On 24 and 25 November 2007, Steve Ignorant performed Crass’ The Feeding of the 5000 album live at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire with a band of “selected guests”. Other members of Crass were not involved in these concerts. Initially Rimbaud refused Ignorant permission to perform Crass songs he had written, but later changed his mind: “I acknowledge and respect Steve’s right to do this, but I do regard it as a betrayal of the Crass ethos”. Ignorant had a different view: “I don’t have to justify what I do…Plus, most of the lyrics are still relevant today. And remember that three-letter word, ‘fun’?”
The Feeding of the 5000 album live
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