Phil Free

Phil Free
Birth name	Phil Clancey
Also known as	Phil Free
Genres	Anarcho punk
Occupation(s)	guitarist
Instruments	electric guitar
Years active	1977–1984
Labels	Crass Records, Small Wonder Records
Associated acts	Crass

Phil Clancey^[1] known as Phil Free is a British musician and artist, most well known as guitarist for anarcho punk band Crass.

Crass

Free joined the band in 1977 and plays on all their albums and singles.^[2]

Discography (with Crass)

LPs

• The Feeding of the 5000 (LP, 1978, Small Wonder Records) [UK Indie -#1]
• The Feeding of the 5000 - Second Sitting (LP, 1980, Reissue on Crass Records 621984, with the missing track "Asylum" reinstated) [UK Indie – #11]
• Stations Of The Crass (521984, LP, 1979) [UK Indie – #1]
• Penis Envy (321984/1, LP, 1981) [UK Indie – #1]
• Christ - The Album (BOLLOX 2U2, double LP, 1982) [UK Indie – #1]
• Yes Sir, I Will (121984/2, LP, 1983) [UK Indie – #1]
• Best Before 1984 (CATNO5, compilation of singles, 1986) [UK Indie – #7]

Singles

• "Reality Asylum / Shaved Women" (CRASS1, 7", 1979) [UK Indie – #9]
• "You Can Be You" (521984/1, 7" single by Honey Bane, backed by Crass under the name Donna and the Kebabs, 1979) [UK Indie – #3]
• "Bloody Revolutions / Persons Unknown" (421984/1, 7" single, joint released with the Poison Girls, 1980) [UK Indie – #1]
• "Tribal Rival Rebel Revels" (421984/6F, flexi disc single given away with Toxic Grafity (sic) fanzine, 1980)
• "Nagasaki Nightmare / Big A Little A" (421984/5, 7" single, 1981) [UK Indie – #1]
• "Sheep Farming In The Falklands / Gotcha" (121984/3, 7" single, 1982, originally released anonymously as a flexi-disc) [UK Indie – #1]
• "How Does It Feel To Be The Mother Of 1000 Dead? / The Immortal Death" (221984/6, 7" single, 1983) [UK Indie – #1]
• "Whodunnit?" (121984/4, 7" single, 1983), pressed in "shit coloured vinyl") [UK Indie – #2]
• "You're Already Dead / Nagasaki is Yesterday's Dog-End / Don't get caught" (1984, 7" single, 1984)

Live recordings

• Christ: The Bootleg (recorded live in Nottingham, 1984, released 1989 on Allied Records)
• You'll Ruin It For Everyone (recorded live in Perth, Scotland, 1981, released 1993 on Pomona Records)

References

1. Berger, George (2006). The Story of Crass. Omnibus Press. p. 89.
2. Berger, George (2006). The Story of Crass. Omnibus Press.