that. It’s funny, because ever since doing the Feeding of the 5,000 shows in 2007, I realized that Crass is everyone’s music and it almost eels like it’s not mine anymore, and that’s not a bad thing.

Not too long after that, you did the Last Supper tour, in 2012, and you were saying that that was going to be the last time you did Crass music. That really bummed me out, because I loved hearing you do those songs. Now, you do play some Crass material live, including on the new live record. What changed your mind? I’ve been performing with Slice of Life and Paranoid Visions and every so often, I’ve been thinking, “I’ve got to put a Crass song in, it’s unfair not to.” David Bowie, bless him, if he was still alive, if I went to see him and he didn’t do “Sweet Thing,” I’d come away from the concert really disappointed, so I thought with me, people might feel the same way. What’s wrong with doing a little bit of “Do they owe us a living” anyways?

So, I was doing that, and the people at Rebellion offered us a really good slot and I said to Peter Jones, and the rest of Paranoid Visions, “let’s not tell anyone, let’s just do a special set and we’ll do a couple of my favorite tracks.” We did “Persons Unknown,” which I did not write, as a tribute to Vi Subversa. We did “Berkshire Cunts,” which I did write for Conflict and nobody knows. I’m not complaining, that’s the way it was in those days. We also did “Tube Disaster” which is one of my favorite punk songs and people went ballistic. So, of course, then offers came in for doing other gigs her and there, and thought, “why shouldn’t I?” It gives people in Paranoid Visions to experience that. So, why not?

I think what I was trying to do was, with the Last Supper tour, I was saying, “Look, after this, I’m going to be doing a thing called Slice of Life. Don’t come to my gigs expecting it to be Crass songs.” I think now people know that… and I wrote the bloody songs, so why shouldn’t I? Ha ha ha! I think at 60 years old, I’ve got the right to do certain things.

What I really like about the new live record is it has Crass songs, Stratford Mercenaries tunes, your Conflict tune- is the a specific reason for tying these songs together in this way? I think the reason was, I didn’t want to go out to rebellion and do a remake of the Last Supper and do wall-to-wall Crass songs. There was Paranoid Visions songs in there as well. So, it’s a mixture of songs that I’ve written, so it’s kind of my thing. Both me and Paranoid Visions agreed that we didn’t want this thing to overshadow our own thing- what I do with Slice of Life and what Paranoid Visions does. It sort of pleases everybody and it’s a good set to do.

Let’s talk about the concept of punk. I interviewed Captain Sensible and he basically says that when he’s writing and recording, the concept of “punk” doesn’t concern him at all. Other artists, such as maybe Ian Mackaye of Jello Biafra, might keep their respective view of what punk rock is as a guide to their actions and decisions. When you’re writing and recording, do you concern yourself with the concept of punk, or, is it, you do what you do and it just happens to be punk? I think you’ve hit it on the head right there. The worst thing that I can do to myself, and I do it quite a bit, is I’ll start writing a song and go, “Oh, it’s not political enough!” But then I’ll say, “C’mon Steve! I’m 60 years old. Am I still meant to be writing songs like I’m 16 years old?” So, I just tend , whatever drops into my head, I write them onto the paper and I take them into the studio. Some work, and some don’t. I’d call it punk… maybe I’d call it post-punk. It’s hard to put labels on things. What I do, is I call it kitchen sink music.

Apropos of nothing, I believe you got into Hip Hop before most other people in the rock scene. That’s close, not entirely accurate. Say 1985, I was in New York with [Southern Studios’] John Loder and we were down at Coney Island. A black family was walking passed me with a great big boom box and this amazing noise was coming out of it. I walked up to the bloke and said to him, “mate, what’s that coming out of these?” He said, “ain’t you heard of scratching?” I said, “No, what is it?” and they explaining it to me. When I got back to England, I went to all the sops looking for it. Then, Grandmaster Flash came out and Afrika Bambaataa came out. Because I had been into punk for so long, I didn’t know where you went to punk Hip Hop and rap, so I had to go around friend’s houses to listen. I did try a track that was influenced by Hip Hop but it never made it out of the studio.

Do you still listen to Hip Hop? Yeah, now and again. If I’m in the pub, I’ll slip it on the jukebox. But, I’m into the old style. I’m not into the gangsta rap thing. I’m into the Sugarhill Gang and I thought it was great.

Are you still Sea Palling and going out in the rescue lifeboat? No! There’s an age stipulation!

Ooooh! Yeah, I’m too old to go to sea now. I think it’s 55 you’re meant to retire. So, I’m not sea crew. But, if there’s a big shout they can come and get me. But for now, my role is fundraising for them.

A lot of punk rock artists, or whatever you call it, do a lot of talking about doing what is right and what is moral. But Steve, I think it’s admirable that you have actually physically went out there and have spent your time to save or change people’s lives. Well, thanks. Obviously, when I was doing it and going out to sea, it wasn’t going through my head, “Oh, I’m Steve Ignorant and I’m going out to sea to save peoples lives!” It was more, “[gasps] what are we going to find when we get out there and I hope we get there in time and keep them warm, keep them alive, get them to the paramedics as quickly as possible.” Sometimes, it would strike me, would I have always dreamed when I was 20 year old punk screaming in a pub somewhere that I’d be out in the middle of the sea plucking people out of it.

I wouldn’t say that it was “meant to be,” but it was a natural progression of what I had been doing previously- playing benefits for sort of organizations, and then I moved to a little village on the coast and there was a lifeboat that needed people to volunteer for it, so I volunteered for it. I wasn’t sure that I would be able to do it, but I did it, and I’m really proud of that.

You once said something along the lines of that if you found your worst enemy drowning, you would still rescue him, because that’s the duty of the job. So tell me this- you’re out there in the lifeboat, and you find Donald Trump drowning. What do you do? Would you snatch him up? Well, I wouldn’t snatch him up. I’d let him flounder out there a little while until he got exhausted and then I’d wait til he went down for the third time and then I’d reach down and pluck him out.

So, to that end, I’m going to ask you a cosmic question. Is every human being, no matter how bad he or she is, capable of redemption? What do you mean by redemption, specifically?

Becoming a better person and correcting his or her bad deeds. Yeah, I think so. But, they really gotta put their minds to it… Oooh… that’s a tough one. My punk rock head says, “yes.” But, the non-punk rock head says, “no.” And that sounds like I’m sitting on the fence again. He’s dead now, but I’m thinking of a child murderer we had over here called Ian Brady. Was he possible at redemption… hmmmm… would people forgive him? The answer is no… I’ll tell you what. I’m going down to the pub tonight and I’ll ask people at the pub and see what they think…

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Steve Ignorant is a singer / songwriter and co-founder of the anarcho-punk band Crass with Penny Rimbaud in 1977.

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• Apr 27 Sat O2 Academy Glasgow Scotland Calling 2024 Sham 69 (Original 1977 Line-Up), Ferocious Dog, Buzzcocks, Anti Nowhere League, Steve Ignorant… View Tickets

September 2024

• Sep 17 Tue Dover, The Booking Hall Steve Ignorant View Tickets

October 2024

• Oct 10 Thu Cardiff, Clwb Ifor Bach Steve Ignorant Band performing Crass View Tickets
• Oct 11 Fri Plymouth, The Junction Steve Ignorant Full Band performing Crass View Tickets
• Oct 12 Sat Frome, Cheese & Grain Steve Ignorant View Tickets
• Oct 13 Sun Bedford, Esquires Steve Ignorant View Tickets

November 2024

• Nov 14 Thu Nottingham, The Old Cold Store Steve Ignorant Full Band performing Crass View Tickets
• Nov 15 Fri London, 100 Club Steve Ignorant View Tickets
• Nov 16 Sat Brighton, Concorde 2 Steve Ignorant View Tickets

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• May 08 2024 Great American Music Hall San Francisco, CA, USA  –  Find tickets Add time Tickets Add time Add times
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Steve Ignorant at Cavern Live Lounge, Liverpool, England

• They've Got a Bomb
• Punk Is Dead
• Do They Owe Us A Living?
• Systematic Death
• White Punks on Hope
• Banned From the Roxy
• Heard Too Much About
• The Gasman Cometh
• Contaminational Power
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Steve Ignorant at Old Fire Station, Carlisle, England

Steve ignorant at georgian theatre, stockton-on-tees, england.

• Do They Owe Us a Living
• Big Man, Big M.A.N.

Steve Ignorant at Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, England

Steve ignorant at corporation, sheffield, england.

• Big A, Little A
• Shaved Women

Steve Ignorant at The Robin 2, Wolverhampton, England

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• Banned From the Roxy ( 30 )
• Bloody Revolutions ( 27 )
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• Shaved Women ( 27 )

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IGNORANT2024

Steve Ignorant Band

plus ZOUNDS + VIRUS

£18.50 + Booking Fee

All Standing - 10+ Show

Steve Ignorant is a singer/songwriter and artist. He co-founded the anarcho-punk band CRASS with Penny Rimbaud in 1977. When CRASS finished he played in various bands and is currently performing with his own band Steve Ignorant’s Slice Of Life.

After the huge success of performing CRASS songs at The Last Supper Tour in 2010-11 and playing at most of the big punk festivals in 2016-2018, Steve Ignorant has started to tour again. Having played at sold out UK shows earlier in the year, Steve will be bringing the IGNORANT TOUR to Frome in October 2024.

The band will be performing the best CRASS material from 1977 – 1982. ‘Do They Owe Us A Living’ and ‘Big A Little A’ to name a few. ‘Poison In A Pretty Pill’ and ‘Berkertex Bribe’ are some of the songs that will be performed by Carol Hodge, the female vocalist. This is your chance to hear the songs of arguably Britain’s top and most influential Anarcho-Punk band, as played by the original lead singer Steve Ignorant and his superb band. Performed with the same anger and intensity of those days, the band has given these songs a new lease of life.

The political and lyrical ideas of CRASS are even more relevant today as they were then and with the entire CRASS Catalogue having been remastered and reissued through One Little Independent in April 2019, the interest in CRASS and what it stands for has increased and intensified. After a successful couple of years playing at sold out shows and festivals, there is no stopping the Steve Ignorant Band. With their raw energy and rejuvenated sound they are here to stay.

Support from ZOUNDS + VIRUS

ZOUNDS – Zounds have been performing and recording for 40 years. Their debut single ‘Can’t Cheat Karma’ was recorded for Crass Records and reached number one in the independent charts in 1980. Julian Cope described it as the defining record of the post-punk era and claimed it contained the best middleeight of all time. The band grew out the London squatting community in the 1970s and were pioneers of the free festival circuit and early participants in the independent DIY scene.

VIRUS – Formed in 1983, Virus have been described as the best kept secret in the DIY punk scene and over their 41 year history have released four singles, one split-single and six albums. The band are currently writing a new album which they hope to release later this year.

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Terry Chambers and EXTC are back on the road and they are sounding fantastic. In this episode of What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, we catch up with Terry, Steve Hampton and Terry Lines at the start of a tour that will take in more than 20 dates in the USA, from Philadelphia to Virginia, and further gigs and festivals in the UK throughout the summer.   EXTC website    Music from Felix von Boxberg    What Do You Call That Noise? An XTC Discovery Book available from www.xtclimelight.com   If you’ve enjoyed What Do You Call That Noise? The XTC Podcast, please show your support at https://www.patreon.com/markfisher   Thanks to the Pink Things, Humble Daisies and Knights in Shining Karma who’ve done the same. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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Steve Hackett's emergency hospitalization: What it means for his tour and ticketholders

Steve Hackett was supposed to have revisited "Foxtrot," one of several classic albums he made as a member of Genesis, while also showcasing highlights of “The Circus and the Nightwhale,” a solo album he released in February, at a concert on Saturday, April 13, at the historic Celebrity Theatre in Phoenix.

But 10 minutes after the show was supposed to have started, Danny Zelisko, the local promoter, walked onstage to tell the fans the famed guitarist wouldn't be performing after all.

He'd just been taken to the hospital by ambulance due to a last-minute adverse reaction to medication.

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Here’s why Steve Hackett's Phoenix concert was canceled and what's next.

Why was Steve Hackett hospitalized in Phoenix?

Hackett shared a photo of himself in a hospital room  on Facebook  Sunday to accompany a post about what happened.

"I’m so sorry for the scare," he wrote. "I’d hoped to power through the Phoenix show but I had a bronchial infection and a last-minute adverse reaction to medication.

"Consequently, the medics took me to hospital. I am now recovering and glad to be feeling okay. I was very sad to miss the show and I will return to play in Phoenix as soon as possible. My thanks to you all for your understanding and support."

The post was signed, "With warmest wishes, Steve."

When will Steve Hackett reschedule Phoenix concert?

"Steve Hackett and the band will return to Phoenix in 2025. We are sorry the show in Phoenix can’t be made up any sooner," Zelisko said on Tuesday, April 16.

"We will send you a notice when we get a new date so that you can have first crack at the tickets for the new show. We are very, very sad and sorry for the trouble caused, which couldn’t be helped due to medical reasons."

Steve Hackett ticket refunds

If you bought tickets to Steve Hackett in Phoenix at celebritytheatre.com your credit card will be reimbursed automatically.

If you bought Steve Hackett tickets through a third-party outlet, you will need to reach out to them to arrange a refund. 

What to expect when the Steve Hackett concert is rescheduled

In an exclusive interview with The Arizona Republic , Hackett talked about the tour.

“I’m keeping the museum doors open in the revisited sense of Genesis,” he says, “but also doing new stuff to keep it vital so I don't entirely pension myself off into a glorious past with all those lovely exhibits, beautiful though they are, but they are of a certain time-warp value.”

Reach the reporter at  [email protected] . Follow him on X, formerly known as Twitter,  @EdMasley .

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Steve Jevne Western Canadian Spring Tour 2024 - Penticton BC

Join us for an epic Western Canadian Spring Tour with Steve Jevne in Penticton BC in 2024 - it's gonna be a blast!

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Tickets are by donation in person at the show. Come join us for an unforgettable with Steve Jevne at Slackwater Brewing in Penticton BC for their 5th Anniversary Celebration! Get ready for an amazing performance filled with great music and good vibes. This in person event is a must-see for all music lovers. Don't miss out on this opportunity to experience Steve Jevne live in action.

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