Blinko authored a semi-autobiographical novel called The Primal Screamer , published in 1995 by Spare Change Books (his bandmates and Ferelli appear under false names), as well as the more recent The Haunted Head (2009, Coptic Cat ) and Visions of Pope Adrian 37th (2011, Coptic Cat). Blinko has also…
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The band continued to record and release material into the 21st century, including the album Pope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric (1995) and the EPs Echoes of Anguish (1998), The Underclass (2000), Archaic (2004) and No More Pain (2008), and have maintained a diverse cult following in the United States punk scene.…
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Rudimentary Peni stopped performing in the mid-1980s after bassist Matthews was diagnosed with cancer. After a four-year hiatus, they recorded Cacophony (1988), a sonic tribute to seminal New England horror author H. P. Lovecraft . Mark Ferelli, a fellow musician, introduced Blinko to Lovecraft; the pair also pushed each other’s…
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In 1987, the band’s first two EPs were collected by Corpus Christi Records as The EPs of RP .
Early on, Rudimentary Peni had connections with fellow anarcho-punks Crass , and their second 7-inch EP, Farce , was issued by Crass Records . Up through the band’s first studio album, Death Church (1983), their records were packaged in fold-out paper sleeves full of artwork, lyrics and poster graphics characteristic…
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Blinko, Greville, and Matthews subsequently formed Rudimentary Peni. In Maximum RocknRoll issue No. 237 (February 2003), Matthews explained 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”. By…
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They recorded their first EP, an eponymous 12-song 7-inch, in 1981 at Street Level Studios in London and released it on Outer Himalayan. It was fast, loud, and often described as “demented” due to the sound, as well as Blinko’s lyrics and artwork, which adorned the cover and inner sleeves.…
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Rudimentary Peni were formed in June 1980 in Abbots Langley , Hertfordshire , by Blinko (vocals, guitar), Greville (drums) and Matthews (bass).
Blinko and Greville had met years prior in Langleybury Comprehensive secondary school. Greville had been playing drums since he was young, beginning lessons at the age of 10, and slowly became interested in punk rock around the time the first Sex Pistols album was released. After meeting Blinko through a…
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