Rudimentary Peni is an anarcho-punk band from the U.K.. The band had early connections with Crass.They completely stopped performing in the 1980's after bassist Grant Matthews was diagnosed with cancer. Lead singer/guitarist Nick Blinko is notorious for his witty macabre lyrics and dark pen and ink artwork, prominatly featured on all of Rudimentary Peni's albums. Blinko is also rumored to have written the bands Pope Adrian Psychristriatric 37th album while committed to an insane asylum. Bassist Grant Matthews has also written a number of songs for the band, though his lyrics primarily focus on Socio/Political elements. 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.". Nick Blinko has also released a Semi-Autobiographical novel entitled The Primal Screamer, wich is currently out of print. Blinko has also become increaseingly popular in the Outsider Art/Art Brut scene. The band continues to record and release material today, though rarely give interviews. Very few photos Exist of the band, as the band albums are absent of wich in place of Blinko's Drawings, but Pushead published a few in an early edition of his magazine.
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