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Anarcho-punk

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Sub genre of the punk rock movement consisting of groups and bands promoting specifically anarchist politics.

Whilst no doubt participants would dispute having any leadership, it's difficult to imagine anarcho-punk existing without the influence of Crass, although crass founder Penny Rimbaud has stated that it is a label he dislikes, feeling that they were representative of true punk, whilst The Sex Pistols, Clash, Damned etc were in fact nothing more than music business puppets.

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