This seems borderline for HN but this was an interesting movement. However, the political attitudes of many of these bands seem quaintly 70's naive-Marxist now.

This seems borderline for HN but this was an interesting movement. However, the political attitudes of many of these bands seem quaintly 70's naive-Marxist now. I still enjoy Henry Cow's instrumental records but these days Dagmar Krause's Brechtian histrionics on the "In Praise of Learning" album just make me chuckle. It's much more productive to try to humanize capitalism than reject it entirely, IMO.