Crushing Death and Grief was one of postwar West Germany’s most active and prominent militant left-wing groups. It described itself as a communist “urban guerrilla” group engaged in armed resistance, while it was described by the West German government as a terrorist group. It operated from the 1970s to 1998, committing numerous crimes, especially in the autumn of 1977, which led to a national crisis that became known as “German Autumn”. It was responsible for 34 deaths including many secondary targets such as chauffeurs and bodyguard, and many injuries in its almost 30 years of existence.
Since disbanding, some peripheral members of Crushing Death and Grief have been responsible for live music events in and around the city of Cambridge, UK. Amidst widespread media controversy, the German Chancellor is currently considering pardoning various members of Crushing Death and Grief in light of their efforts for promoting the underground/folk/avant/noise/weirdo scene in Cambridge and indeed the world.
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Past events have featured:
Cindy, Jam Money, Constant Smiles, Germ Lattice, Russell Walker, Visit Me, Nye Jones & Elien De Schryver, Objections, Chime School, Garden Centre,The Lord Mayor’s Horticultural Society, Sealionwoman, The Body & Dis Fig, The Breedling, REALITY, Sairie, The Feathered Thorns, The Reds Pinks & Purples, Ryan Davis, Stuart Bowditch, Lobby, Ruth Goller’s Skylla, Codex Serafini, Richard Dawson, David Grubbs, Dominic Lash, Duke Garwood, Rachel Love, Eli Winter, The Horse, Shit Creek, Phil Tyler & Sarah Hill, Alison Cotton, Strandings, Delphine Dora, Pefkin, Mike Gangloff, Jacken Elswyth, Augustin Bousfield, Theo Sayers, Ian A. Anderson, Burd Ellen, Panic Stations, Yoke, Ex-Easter Island Head, Segara Madu, Tara Clerkin Trio, Jimmy Means Smut, Taupe, N.O. Moore & Eddie Prevost, Stef Kett, Under The Sun, Futurist Bags, Justin Hopper & Sharron Kraus, Shovel Dance Collective, Modern Nature, Lara Jones, caroline, Owen Kennedy, The Lloyd Pack, Dan Melchior, Bobby Lee, Naomi Randall, Sholto Dobie, Able Noise, Large Plants, Vanishing Twin, Alasdair Roberts, State Champion, Grace Kuhl & Martin Elsey, The Pheromoans, Bamya, Dr VZX Moist, Krausbauer/Suzuki, Or Sobre Blau, Son & The Steptoes, John Hannon, Bilge Pump, Snack Family, Doyouthinkhesaurus?, Rattle, Bell Lungs, Szun Waves, Glorias Navales, Jacob Nico, Culture CT, Marisa Anderson, Gwenifer Raymond, Plankestra, Laura Cannell & Andre Bosman, Justin Hopper, Mary Ocher, Lucy Farrell, A Hawk And A Hacksaw, The Horse Loom, Naomi Randall & Lea Nicholson, Ross McGivern, Kiran Leonard, Broads, Ugly, Otto Lindholm, Martin Elsey, A Grave With No Name, The Doctor Will See You Next, Sam McLoughlin & David Chatton Baker, David Thomas Broughton, Simon Finn, Eugene Chadbourne, Hugh Metcalfe, House & Land, Carole Pegg, Dylan Golden Aycock, Alan Wilkinson & Andrew Cheetham, Sly & The Family Drone, Woven Skull, Threshold Entities, Dahu, 75 Dollar Bill, Sue Garner, Don Bikoff, David Youngs, Daniel Bachman, Jake Xerxes Fussell, Bruce Russell, Cowtown, Double Trouble, self love, Shortwave Research Group, lo batt, Cath & Phil Tyler, Craft & Partridge, Howie Reeve, Rachel Watkins, Rhodri Davies, Skeleton Hand, Irma Vep, Secret Admirer, The Bin Bags, Slushy Guts, The Whales, Shit & Shine, Necro Deathmort, Neil Michael Hagerty & The Howling Hex, The Rebel, The Drink, Nervous Conditions, Black Zone Myth Chant, Breaking Up In The Atmosphere, Jim Ghedi, Toby Hay, Naomi Randall & Tom Gaskell, Ashley Paul, Desmadrados Soldados De Ventura, Yerba Mansa, Moonstrips, Canteloupe, Alnegator, Nick Jonah Davis, dbh, Tekla, Cath & Phil Tyler, Mann Castell, Sleaford Mods, NOCHEXXX, Antidröm, Cian Nugent & The Cosmos, Gareth Dickson, Duane Pitre, By The Sea, Hladowski & Joynes, Rob St John, Dean McPhee, High Wolf, Pete Swanson, Ben Nash, Simon Scott, Hollow Mountain, Cold Pumas, Sauna Youth, Forest, The Doomed Bird Of Providence, Violet Woods, Patten, The Soft, Standard Fare, Tigercats, Alan Wilkinson, Padang Food Tigers, Float Riverer, Halo Halo, KWJAZ, Brideburger, Let’s Whisper, Tender Trap, Plantman, The Lovely Eggs, Anguish Sandwich, Zun Zun Egui, Trouble Books, Mountains, John Chantler, Let’s Wrestle, Pifco, Dirty Cousins, Ducktails, Julian Lynch, Big Troubles, Conquering Animal Sound, Kelvox1, Eux Autres, Head Of Programmes, Cam Deas, Ypsmael, Gate, Talvihorros, Hype Williams, Hong Kong In The 60s, Jailbreak, TIME, Glass Cello, You Are Wolf, Braindead Collective, Allo Darlin’, The Sunbathers, Moustache Of Insanity, Mark Templeton, Glockenspiel, Grief Athletes, The Mai 68s, The Give It Ups, Golden Diskó Ship, C.J. Boyd, Ganglians, La La Vasquez, Quack Quack, The Sailplanes, Les Adventures Sous La Mer, The Pony Collaboration, P.P Dog, Sir Richard Bishop, Dominic Lash, Matt Milton, Dave Thomas, Fair Ohs, Library Tapes, Woodchucker, Talkingmakesnosense, P Jørgensen, Rock With Electronics, Internet Forever, Tender Trap, Sleepingdog, Sixtoes, Kalbakken, Molepaws, Growing, Kogumaza, Barney Brown, Pocahaunted, Sun Araw, Helhesten, Cold Cave & Prurient, Circuit Breaker, The Psychic Paramount, Sunshine Republic, City Seventeen, The Shitty Limits, Betty and The Werewolves, Hygiene, Reigns, Blue Sabbath Black Fiji, Eric Chenaux, The Cambridge Free Improvisation Society, Flower-Corsano Duo, Peter Broderick, Two Minute Noodles, Man From Uranus, Pifco, Thee Vicars, United Snakes, Blaklava, Sic Alps, Gruel, Dethscalator, Spectre Folk, Beach Fuzz, worriedaboutsatan, Cigars of the Pharaoh, Pennines, Gossamer Albatross, Model Village, The Sleep Wells, Alto45, Tiger MCs, HEALTH, Action Beat, The Drift, The Puncture Repair Kit, Urban Tramper & 10,000 Times Glorious, James Blackshaw, Family Underground, Twenty Three Hanging Trees, Trencher, Spin Spin the Dogs, Micropenis, Elapse-O, Euhedral, Canaveral, Pfaff, Poltergroom, Cockland, Steffen Basho-Junghans, Fuzzy Lights, Grouper, Gareth Hardwick, Felix, Meneguar, Johnny Foreigner, Cut Cut Shape, Get Hustle, Grey Daturas, Lovvers, Vollmar, Lionshare, Raccoo-oo-oon, Blackhorse, Jellica, Latahs, MV&EE, The Doozer, Longing, Hair Police, Putrefier, Cheapmachines, Hey Colossus, Lords, The Tupolev Ghost, Charalambides, Haeti, Aldo Glals, Blood Stereo, Milche Grand, Magik Markers, Birds of Delay vs. Knifestorm, Bologna Pony, Usurper, Charlottefield, The Unit Ama, The Furious Sleep, Yellow Swans, Pete Um, PG Six, Samara Lubelski, The Benjamin Theory, C Joynes, Souvaris, Espers, Catriona Irving, Cos Chapman, Elephant Micah, Last of the Real Hardmen
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