I thought I'd tell you the tale of being very 'high' on an amphetamine type drug, and seeing the last formation of Crass ever: at the very last supper (2011) ...which did turn out to inc. Penny and Eve & some lifeboatmen; although speculation on the night was that the old man probably wouldn't turn up. This was at the Shepherds bush empire. I extravagantly took a taxi there from North London as I couldn't face public transport (paranoia was setting in) and I had left it until the last moment to leave the flat as I was on a binge (not proud). When I got in the venue, the downstairs was really over crowded, extremely hot and I was alone and buzzing. Amazing atmosphere with punks old and new from all over Europe crammed in; I'd been up for a few days and I didn't recognise anyone in the crowd that I knew & it was also pretty dark. The heat and my dry mouth were getting really bad and I asked a stranger if they could share a drink. She wondered off, grabbed somebody's random drink and gave it to me.. The heat and atmosphere got really intense and then Steve Ignorant's Crass came on. There was no way I was going to attempt getting to the bar as I really couldn't breathe and when I did I just inhaled others hot perspiration from their bodies pushing into me from all sides. I think I'd dropped another dose before entering the venue and It started hitting me as I decided to push forward. There was no turning back or sideways or further forwards, this was it. At a point where I thought I was not actually going to keep conscious, with my heart pounding away and alarm bells ringing in my mind I shouted into the ear of the guy next to me, in between songs, 'I think I'm going to faint!'. However,...It turned out that his English wasn't that good and he mis heard me and told me with an eastern European accent that the band were called 'Crass' and that they were really great! gave me a thumbs up and a friendly slap on the shoulders.
