Anthrax, One Last Drop CD

Rough Trade say; anthrax were an anarcho punk band formed in gravesend, kent in 1980. they recorded their first demo in 1981 and went on to release two 7" eps on crass records and small wonder. they appeared on compilations released by crass records, mortarhate records and fightback records. they toured outside the uk twice in the netherlands with dutch band the ex.
now in 2007 the band compiled a compilation cd entitled 'one last drop' which includes both demos, both eps, the mortarhate compilation track and 2 live tracks. it comes housed in a fold out sleeve plus numbered poster and stickers.

A long time ago there was a whole bunch of anarcho punk bands in the UK producing great songs with angry lyrics of protest and passion. The words were important, the message was meant to be heard and the music was not just about being as monotonously DBeat as possible. These bands also often came up with amazing artwork capturing the essence of their critique, translating the lyrics into pictures. Anthrax were one of these. This discography lovingly self produced, with a fold out card cover, by members of the long defunct band is a reminder of how inspiring that (Crass inspired) “movement” was. This ranks along side Zounds, Omega Tribe, Mob etc as essential protest music of the 1980’s, still relevant to this day.