Not to be confused with the Electrohippies Collective, an international group of internet activists based in Oxfordshire, EnglandElectro Hippies was a crust punk band formed in St Helens/Wigan, United Kingdom, in 1985.Though they were short-lived and underground through their career, their music influenced many future crust, hardcore punk, and grindcore bands. The band relied heavily on low bass end sounds to create their low-fi, primitively produced music.