"Crucified"
In the mid 1980s, New York hardcore band Agnostic Front began covering "Crucified", a song from Iron Cross' EP "Skinhead Glory". Agnostic Front included studio versions of the song on their Liberty And Justice For... and Something's Gotta Give albums. "Crucified" has become a staple cover song for many hardcore and Oi! bands. Grey's lyrics refer to being ridiculed for being different, being blamed for society's ills, accused of violence, and intolerance because of the actions of others. The metaphor of being crucified resonated with Leftist/Communist and apolitical skinheads who were sick of being labelled as neo-Nazis because of right-wing extremist who stole the skinhead fashion. White-Power/Fascists who called themselves skinheads also identified with the song due to persecution they received for their social and racial views. Crucified has become an anthem for both factions of skinheads worldwide. Live audiences have taken to adding a chant of "skinhead army!" to the chorus, a line not included in the band's original recording.
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Famous quotes containing the word crucified:
“Imagine a painter crucified by his subject!”
—John Ashbery (b. 1927)
“A well-proportioned mind is one which shows no particular bias; one of which we may safely say that it will never cause its owner to be confined as a madman, tortured as a heretic, or crucified as a blasphemer. Also, on the other hand, that it will never cause him to be applauded as a prophet, revered as a priest, or exalted as a king. Its usual blessings are happiness and mediocrity.”
—Thomas Hardy (1840–1928)