This struggle came to a head when Crass co-founders Penny Rimbaud and Gee Vaucher bought the Dial House at auction, a decision that left them £100,000 in debt but secured a future for the community at Dial House.
In the foreword to her 1999 retrospective collection Crass Art and Other Pre Post-Modernist Monsters, Ian Dury writes;
James Paul Gee | Robbie Gee | Gee Vaucher | Spoonie Gee | Mickey Gee | Robert Gee | River Gee County | Kay Gee | Gee (The Crows song) | Gee | Edward Pritchard Gee | Adam Gee | Tom Gee | Terry W. Gee | Tamara Gee | Rich Gee | John Gee | Jean Pierre Étienne Vaucher | Henry Gee | Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z | Gee Records | Gee, But You're Swell | Gee Bee Model Z | Gee Bee Model R | Gee, Baby, Ain't I Good to You | Gee baby, ain't I good to you? | Gee Abanilla | Fu-Gee-La | Felix Oberholzer-Gee | Ethel Gee |
Prior to the formation of Crass, Penny Rimbaud and Gee Vaucher had published their creative works via their own Dial House based Exitstencil Press.
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They also featured sleeves designed by Gee Vaucher, often in conjunction with other artists, wherein the record's title and band name were set in 'stencil' style text in a black ring reminiscent of Robert Indiana and Jasper Johns' works.