ALTERNATIVE Widely regarded by many as ‘the Scottish Crass’, Alternative were spawned in the thriving scene centred around Dunfermline (that also gave us The Dissidents, Mutual Fear and The Actives) during late 1979. “We were heavily influenced by them lyrically,” on the constant comparisons to Crass that Alternative have ‘endured’ over the years. Musically, we did sound quite different to them though; our biggest influence when we started was probably The Clash,