I'm closer to 60 than 50 now. I hung out with likes of Conflict, Crass, Flux (and even Bjork at one point!) back in the early 80s. We were all just kids with nothing better to do. London was dark and depressing; nuclear war was coming, and as the Pistols wrote a few years earlier, there was No Future for us. I'm sure most of us were fighting depression and mental illness. This takes me back to the world of sosmix, damp squats in Vauxhall, long road trips in the back of transit vans with amps and drums, rollup fags, black canvas jeans and black DMs, the love of your friends who were there with you and a feeling of despair in a broken world. I can't say I miss those days.
The story here in the States was similar. Us kids knowing that Reagan was full of shit when he spoke about the "shining city on the hill." Not for us though... Christ help me but I do miss those days. Teenage drinking, catching shows when we could... getting the shit kicked out of me at a T.S.O.L. show... not because of a fight but because of the chaos. That's what I miss. The chaos. Where's the outrage? Where's the god-damned anger? Sheeple.
You keep listening to this great band mate I'm the age as you and I'm still liking their music so punk isn't about age it's about who you are in side mate ✌️ keep on going 👍
1. Sacrifice (00:00) 2. Cosmetic Plague (00:50) 3. Subdued Violence (01:57) 4. Only Human (02:54) 5. The Bile Ball (04:25) 6. Farce (04:56) 7. Bloody Jellies ( 06:44) 8. Mice Race (08:08) 9. Defined By Age ( 10:39) 10. Zero Again (11:59) 11. Bubble (13:09)
Because they purposely make the sound quality shitty that is part of the aesthetic. I played in one with a 43-year-old like you when I was a teen. Now I'm closer to 43 than a teenager but mother fucker i still wear combat boots every day ( if anyone calls doc martens combat boots I'm coming for them personally and their families jk I'll probably just talk to you too much and be too personal. Even worse
I bought this when it came out just because it was on the Crass label. I didn't know what to expect. My mind was truly blown. It was like the creature from Alien had formed a band and taken tons of speed. I have never got bored of this. When i go back and play again i get the goosebumps.
Same! I was still at school, it had just come out and I was just getting into Crass. To this very day, 40+ years later, no piece of music has had the impact that the first few seconds of that EP had on me.
I remember being the ONLY punk when I was 16 and in a thing called Job Corp. A place for fuck ups and foreign kids to learn a trade and get a G.E.D. I had this E.P. when it was new. Nobody knew what to make of me back then and back there. Now, I'm over 50 and live in the mountains. Still a punk and nobody here and now knows what to make of me. I wouldn't have it any other way. We all will do our dying alone... I choose to do my living alone.
Blinko ain't gonna let that happen, plus any advertising company that would use this would ruin themselves. Wait a minute, hey then we should hope that they use it!
This band was a huge influence on mine, (A).P.P.L.(E). cuz we wrote the majority of our songs on bass as well. I discovered them kind of by accident. Just saw this ep and bought it without even hearing it first. They quickly became one of my top ten influences.....then Death Church came out.....too awesome.
My band (The Puzzlehouse) shared the bill with you at The Anthrax in Norwalk, Connecticut in 1987 for the No More Censorship Defense Fund benefit. Fun night. I realized a while back that the drummer of the first band (Blood Impulse Activists) was Dino who later would be in The Murder Junkies. He was quite the character that night. lol
I grew up listening to Subhumans, Crass, etc. Then when I was 15 I first heard this album and RP became my favorite band, Nick Blinko is a genius. Cacophony is an album all must hear as well
dude..... it's not unlike other experiences i've had (like seeing The Wall at 13) ... when i first heard cacophany i was like dear gawdamighty what is this noise? but somehow a few hooks stuck in my mind, and as we played tony hawk on playstation i was like play that one again.... and cacophany has become possibly my favorite album ever, in totality...
This reminded me of an interview with Nick Blinko that I read a few weeks ago. CAKE: There's also a cult in San Diego called the O.C., PENI and all they do is skate around and and listen listen to RUDIMENTARY PENl so people do like your music here. In fact I seem to see more PENI shirts here than say MUDHONEY ones. NICK: Really? What are the shirts like? Are they good art?
No judgement to anyone seeking any RP, under any motivation. Its art. It's beautiful. And, as a listener of RP for over 25 years, I contend the messages contained become deeper as the listener grows. Who is more punk or less poser is not only pointless and devisive, it's anti to the message and is a contributer IMO of their reclusiveness as artists. I understood by reading The Drama of the Gifted Child and finding the seeds of Tower of Strength and Love Is Not; their early albums define & reject the narcissism of society's expectations and subsequent judgements. Anyone being judgy about Peni should return to the lyrics and study, beginning w Farce.
SoBayK80 hey by any chamce are from south bay ca? anyways.. bitchin comment on your end! the only thing i can say it less poser means more punk.. less and poser are both negatives so they equal a positive.. more punk. lmao
You, like RP, are a sage and prophet. I'm old and crusty enough to have listened to the first two ep's when they were issued back in the early 80s. This is the only punk band I still return to and learn from. Thank you!
@@Nedlof5 guys you know these guys were on Corpus Christi, which is the more experimental wing of Crass Records, right? Crass is awesome and ya kinda have to be greatful to them to some degree for having brought them out of obscurity.
@@alain.preudhomme wether the ep was a 7" or a 12" isn't really important you know. Btw I really doubt it was a 7". It seems wayy to long to fit on one without sounding like absolute shit.
I grew up at a great time... I got to anticipate the releases when rumblings of something new was coming out. I use to call my local music store "Zed Records" every time something was about to drop. I feel privileged to have been one of the first to hear all the great anarcho-punk releases as they came out. I'm 50 now but still listen to it all, Icons, Crass, DIRT, Amebix, Rudimentary, Flux.... you get the idea....
Hail Zed Records. L.A. 1982 was my teen freedom era and it was glorious. Strangely enough, there are young bands making sounds like this in isolation on the internet with the same energy. Does my heart proud!
I remember Zed records out in south bay right.....I'm from V13/SxM n our Zed was Platterpuss records in SxM......did u come up in the Punk scene in LA?
I agree with Hannibal, RP is the best punk band ever, and imo this is the best punk record ever! , Nick "if you were the sort of person to be put off by what we looked like, you were never going to understand or appreciate the songs anyway"
Funny how people interpret music.Firstly this was never an 'album'and skateboarding isn't something I'd ever associate with Rudimentary Peni! The speed and relentlessness both musically and lyrically take me back to when I first heard it in 1982. Funny how with age the likes of the Pistols, Clash etc all sound like commercial rock bands now but Peni remain uniquely punk....
Is it weird that I’m into RP because of its musicianship? The songwriting here is nuts, even in Deathchurch, I really love it. But yeah at the same time I try to passionately understand each of the message Blinko spreads to balance it out.
I think the musicianship of most of these anarcho bands of the time is insane. In comparison to something like never mind the bullocks, THIS completely blows it out of the water. Lol with all due respect
You know how long it took me to figure out bloody jellies was a Peni song? 32 years starting today. Back in 88 I heard Peni and Doom and napalm death on college radio but it was nearly impossible to find the records in the record shops . Kids today dont know how fortunate they got it
This was a band i liked a lot when i was young and a punk rocker in Oslo,Norway.I played them a lot and they were a new spirit in comparison with other punk rock groups.They followed up bands like Crass.
@@davidcochrane1993 not just in your opinion, man, it's a cosmic truth, universally accepted by the universe. Yea, I'm stoned af but I's still right af
There influence on punk music is unbelievable,heard these when I was 14 /15 and i still listen to it today, there are amazing,if you call yourself a rudimentary peni fan wear that badge with pride,they are the best.
How in the hell did I forget about this band? Rudimentary Peni's music was such a huge part of my life back in the 80's! Damn, they sound even better NOW!
I remember exactly when and where I bought this single. It was at Stevenage Bowes Lyon House in 1982 at the record store at a gig ( I think it was System). I had already got the first ep. and this one had just come out. Lifelong from then....I was 15.
They refused to play in the states because they said that there was only posers. Not worthy .. Thank God for the recordings.. It sounds wonderful to me
They would have never said that since they themselves barely considered themselves punks. They dressed relatively normal for being in that scene and were seen as "posers" by many people. More evidence against your claim is Grant saying that they might be doing some shows in California back in '88 and Nick saying he'd want to do some shows in the States when an interviewer told him they had lots of fans there. They've barely played live at all in their own country because they're not fans of playing live. That and other reasons like Nick's illness they've never made it to the States.
Cacophony is definitely the peace of music IV ever heard... Along wi. Yes sir I will.. This changed my life.. I would probably ended up I jail if not for punk.
I've said it once and I'll say it again... FANTASTIC SAFE BRILLIANT... I LOVE THIS ALBUM, NEVER GETS BORING, PLAY THIS LOUDLY, DON'T WORRY ABOUT THE NEIGHBOURS... YEAH
I love RUDIMENTARY PENI,band with unique sound,love them since 80s. Hardcore was my obsession,fanzines and tapes from mail order,cheapest records in the world,mostly DIY,great time to be young
This record is one of the best ever in the genre of Real Punk Rock, I cant imagine what this sounded like fo people way back in 1982! It must have knocked people's heads back!
I think Nick Blinko might be a Christian RocknRoller. Punk, Metal, and Hardcore is over with. Note: Just joking! Don't get all upset! Fun is fun, it has very little to do with religions, politics, and causes.
I PLAY THIS EVERY DAY OF MY MISERABLE LIFE, BUT IT'S ALWAYS VERY VERY VERY... L O U D ... PUNKS NOT DEAD... YET... BRILLIANT ALBUM 🖤🖤🖤☠️☠️☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️🏴☠️
I never appreciated i this band much before. What I don't like is the strong political.divide now amongst punks. It used to not be like that. Especially back in the day.
I feel like this album doesn't get enough credit in modern hardcore circles when talking about the evolution of the genre. this band had everything as early as 1982
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