Conversation so far:
Did Earth Crisis have influence on current culture?
To a large extent, Earth Crisis was responsible for the rising of vegan straight edge militancy in the mid- to late 90s, when veganism was rarely present in mainstream culture.
Did Earth Crisis have relation with animal rights groups?
Earth Crisis is known for supporting animal rights.
Did Earth Crisis influence other bands?
Davey Havok and Jade Puget of AFI and XTRMST.
Did Earth Crisis influence their contemporaries?
Earth Crisis had a huge impact on both the hardcore punk music and its ideals.

Question: How press reacted to them?
Self-contained rewrite: How press reacted to Earth Crisis?