- Rudimentary Peni
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Name = Rudimentary Peni
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Origin =U.K.
Genre =Anarcho-punk Deathrock Experimental rock Gothic rock Post-punk
Years_active = 1981 - present
Label =Crass Records Corpus Christi Records Outer Himalayan Records
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Current_members =Nick Blinko Grant Matthews Jon Grenville
Past_members =Rudimentary Peni is a British
Anarcho-punk band. Culling influence from many different musical genres, as well as other aspects of culture, they are known as one of the most diverse and original groups to emerge from the punk scene. Although many of their releases spoke to the sentiment of many anarcho-punks, this was only keeping with a generallly misanthropic viewpoint the band embraced. The band's content included subject matter ranging from Lovecraft to daily annoyances, and was never limited to purely apocalyptic or social issues.Lineup
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Nick Blinko -guitar ,vocals , artwork, lyrics
*Grant Matthews -bass guitar , lyrics
*Jon Grenville - drumsHistory
Rudimentary Peni emerged from the British anarcho-punk scene in the early eighties as one of the most novel and recognizable acts of the era. Lead singer/guitarist
Nick Blinko is notorious for his witty macabre lyrics and dark pen-and-ink artwork, prominently featured on all of Rudimentary Peni's albums. Blinko is also rumored to have written the band'sPope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric album whilst resident in a psychiatric hospital. Bassist Grant Matthews has also written a number of songs for the band, though his lyrics primarily focus on sociopolitical themes. Very few photos exist of the band, as their albums feature Blinko's drawings instead, butPushead published a few in an early edition of his magazine.In "
Maximum RocknRoll ", issue #237 (February 2003), Matthews explains how he came up with the name of the band: "When I was at school studying biology, we were told that in the fetal stage the clitoris is a rudimentary penis."The band had early connections with
Crass .The band stopped performing in the 1980s after bassist Grant Matthews was diagnosed with cancer. They continue to record and release material today, though they rarely give interviews.
Nick Blinko has also released a semi-autobiographical novel called "The Primal Screamer", which is currently out of print. Blinko has also become increasingly popular in the
Outsider Art scene. Though Blinko continues to release new music, he was recently admitted to a psychiatric hospital somewhere in London.Fact|date=October 2007The group released the "No More Pain" EP in June of 2008. Nick Blinko has also finished a new untitled novel, due out sometime in the near future.Discography
Chart placings shown are from the
UK Indie Chart .cite book |last=Lazell |first=Barry |title=Indie Hits 1980-1999 |year= 1997 |publisher=Cherry Red Books |isbn=0-9517206-9-4 ]
*"Rudimentary Peni" EP, Outer Himalayan, 1981
*"Farce" EP,Crass Records , 1981 (#7)
*"Catastrophe" live LP, Rotten, 1982
*"Death Church " LP, Corpus Christi, 1983 (#3)
*"The EPs of RP " CD (collects "Rudimentary Peni" and "Farce" EPs), Corpus Christi, 1986
*"Cacophony" LP, Outer Himalayan, 1989
*"Pope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric " LP, Outer Himalayan, 1995
*"Echoes of Anguish" EP, Outer Himalayan, 1998
*"The Underclass" EP, Outer Himalayan, 2000
*"Archaic" EP, Outer Himalayan, 2004
*" [http://www.southern.net/southern/band/RPENI/07019.php No More Pain] " EP, Southern, 2008References
External links
* [http://www.southern.com/southern/band/RPENI/ Southern records biography page]
* [http://www.deathrock.com/rudimentarypeni/rpeni.html Rudimentary Peni at Deathrock.com]
* [http://www.angelfire.com/ca2/farce Fairly Comprehensive Rudimentary Peni Page]
* [http://community.livejournal.com/primal_screamer/ LiveJournal Community for fans of Rudimentary Peni]
* [http://pissinapod.moonfruit.com/ Rudimentary Peni]
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