Editing Last Amendment

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[[File:Lastamendpen.jpg|thumb|200px|Penny Rimbaud performing with Last Amendment at The Vortex, Hackney, November 2006]]
[[File:Eve libertine 2.jpg|thumb|200px|Eve Libertine performing as part of Last Amendment at the Hackney Vortex Club, January 2006]]
[[File:Kate short 2.jpg|thumb|200px|Kate Shortt performing at a Last Amendment event at the Vortex Club, January 2006]]

'''Last Amendment''', formerly known as '''The Crass Collective''' and '''Crass Agenda''', is the working title of a series of collaborations by ex-members of the [[anarcho-punk]] band [[Crass]] and others. Although Crass had formally split up in 1984, [[Penny Rimbaud]], [[Gee Vaucher]], [[Eve Libertine]], [[Steve Ignorant]], [[N. A. Palmer|Andy Palmer]] and [[Pete Wright (musician)|Pete Wright]] came together in November 2002 to put on a concert at the [[Queen Elizabeth Hall]] in opposition to the at that time proposed [[2003 invasion of Iraq|War on Iraq]]. Although they did not all appear on the stage at the same time, most of the ex-members of Crass participated in the event under the name of '''The Crass Collective''', along with other performers such as [[Ian MacKaye]], [[Goldblade]], the English Chamber Choir, [[Fun Da Mental]], and [[Nabil Shaban]], among others.

The Crass Collective continued to put on gigs and performances, usually of a collaborative nature, on a regular basis throughout 2003 at the [[Vortex Club]] in [[Stoke Newington]], London. In October of that year however they changed the name of the project to '''Crass Agenda'''. Works by the collective have included [[Dada]] cabaret, an interpretation of [[Allen Ginsberg]]'s poem ''[[Howl (poem)|Howl]]'', Crass' ''[[Yes Sir, I Will|Yes Sir I Will]]'' and an update of [[Dylan Thomas]]' play ''[[Under Milk Wood]]'', in which property developers move into the mythical [[Wales|Welsh]] village of [[Llareggub]].

Others that have worked as part of Crass Collective/Crass Agenda include [[disability rights]] advocate and actor [[Nabil Shaban]], violinist and pianist [[Dylan Bates]], [[saxophone]] player [[Ingrid Laubrock]], [[John Sharian]], [[Julian Siegel]], [[Gene Calderazzo]], [[Kate Shortt (musician)|Kate Shortt]], guitarist and bass player [[Jennifer Maidman]], [[Ed Jones (jazz musician)|Ed Jones]], [[A-Soma]]  and others. During 2004 Crass Agenda were at the forefront of a campaign against the closure of the [[Vortex Club|Vortex]] jazz club, which has now relocated to [[London Borough of Hackney|Hackney]].

In June 2005 the project was renamed '''Last Amendment''', with their website,<ref>[http://www.southern.com/southern/band/CRASS/#currentactivities Southern.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031202014159/http://www.southern.com/southern/band/CRASS/ |date=2003-12-02 }}</ref> declaring the name Crass Agenda as being "no more". Their first live performance using this incarnation was on 30 June at the New Vortex club in Hackney, east London.

==Discography==
* ''Savage Utopia'' – featuring Eve Libertine, [[Christine Tobin]], [[A-Soma]], Louise Elliot, [[Kevin Davy]], Phil Robson, [[Liam Noble (musician)|Liam Noble]], Davide Mantovani, [[Matt Black (DJ)|Matt Black]] (of [[Coldcut]]) performing work by Penny Rimbaud ([[Babel Label]]/[[Exitstencil]], 2004)
* ''Penny Rimbaud's How?'' – poetry based around [[Allen Ginsberg]]'s ''[[Howl (poem)|Howl]]'', recorded live at the Vortex Club. (Babel Label/Exitstencil, 2004)
* ''In the Beginning Was the WORD'' – Live DVD recorded at the Progress Bar, Tufnell Park, London, 18 November 2004 (Gallery gallery Productions @ Le Chaos Factory, 2006)

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20031202014159/http://www.southern.com/southern/band/CRASS/#crassagenda Last Amendment upcoming events]
* [http://punkcast.com/1065/index.html PUNKCAST#1065] Video of Rimbaud/Elliott – Last Amendment – at Gavin Brown Passerby NYC on Nov 8 2006.
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