Crass Course: Crust Punk & D Beat 

Good stuff! I’m the drummer for Oi Polloi .. glad to be your personal favourite 🤟😎

This channel is LEAGUES better than Punk Rock MBA. Great job, this vid gave me some new bands to check out.

Let us not forget the `independent’ Finnish h/c punk scene ( with a style of its own) ,which dates back to the 80s . Bands like Mellakka, Kaaos, Rattus, Riistetyt and Pohjasakka ,also deserve an honourable mention . Good presentation overall!

Honestly soundwise Motörhead def has a huge influence on the early Crust and D Beat scene, especially with the bass mix and the drumming. Also Misery should get a shoutout

For a young'un, you're doing a great job. As an OG UK punk and now OAP (old aging Punk) I love that you're keeping the spirit of the scene alive, and that's important! Loving your videos, reminds me of my youth, albeit a shame history has sought to label it this and that, when in the early 80s it was just punk, Hardcore and Thrash. Keep on burning the flame sir! 👍

Hiatus, Resist, Deprived, Disrupt, Disaffect, Nausea, Drop Dead, and Destroy were some of my favorites back in the day.

That Nausea clip around the middle of the video is from a show at a club super close to me in Croatia! Just a small detail, but means a lot since they performed during the early 90s when we were in a war.

Hey man, I just want to say thank you for your videos. My best friend od’d last July and he turned me on to punk. He told me about a lot of the bands on this playlist and at the time I only listened to a few songs. Listening to this playlist brings me a little closer to him and I appreciate that.

I grew up in Ipswich in the '80s which was pretty much the capital for Crust Punk, I hung out with Phil and Pete from ENT and saw bands like Napalm Death, Doom etc in a local club, gigs went on most months with the place filled with crusties, it was a great time for Punk, I was a proud crusty.

Happy to see you back! Aus Rotten is probably my favorite crust band as well, and I'm still waiting for Spotify to get more of their music.

Great video. I have so much nostalgia for the early part of this era. I saw some of these bands in the ‘80s, Doom and Electro Hippies being the most memorable. The Hardcore Crossover band I was in at the time got to open for Extreme Noise Terror too, which was an experience.

Just got really into the Scottish Crust Punk band Fit To Work. This provided a good background to the genre, thanks.

Came across this video after 15 beers (the way you would want it) and I applaud your commitment - we need more guys like you !

Inepsy is one of the best crust bands in my opinion and honestly I think Motorhead’s influence you can hear in lots of crust music. Discharge, Amebix, Cimex, Napalm Death etc.

I'd like an episode on psychedelic-noise-punk bands like Alice Donut, Killdozer, Buzzov-en, (Noise Sludge crust crossover,) Neurosis, Scratch Acid/Jesus Lizard, Cows, Swans, Butthole Surfers, Melvins, Accused (crossover of genres), Big Black/Shellac, Girls Against Boys, Boris, Nomeansno, Melt-Banana, Spore, Crash Worship, Babyland, Cop Shoot Cop, Chrome (Postpunk Crossover), Hepa.titus, Mrs., Jucifer, EyeHateGod (noise-sludge-dixie-stoner crossover) and probably a ton of others that I can't think of. Thanks for doing these videos.

Sorry, I don’t have time to wade through the comments to see if someone else stated: but in regards to Skarp, the only update is that their drummer Joe Grindo is still pretty active in the extreme/brutal music scene. He’s been playing with the band Theories for a few years now and helping to organize the annual Northwest Terror Fest. I’ll ask him what came of the other members next time I see him. He’s been in a number of great bands starting back East when he lived in NYC. Great to see other punx being active here in the PNW. First time watcher and I definitely subbed. This genre was very impactful in my growing up and I still hold true many of the philosophies that were maintained by this scene. Like you, I was a young crusty that was very nihilistic in my approach to the world and my place in it. But, when I gave up the train hopping, substance abuse/alcoholism, and the flagrant disregard for myself, I found my taste and mind expanding. Thankfully is wasn’t Jesus Christ (more like Jesus Crust amirite?!) that simmered me down. I still think the same ideas are as relevant now as they have been since the inception of the scene, but I try to work within my community to help make the world at least a little better than I found it. Cheers! Up the punx, and Oi!Oi!Oi!

Very cool introduction to the genre!! nicely done. I would just like to add: A very influential band from Japan is "Battle of Disarm". "Mincecore" is a subgenre of Grindcore that has more political/punk lyrics and ethos. Agathocles and Haggus are mincecore bands. The Lead singer of At the Gates is also the lead singer of Disfear, another notable Swedish Crust band. Members of Tragedy were in His Hero Is Gone. Blackened Crust, a fusion of Norwegian Black Metal and Crust punk was coined by the Canadian band ISKRA. Martyrdöd is also well-known Blackened Crust band. Inepsy is the quintessential "Motorcrust" band. Cool bands I like: Detestation, From Ashes Rise, Auktion, Nasum (grindcore), Avskum Great local bands: Dahmer, Saccage, Napalm Raid, Khan, Hard Charger, Sights of War and Soil of Ignorance.

i think CRASS needs a video on their own,their influences goes throughout all punk genres

One of my favorites was Excrement of War. I still listen to Cathode Ray Coma from time to time. I remember hearing this sort of stuff first through compilations like Hardcore Holocaust and Grind Crusher back in high school. It's so great.

2 years ahead of me at school was Mid (Rob Middleton) who went on to be a member of Deviated Instinct. I never let him know I existed, but I was in awe of him. Snapa (Bass in DI) was also a close friend of some of my mates at school. Through these tenuous connections my love of crust punk was formed. 40 something years later I still regularly blast DI, ENT and Doom, etc for the benefit of my neighbours.

Anarcho Punk for me is that late 70s early to mid - 80s squat/Traveller UK sound. Glad you mentioned Poison Girls. Zounds were great too. for me the Inner Terrestrials carry this spirit on.

As a Minneapolis local I’m really glad to see something local represented here,but how can you forget Misery and State of Fear?!?!? Destroy is definitely the most grind of the 3 pillar crust groups from the city,also Skarp was still ripping but got a little more on the black metal side last I heard which is still sick. Cheers

Good stuff man, and kudos for putting your mental health first. When it comes to self-care, the channel can wait. I was heavily into crust and hardcore throughout the 90's. I was in and out of a few bands that never got anywhere, but I did get together with a couple of solid guys after a few years, to the point where we released our own 7" and had a song on the Profane Existence Aftermath compilation. It was amazing to have our noise sandwiched between bands that we all worshipped for years,

Glad you’re back, homie. Top tier content as usual

Thanks for the video and your channel in general. My favorite bands are Tragedy and Disfear. I also love bands woh are kind of neo-crust: ICTVUS, Ekkaia, Dumange, Morrow, ...

Extinction Of Mankind - well worth checking out. Great video.

80's Discharge - Why 12"ep - 1981 (listen to this first and then repeat 10 times before you listen to anything else) Gism -Fire - 1983 (song off a comp) Anti Cimex - Raped Ass ep - 1983 (from Sweden) The Comes - No Side 12" - 1983 (Japan) Gai - Extermination EP - 1984 (Japan) Chaos U.K / Extreme Noise Terror - Earslaughter LP - 1986 split (ENT's dual vocals became a staple of crust and Chaos are legends) Antischism - All Their Money Stinks Of Death ep -1989 (US) Various - The North Atlantic Noise Attack 2xlp - 1989 (my introduction to ENT, Napalm Death etc) Doom - Police Bastard ep - 1989 (UK) 90's 3 Way Cum - Battle Of Opinions - EP 1993 (Sweden) Totalitär / Dismachine split 12" 1995 (Sweden) Cluster Bomb Unit - Cluster Bomb Unit 10" - 1996 (Germany) His Hero Is Gone - Fifteen Counts Of Arson lp - 1997 (US) Dropdead - Dropdead 12" - 1998 (US) Shikabane - Japanese title 12"- 1998 (Japan, MCR Company) Axiom - Impaled by Chaos EP - 1999 (US) 00's Contravene - Times Of War, Times Of Peace lp - 2000(US) 1905 - Voice. lp 2003 (US, maybe not crust maybe more anarcho screamo??) Lebenden Toten - 8 Tracks Demo! 2003 (US) two none punk bands I like at the time, Doo Rag and Unsane I'll leave it at that, just some of my favorites.

Crushing it dude! Great to see there are still people who like their music hard and fast. Just found you today and have been listening in my work van all day. I'm 54 and want some more! Still listen daily to MDC, RKL, and Minor Threat. DRI still at the top of the list. Love me some hard crossover!

D.R.I. will always be my favorite Thrash Metal band. From the "Dirty Rotten E.P." to "Dealing With It" to "Thrash Zone" and even "Full Speed Ahead" when I was younger the E.P. was all I listenes to but as soon as they started evolving it was way faster and harder. 🤟

Saw crass, dirt, Annie anxiety Carlisle Market Hall back in 1981 best gig ever. Fond memories.

Saw AMEBIX live in Ljubljana/Slovenia, they were touring ARISE album and they were fucking great, slow, dark, mysterious

I'm pretty new to crust punk but I got introduced to it through sludge metal and one of my buddies. I absolutely fell in love with Dystopia and I thought I should check out crust. Great video! Just subscribed

Cheers from Orange County California.. Punk Rock as F@∅k!! O.C.

I was surprised to not see Driller Killer and Nailbomb here :D

I kinda just came into crust and sludge, i have been listening to discharge and napalm death for years though. But I'm watching this because i started in at crust sludge band about 1.5 years ago. Came into it knowing nothing about, started with bass, now I'm the drummer, I really fell in love with hhis genre.

I recently moved to Minneapolis and there's an incredible punk and metal store here called extreme noise. My girlfriend loves the place so I'm trying to learn about the genre more.

interesting channel,i was a punk in london from 77 to 82,theres alot i could say.but have a good weekend debs

Anti Cimex gets a shout out, nice! I lucked upon Scandinavian Jawbreaker and I liked it straight away....

Anarchy Punk , Crass, Flux of Pink Indians , Anthrax (uk) and UK Decays first songs before they went in a Deathrock direction.

Two bands from the early 80's UK I think deserve a mention are Chaos UK and Disorder. I think they both had a pretty big influence on crust. But you can't mention every band that may have had an influence in a 13 min vid I get that :)

My favorite D-beat/Crust bands are Skitsystem, Wolf Pack/Wolf Brigade, Loud Pipes (their album Downhill Blues rules!) Dropdead, Warcollapse, Man the Conveyors, Fleas and Lice.

Crusty here. If you haven't checked out Disfear, you should. I saw you mentioned at the gates and skitsystem, it's another one that share members

Thank you for putting this together. it was fun to watch while I ate my lunch. Sincerely, another old crustie punk-ma-rockmer

Nausea! My favorite high school punk t shirt, their vol. 1 album absolutely rips

This is the first time I’ve seen a RU-vid video that speaks to my musical tastes. 10/10 I watched am every video so far!

Great Video! Makes me miss Pittsburgh of the 90s. Aus-Rotten were always great guys.Dave and Eric are some of the nicest people you could ever meet, and they brought through so many incredible bands. The primate freedom tour and drinking cider with Degsy from Oi Polloi are some of my best memories from those days. Your videos are fantastic. If you want to check out a great band from back then that is still around look up Submachine.

That has got to be the cleanest crustie patch vest I have ever seen ! LOL ! Its all good though , they age with time and wear .

Amazing video man you have so much knowledge about this genre!!

Well brother, you broke the choke hold of the algorithm, great video. And super nice that it’s the 1st one of yours I’ve seen. Up the punx

Great vid! My favorite trend of the last decade were D-beat and Crust band members carrying that influence into deathrock and post-punk; Bands like Deathcharge, Alaric, Anasazi, Instinct of Survival and Lost Tribe (And way too many more to name).

Ah, makes me want to pull out all my old Profane Existence fanzines!

My favorite modern Crust-Band has to be Martyrdöd from Sweden. They have a very distinct sound and are great musicians. Greetings from Germany!

Nice job cramming such a gangload of info into 13 min!!! 👏👏👏 Glad to see some of my So Cal homiez bands mada it into the mix... maybe a Pt.2 , 3, or even 4 per region? Long Beach (and surrounding areas) Punx held it down for decades since the 80's and Crusty bands were ever present.

No Tomorrow from Wilmington, NC was the band that got me into this subgenre. They’re long now disbanded, and their members went on to be in BAT, Mania for Conquest, SECT, and probably some others. Their split LP with Oiltanker is top notch

I'm eternally grateful that I was turned on to Aus Rotten as a kid. They're one of my all-time favorites of any genre and have some of the best lyrics with an unapologetic message. You have my respect and attention...good stuff..I'm having alot of fun watching your channel.

Good channel. No new information for me but I'm sure you turned on a few folks to their new favorite bands. Keep up the great work.

Kentucky actually had a good scene back in the day . My buddies band Disdain did a split with Disrupt and another great band here was Ungrateful . Check them both out if you can . Plus a bunch of bands played here like Naked Aggression , Hell Nation , Apocalypse Hoboken and a bunch more . My band played with Phobia and Wormrot a grindcore band from Singapore ! Fun night .

I would not personally states Napalm Death as the most influencial band for grind and grindcore, to me Carcass fits the role way more. Both are equally important but Carcass has a slight advantage for me.

i've been into hardcore punk for a while now and I somehow skipped over crust punk which is insane to me cus i've been loving the sound. i got into dystopia a while ago and they have been my favorite band since! so i've been trying to explore sludge metal (found out the sludge scene where i'm from was very influential to the sound) and crust punk. i will definitely be looking into the bands that you listed!

I used to watch bands like this every week at Trinity Hall Bristol England in the early 80s , my favorites would be Disorder , Chaos Uk , Amebix !!

Well done , you've done your research , covered alot over the timeline . keep up the great work 👍

Gotta say I clicked on this being ready to tear it apart, but dude, you got a lot of it nailed. I will say that on the east coast where I grew up we called bands like Aus Rotten, Nausea and Final Conflict political punk. Sludgier bands were often what we called crust. Well done! I’m an old political punk whose touchy about her scene!!!

Love your stuff dawg! My favorite has to be crust/sludgy band has to be Dystopia or Nausea

Aus Rotten deserves their own video if not documentary

His hero is gone is always my go to crust band

Dystopia is defiantly my favorite crust band. I can never see how they're really sludge. Like maybe their first album but the aftermath is just like its own thing

Love my local anarcho crust punk band Aus Rotten!!! Wish more channels got them out there. I'm just bias though I guess.

The dystopia patch by itself deserves a sub!! Good vid!!

Always awesome such a sad thing about Doom s singer getting back together and passing away O and by the way subhumans rule I will hear no more peace and love lloydy

i'm from port angeles wa and we had a great crust/pv scene in like 2005-2012 brando is from here and he was in streetwalker, salo, the rubouts,crōn, endorphins lost and i'm missing a bunch but yeah the seattle scene used to be rad

WOAH MATE! I LOVE CRUST PUNK AND I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR A CHANNEL LIKE YOURS FOR WELL FOREVER! DEFINITELY SUBSCRIBED!

highly recommend Sea Of Deprivation to everyone that enjoys Dystopia. great crust/sludge band. RiP Phill Misanthropic "Open up and take your bullet" pre SoD^

I wouldn’t say grindcore was a more metal sub genre bc it can go both ways, whether it’s more on the metal side or the hardcore punk side

Hey Bro Hymn! Your eyes tell a complete story. You've Bee going in Oi! Mode ( yea the Wretched Ones) hardcore. Just keep doing you and we'll be here!

good stuff. i saw a lot of these bands in the 90's in California

Not really sure where Italian h/c ala wretched indigesti raw power & negazione falls in categorization of music stylization. All I know is I love the raw brutal and attacking in your face hardcore punk these bands put out. And side note powerviolence = MITB/ Neanderthal also dbeat love Skitsystem and Totalitar

Love it!! I want to throw out some of my favorites not mentioned... Axiom, Anti Product, Antischizm, Detestation and Dirt

Damn, no Agathocles, specifically the Razor Sharp Daggers album. So many different influences on that album and by and large my favorite album in general.

I actually love TubThumping. That's just Chumbawamba...some of their best stuff has a catchy pop sound. Nothing wrong with that. I love, also, that they sold the rights to the song to whoever would pay for it...and donated the proceeds to anti-corporate political action orgs. Great band.

Nice to see you back. Yet again some great content. When it comes to crust, my favorites has to be the suburbanists and hazardous government. Also a few great Finnish bands to check out are Kaaos and Kiljuvelka-70

Yea, do a vid about Grindcore! So many great bands!!! SUPPRESSION is probably my favorite!

Crass is one of my favorite anarcho punk bands, aside from Johnny Hobo and the Freight Trains (really all of Pat's bands). All the crust bands you mentioned are on my daily playlist, with folk punk and i rep them on an almost daily basis on my vest. Also, I'm sure you've seen it, but The Decline of Western Civilization 3 is based on crust and it's sick as hell!

Appreciate the love for the OG Pittsburgh bands! 412 RPRZNT!

Good video. I never knew what this crust thing was.

Anti-Cimex is one of my favorite bands.

I haven’t showered since this video was uploaded

Glad to see you're back! I've been in a huge crust mood recently, so this is an aptly timed video as well. Love the genre and all its offshoots, so this video was really interesting. Definitely a couple bands I'll be checking out after this. Dystopia has gotta be my favourite crust band, although I'm still not sure if they actually fall into the genre or not.

the first time I heard the turm crust punk was when scruff from hellbasterd sead to me I'm a crusty punk meaning he had the same clothes on for weeks and not had a shower then it kind of became a turn for the music. I saw all them bands in the mid to late 80s British ones I mean it was a great time. you missed out sacrilege btw . good video btw. . I did see anti cimax live aswell thay were good

I'm very impressed with your knowledge

Solid break down. My all time top bands are Aus Rotten and Dystopia

Crust/stenchcore hands down my favorite genre but I like Dbeat to but my all time favorite bands are AXEGRINDER,DEVIATED INSTINCT,INSTINCT OF SURVIVAL,HELL BASTERD,EFFIGY,DISRUPT,NAUSEA,ANTISCHISIM,DOOM,OI POLLOI,DESTROY, the list goes on lol

my favorite is discharge

Crust punk originated in Bristol UK with Disorder, Chaos U.K and the Amebix. Back in the very early 80's, before any of the bands you opened up with were deemed 'crust' (Chumbawumba for example showed up supporting CUK at their second gig outside Leeds, dressed in casual smart clothes in comparison) these three were living in filthy squats and had merged with the 'convoy' traveller scene. Ditto with a few bands from Bath. Most other punks including the anarcho scene were pretty clean cut at the time. The Bristol triumvirate meanwhile having no money, no homes, no work, practically lived on the streets, wearing clothes they tore to pieces from charity stores. I have a glut of pictures from the era showing just how 'medieval' and fucked up Bristol was. On tour these bands would often get stick for 'smell' and looks of disgust as they didn't fit into the punk rock athestic, yet played some of the hardest shit for the time. This eventually began to catch on within the larger scene itself. The word 'crusty' originated in the local Bristol traveller scene, when a Bristol newspaper called them all "crusty travellers." The fascination with drinking and cider within the scene also started there. It's all well and good making these videos, but get your facts right. Edit: Chaos U.K. also took the look and 'smell' to Japan in 85, influencing that scene as well.

This is great, you’re doing the lords work here. Keep that hammer in your hand.

Warwound and Disrupt are two ive been getting into

Just to say that Chumbawamba members were and still are real anarchists till this day. They started as an Anarcho-Punk group of squatters who formed a band and never sell out, you must search and read more about Chumbawamba mate!! They even said that if you don't have the money to buy their albums to steal, and always made albums extremely cheap to everyone. Take a look of some interviews of them and you'll see that they still the same anarchists as in the beginning.

I'll add the legendary rupture (Australia) to the list. I wouldn't pigeonhole them into any genre like crust etc. But a kickarse band nonetheless.

i would say, the japanese part is a little inaccurate. Would have been appropriate to mention Gloom and Zyanose shit even Confuse for crust but The Comes and Gauze definitely is just hardcore punk.

I was in the band Dispara from Seattle I see Joe from Skarp every once in a while but I don't think they are playing anymore although I could totally be wrong but I've known Joe for many years and he is a great guy!!

Just subscribed, I hope you’re still putting in work. Long live Bread and Water !