The Hippies Now Wear Black author Rich Cross has written and given conference and meeting papers on different aspects of anarcho-punk since the late 1990s. The author’s recent outputs in this area are:
- 2007. [Review of The Story of Crass and The Day The Country Died], Freedom 27 April
- 2004. ‘The Hippies Now Wear Black: Crass and anarcho-punk, 1977-1984′, Socialist History, No 26
- 2004. [Review of Love Songs, Crass lyric anthology], Freedom 26 June
- 2002. A Compelling Call to Action [Review of 'Killing Time' film performance at the British Film Institute], Freedom 29 June
- 2002. ‘The Politics of Punk’. Paper given at Sources of Radicalism seminar, University of Manchester, 11 May
- 2001. ‘Yes that’s right, punk is dead: Crass and the anarcho-punk critique’. Paper given at No Future conference, University of Wolverhampton, 21 September
- 2000. ‘The Politics of Crass and Anarcho-Punk’, presentation for Riotous Assembly meeting, Manchester, 7 March
- 1999. ‘Anarchism and Punk Rock’, presentation for WEA course on Anarchism, Manchester, November
- 1999. ‘Stop the City: A history’. Paper given at Riotous Assembly meeting, Manchester, 1 June
Between 1979 and 1984, he wrote and performed with Exeter punk bands Metro Youth and Sanction. In addition to a host of DIY demo and live cassettes, the bands’ commerical releases to date are:
- Metro Youth. 1982. ‘Brutalised’. Bullshit Detector II [vinyl compilation double-LP]. London: Crass Records
- Metro Youth. 2000. ‘Brutalised’. Year Zero: Exeter punk, 1977-2000 [CD compilation]. Exeter: Hometown Atrocities
- Metro Youth. 2005. ‘Red Rifles’. Anti-War: Anarcho-punk compilation volume I [CD compilation]. Newcastle: Overground Records
- Sanction. 2005. ‘Unknown Soldier’. Anti-War: Anarcho-punk compilation volume I [CD compilation]. Newcastle: Overground Records
Along with his band mates, he provided interviews for The Day the Country Died on the work of both Metro Youth and Sanction; and was interviewed by Lance Hahn about the history of both bands for MAXIMUMROCKNROLL No 224 in January 2002.
