Some of Class Actions tracks need subtitles as the machinegun fast raps of Aslan AK splatter the home comfort prejudices of Middle England. You don't get the intricacies of the lyrics, just hard core choruses...`Rip up The Sun'... `Nazi salute for our lovely Royals'... `Let's raise hell on them ConDem killers'...
The bankers, the ruling class, Rupert Murdoch, David Cameron, Prince Harry, fascists and racist freaks get dragged under the juggernaut of Class Actions' roaring sound that mixes angry punk with drum n bass, hip hop, dub step and more than a sprinkle of industrial funk.
The attitude flies in the first track, Hooligan Sound, where the Class Actions' philosophy is spelt out in no uncertain terms... "My lasting impact is the fact that I'm aggressive, why am I aggressive? You're so fucking repressive..."
Aslan AK sets out the agenda to `agitate and educate' with `hell-bound hate', and the next 17 tracks do exactly that, complete with verbal and metaphorical molotovs going off all over the place.
Hooligan Sound is almost a greatest hits album with a collection of tracks that have sniped their way across YouTube and Facebook over last few years, causing either controversy or untold joy, depending on the political sentiments of the listener.
Rip Up The Sun, a tribute to the Hillsborough victims, is on here, as is the ant-fascist track No Retreat and the totally anti-monarchy diatribe, The Royals. There's also the catchy anthem, M is 4 Maggie, which just about sums up the current attitudes instilled by the former society wrecker, and is having a new YouTube video to go with it as an assault on the Christmas number one (click here).
The Class Actions' classics have been re-mixed for the album, while a bucket load of tracks only previously available on mix tapes have now been officially released.
There's the jazzy, funky Con-Dem Nation - `...Let's raise hell on them Con Dem killers' - plus a `Minefield Mix' of Militant - `...the only thing Militant were guilty of was building houses for the poor and creating jobs in an impoverished city' – and the barbed punk rap of Resistance - `Come on, come on...resist, disobey...I'm rejecting everything in society'...
But apart from the eagerly spat verbals, there's some top production going off in the background by Mike F, who mixes and mashes the styles enabling the tracks to gallop through urgent dub, sparking acid, anvil hard electro and banging drum n bass.
This is the sort of sound you expect to find in a derelict backstreet squat in Berlin, which explains Class Actions recent Euro tours. The fact that it's created in Salford with the attitude of the politically educated dispossessed only adds to its appeal.
Class Actions' are not everybody's cup of tea. As Aslan Ak says "It's got our usual `Fuck you' attitude – people either like it or they want to shoot us..."
For those who like their cup of tea with teacups smashing against the wall, boiling hot water poured over the ruling class and a monkey's piano full of dried teabags stuffed into the gobs of Daily Mail editorial-spouting tossers, this is your album...
Class Actions Hooligan Sounds is available on download from ITunes or in CD format (with an extra bonus track Resistance (Radio Edit) direct from Class Actions classactions@hotmail.co.uk
See also www.classactionsuk.com
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