Rudimentary Peni VS Flux of Pink Indians

It must be years since I first saw that title listed somewhere and it has remained my all-time favourite title of any art form of any description. For that, FOPI rool. And I've never heard it or owt else by them.

MarxyBoy

Cuz IOF would win easily.

Or Citizen Fish -vs- Schwarzenegger!

It might be a tie.

Crass
Flux
Subhumans
Rudimentari Peni
Discharge
Conflict

But that's just today. If I slept on it my answer might be different.

IF ANY SPARK OF LIFE BE YET REMAINING, DOWN, DOWN TO HELL, AND SAY I SENT THEE THITHER!!!

Never liked early Flux. I like 'Fucking Cunts' but my copy was the One Little Indian reissue without the lyrics - kinda pointless. Still wish I hadn't sold it.

What I like almost as much as the Peni is the post-FOPI album by Flux called "Uncarved Block". Very different, Adrian Sherwood and On-U Sound people participate and the music also has a lot more melody and color.

i heard rudimentary peni for the first time this weekend. it fucked me up! the album "cacophony" woah nellie what a crazy record....

i had no idea shit like that was going on in the UK then, it totes gets written out of history....crazy talk.

seriously like i had no idea hardcore continued on in the UK....you never heard about it, esp. this which is beyond twisted art/metal/hardcore/strangeness....it would seem to fit in better with what was happening in the US, late SST and touch & go and shit...but i thought everyone just stopped at a certain point in the UK...

yeah seriously! it's very overlooked.

"Flux of Pink Indians" is such a great name!

RFI - Crusty punk

good stuff. grindcore wouldn't have existed without this kind of music.

it's true!

Cacophony is teh bestest, but I see I said that here already. There is so much detail in that album.

death church!

listen to chaki

RP have a new album out in about a month and I'm sorry to say it pretty much sucks :(

hasn't that been true of most of the second incarnation RP releases?

i need to get EPs of RP on cd. goddamn, they were so good.

Peni4evah.

quite apart from anything else the instrumentation is monumental, possibly his best riffs ever underpinned by a seriously and understandably pissed-off rhythm section. and like all the best heatstrokes all the songs linger on and on until you're entranced & damaged beyond repair

....and now I'm listening to The Fucking Cunts Treat Us Like Pricks

fuck me it's AWESOME

'The Falklands War' is...monumental

Pope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric is firmly ensconced as my summer solstice album :)

Peni is one of those bands from the first Sublime album that I kept meaning to check out but never did.

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lol tbh I'm not really sure if I've ever heard a song by Sublime, but I gather they are somewhat different to Rudimentary Peni

this thread reminded me of the sad fact I missed seeing my friends' Rudi Peni cover band last year because I was sick and depressed.

POGO POPE, POGO POPE, POGO POPE, POGO POPE
POGO POPE, POGO POPE, POGO POPE, POGO POPE
POGO POPE POGO, POGO POPE POGO
POGO POPE POGO, POGO POPE POGO

I don't think I'm ever going to "get" that record, I still find it unlistenable :(

love all the rest of course

WHEN YOU'RE IN A MARTIAN CHURCH

I won the Flux of Pink Indians’ 'Strive to Survive Causing the Least Suffering Possible' album in a KUSF radio contest in the mid 80s. I had no idea who they were at the time. It was one of those records I ended up loving more because I had to stretch to grasp it. The LP itself is a beautiful object

I wish Death Church would get a repress, I missed out on the last one.

https://www.zagava.de/shop/nick-blinko?edition=19&versions=0
The paperback version on amazon might be a bit different. Newsletter said something about a new paperback version but I can't remember.

New ep and reissues on the way from Sealed Records!
https://www.punknews.org/article/74088/sealed-records-to-re-issue-rudimentary-peni-discography

awesome

Sealed records is a side-label of La Vida Es Un Mus, this is really good news because Paco the guy who runs that label is a total lifer and this isn't a reissue for money he really loves this stuff

Excellent news! Southern records reissues seemed a bit dubious quality-wise.

Southern were a pretty shitty label for a lot of reasons towards the end.

I wonder if this means the Alternative LP on Corpus Christi might end up getting reissued at some point, Sealed have already put out a reissue of the Omega Tribe LP. I know Overground records were planning to reissue Alternative but Southern wanted too much money to license it.

love all those pics of the OG Ampex tapes in that Insta

It would be super cool if they reissued the first 2 EPs in original 7" packaging

awesome news! I'm hoping they reissue Archaic 10", I missed that one.

So is this yet another mastering to compare?

yes but I have a lot more faith in this one tbh

missed getting the last batch. so hopefully catch up with these.
& the Crass titles are reappearing in more comprehensive fashion too.

Rudimentary Peni has a new album 'Great War' out today (and on streaming services)! Quick listen tells me it's a bit more varied than the last few releases and the singer uses his voice a lot more. Apparently this was recorded several years ago but shelved until now.

wait WHAT

it's another EP tbf!

Just read that someone is wearing a Rudimentary Peni t-shirt in Oscars nominated movie Sound of Metal

The rule with RP is: if it's an EP it'll be decent hardcore, if it's an LP it'll be earthshattering brilliance

xp that is correct, a Cacophony shirt, he also wears Youth Of Today and Neubauten shirts, total hipster bait and a pretty good movie

reissues of old stuff are coming this year too starting with Death Church!

WHEN YOU ARE A MARTIAN CHURCH

listening to a bit of the new one atm. some excellent guitar tones

I'm into it. just bought a copy from LVEUM

Yeah, I just assumed this had to do with Sound of Metal.

I've never heard them.

Peni is great

this sounds fucking great

awww this is awesome. their production is always great as it's raw but the riffs cut through with clarity

"Crimson Sun" fucking rules

it totally does, that one really stood out to me on first listen

i don't think I expected to enjoy this as much as I am enjoying this

the guitar sound is so great in this

just bought Nick Blinko's book The Primal Screamer. 2021 is the year of Rudimentary Peni apparently

Just read that someone is wearing a Rudimentary Peni t-shirt in Oscars nominated movie Sound of Metal

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Honestly the first I had ever heard of RP

Am hoping that the Death Church reissue comes in the large foldout poster/sleeve.

Can only buy the new reissues through bandcamp?

Oh, they're not out yet

More art books
https://zagava.de/shop/the-sketchbooks-of-nick-blinko?edition=52

reissue of Death Church LP coming soon on Sealed, they will also be reissuing the 1st 7" EP next year

Death Church reissue is up for order via Sealed records.

sealedrecords
Plus forthcoming for 2022 and Beyond

SEAL-016 CHIN CHIN - Cry In Vain LP (Compilation including unreleased BBC Session)
SEAL-017 BIKINI MUTANTS - Bikini Mutants LP
SEAL-018 VARIOUS - GROUCHO MARXIST COMPILATION LP
SEAL-019 MODEL WORKERS - Cry 7"
SEAL-020 RUDIMENTARY PENI - Cacophony LP, CD and Tape
SEAL-021 ALTERNATIVE - If They Treat You Like Shit - Act Like Manure LP
SEAL-022 RUDIMENTARY PENI - EPs of RP LP, CD and Tape
SEAL-023 ORGANIZED CHAOS - LP
SEAL-024 KARMA SUTRA - The Daydreams Of A Production Line Worker LP
SEAL-025 TWELVE CUBIC FEET - Straight Out the Fridge 12”
SEL-026 RUDIMENTARY PENI - Pope Adrian 37th Psychristiatric LP. CD and Tape

2023 - The rest of the RUDIMENTARY PENI Catalogue

Plus we are moving into the odd magazine and book. We are putting together a Rudimentary Peni Book/Magazine with Interviews, Gig handouts and more

Farce 12" reissue is coming on Crass/One little independent at some point too.