Rudimentary Peni
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Rudimentary Peni was a band in the British anarcho-punk movement. The band's lyrics alternate between macabre (written by Nick Blinko) and socio-political lyrics (written by Grant Matthews). Lead singer/guitarist, Nick Blinko is popular in the Art Brut scene and wrote an autobiographical novel entitled The Primal Screamer. Blinko's lyrics and novel are both heavily influenced by Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
In Maximum Rock N' Roll, 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." [1]
[edit] Lineup
- Nick Blinko - Guitar, Vocals, Artwork, Lyrics
- Grant Matthews - Bass, Lyrics
- Jon Grenville - Drums
[edit] Discography
- "Rudimentary Peni" EP, Outer Himalayan, 1981
- "Farce" EP, Crass Records, 1981
- "Catastrophe",Live LP,Rotten,1982
- "Deathchurch", Corpus Christi, 1983
- "The EPs of RP", Corpus Christi, 1986
- "Cacophony (album)", Outer Himalayan, 1989
- "Pope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric", Outer Himalayan, 1995
- "Echoes of Anguish", Outer Himalayan, 1998
- "The Underclass", Himalayan, 2000
- "Archaic" EP, Himalayan, 2004
