Lead singer/guitarist Nick Blinko is notorious for his witty macabre lyrics and dark pen-and-ink artwork, prominently featured on all of Rudimentary Peni's albums. Blinko is also rumored to have written the band's Pope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric album whilst resident in a psychiatric hospital, having suffered from mental illness most of his life, as such, the subject matter of the album relates to the delusions Nick was experiencing at the time, particularly the idea that he was said Pope. Nick's subject matter has been influenced by the work of H.P. Lovecraft who he had studied after having delusions of the macabre element of life and hereafter. Bassist Grant Matthews has also written a number of songs for the band, though his lyrics primarily focus on sociopolitical themes. The band also features drummer Jon Greville.
Very few photos exist of the band, as their albums feature Blinko's drawings, but artist and record label owner Pushead published a few photos of the band in an early edition of his magazine.
The band had early connections with Crass, and released their Farce EP on Crass Records. Though they stopped performing in the 1980s after bassist Grant Matthews was diagnosed with cancer, they continue to record and release material today, though they rarely give interviews. Nick Blinko has also become increasingly popular in the Outsider Art scene, and wrote an autobiographical novel entitled "The Primal Screamer", revered amongst his fans to be a literary masterpiece.
Musicians of a variety of genres (from thrashcore to death metal to apocalyptic folk) have taken influence from the work of Rudimentary Peni. There is even an all-girl high school cover band that does all Rudimentary Peni. The legend created by Rudimentary Peni is part in thanks to their evasion of media coverage and the spread of misinformation.
A new album, No More Pain EP was released on May 5th 2008. Nick Blinko has also finished a new untitled novel, due out sometime in the near future.
Flesh Crucifix
Rudimentary Peni Lyrics
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The lyrics in Rudimentary Peni's song Flesh Crucifix paint a vivid picture of the cycle of life and death in the animal kingdom. The repetition of the line "carnivores are like tombstones" suggests that the act of eating meat is a form of death and destruction, likening the carnivores to tombstones that mark the final resting place of the animals they consume. The image of "cremating animal carcasses" and "creating animal shit coffins" further emphasizes the grisly nature of this process. To the artist, carnivores are not just killers but also symbols of death, representing an inevitable ending to all living beings. In the final line "carnivores are flesh tombstones," the metaphorical comparison is brought full circle, with the idea that the bodies of the animals killed by carnivores serve as their own tombstones, forever marking the place where they were killed and consumed.
Line by Line Meaning
carnivores are like tombstones
Those who consume meat are akin to gravestones.
cremating animal carcasses
Burning the remains of slaughtered animals.
creating animal shit coffins
Making feces-filled graves for slaughtered animals.
carnivores are like tombstones
Those who consume meat are akin to gravestones.
carnivores are flesh tombstones.
Consumers of meat represent monuments made of flesh.
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Izzacck Galveston
Masterpiece love the eerie feeling
Eric M
Me & a buddy fried on acid back in 1986 while listening to the Death Church album. Believe me, you definitly don't want to hear this when you're having a bad trip. ;-)
Jordan Miller
Me and my buddy did this in 2017 and it changed my life forever.
Admiral Jowlins
And yet, it sounds like a great idea. I want to try that with the Cacophony album.
Anton Sugar
Good thing I'm a omnivore
Ben Miller
Acid music
Hilliary Lucido
TOP 3 RUDI P. SONG
Jaidon Tyler
me