the band
Standing alone in the anarcho scene like diseased lepers, the perverse ramblings of Rudimentary Peni remain an enigma to this day; the band still shrouded in mystery, primarily due to their reluctance to perform live, their early thrashing works universally adored by punks around the world yet much of their later, more experimental output sailing straight over the same spiky heads and careening wildly off into the distant cosmos. A punk band? Yes ponders bassist - Grant Matthews on where they might fit into the grand Scheme of things, if one tried hard enough to bludgeon them into a particular pigeonhole. But anarcho, not, really, though I had considerable sympathy with Crass's politics. Jon and Nick weren't into the politics at all, and our association with that Scene was mainly due to me volunteering to help out at the Autonomy Centre in Wapping, then the release later on of (the second single) Farce on Crass Records.
Formed June 1981 in Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, as well as Grant, Rudimentary Peni comprised vocalist/guitarist Nick Blinko and drummer Jon Greville, and emerged from the ashes of Nick and Jon's previous band, The Magits. Jon devised the name, reveals Nick,
a shortening of the original name, Magit Turds… and a portent of a genuinely uncompromising name to come. Nick and I were at the same secondary school together, Langleybury comprehensive elaborates Jon. More.....
Line up :
Nick Blinko - vocals, guitar
Jon Greville - drums
Grant Matthews - bass
news/links
video of the week
March 10
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1st March
Twisted Nerve fanzine interview with
Grant Matthews added to
Literature/ Literature 3 sub menu
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Dec 09
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14 Dec
'Straight Up' and 'Enigma' fanzine scans
added to Literature 2 sub menu.
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Nov 09
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21 Nov
The Haunted Head (Micro Editon)
added to Blinko / Blinko 2
sub menu
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Oct 09
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7 Nov
The 'Haunted Head' scans added to
Blinko / Blinko 2 sub menu
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August 09
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20 Aug
The Magits page updated to
include the "Magitzine" a small fanzine
which came with the Fully Coherent 7".
(Blinko 2 submenu The Magits,
link button on the bottom of the page.)
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July 09
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31/07/09
"The Haunted Head" pre - order details
available from Durtro.com
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06/07/09
The Interview section has been
renamed Literature and Literature 2,
and contains some new scans. Fanzines
added include, Bald Cactus, Fear and
Loathing, Strange Aeons,
Aftermath, an audio upload of
" Troubled Times Radio " interview with
Grant Matthews from 1988.
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June 09
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19/06/09
" The Haunted Head " update from Durtro
added to Blinko sub menu
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9/06/09
Small sample of Nick's artwork exhibit
from Entartete Kunts added to
Blinko sub menu page
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May 09
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31/05/09
Nick Blinko's art work on Septic Death's
12" Need So Much Attention... Acceptance
Of Whom, added to Blinko sub menu
page
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21/05/09
Nick Blinko artwork for sell on Ebay
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April 09
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12/04/09
"Prisoner of Charity" fanzine interview
with Grant Matthews from 1982 added
to interview sub menu page
March 09
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29/04/09
Part 1's "Pictures of pain" on Ebay
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15/03/09
IQ32 fanzine interview with Nick
Blinko added to interview sub menu page
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12/03/09
Artwork sub menu page added to
The Primal Screamer menu
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08/03/09
Nick Blinko's artwork from Soft Drinks 7"
"Popstars In Their Pyjamas" added to
Blinko sub menu page
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Jan 09
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10/1/09
Blinko / Fire in the Head sub menu
page updated to include Psychotic
Underground track
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6/1/09
Flipside interview (PDF) added to
interview sub menu page
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3/1/09
Tracks page added to menu bar
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Dec 08
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12/12/08
Tender Mercy's 1982 interview with Grant Matthews added to
interviews section (sub menu)
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1/12/08
Nick Blinko picture on offer
at Southern Records
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Oct 08
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Peni live 92 video added
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Aug 08
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25/08/08
New Blinko picture from Facebook ?
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July 08
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9/07/08
Plan B's Peni article
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June 08
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30/06/08
Durtro.com / news release on new
Blinko book
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19/06/08
"The Strange Sound of Cthulhu"
extract added/Blinko page 4
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10/06/08
Site update, No More Pain cover
artwork added.
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08/06/08
Good bad Music for bad, bad Times!
No More Pain Review
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May 08
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30/05/08
Cult Punk's "No More Pain EP" review.
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28/05/08
Site update, 4 sample tracks from
No More Pain EP added.
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25/05/08
Blinko Artwork for Hum of the Druid/Fire
In The Head LP release.
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22/05/08
Nick Blinko/Punk Alice artwork.
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April 08
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18/04/08
No More Pain CD Track Listing.
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No More Pain EP release date has gone
back to 2nd June
due to production issues.
Good news - the CD/LP is probably going
to have an open
out poster insert now.
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March 08
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25/03/08
Southern Records add Rudimentary Peni site
to ilike.com.
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19/03/08
Southern Records New Peni Facebook site.
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Official Rudimentary Peni Site launched
on Myspace, containing a track and cover
artwork from the forthcoming
album, No More Pain.
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Rudimentary Peni’s follow up to their
2004 “Archaic” EP
is slated to be released on May 5th, 2008.
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Durtro.com, will publish a new novel from
Rudimentary Peni’s Nick Blinko this Summer.
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SOAD - Suite Pee (Whiskey A Go Go 1997)
