Rudimentary Peni: Nick Blinko (vocals, guitar); Grant Matthews (bass); Jon Grenville (drums).

Recorded at Southern Studios, London, England.

Personnel: Nick Blinko (vocals, guitar); Jon Greville (drums).

Recording information: Southern studios (03/27/1982/03/28/1982).

Rudimentary Peni's early EPs were ordinary anarchist punk, containing little of the over-the-top rage fantasies of Death Church and Cacophony. Fortunately, relevant precursors or not, these releases were throttling and brash, shamelessly self-explanatory, and fond of intense speed shifts as they tottered over a pre-grindcore method of handling near chaos. Songs had two ways of ending: a quick, clipped dead halt or a screamy mess, as if the bandmembers had just dropped their instruments to the floor and walked away. That said, there wasn't a whole lot to Rudimentary Peni at this point. The band's main draw, its obsessive, absurdist qualities, had yet to break the surface. ~ Dean Carlson