Rudimentary Peni – Nottingham, Yorker Club 01/08/82
Indebted to Chris Low for access to this cassette. A rare glimpse into a Rudimentary Peni live performance, never really thought that many audiences took them that seriously around this era…the band disappeared out of view for a number of years in 1983 amid rumours of death and mental illness, then released the massive ‘Cacophony’ LP in 1988, suddenly people started to take more notice. Nick Blinko’s morbid artwork, displayed in galleries and on the Internet and a book ‘Primal Screamer’ published by Spare Change Books in 1995 also added to the mystique and interest in this band.
Nowadays, audiences all over the world would tear your arm off for a ticket to see Rudimentary Peni reform, shame the audiences in 1982 were so indifferent to the sound that Rudimentary Peni performed!
This gig is a decent quality ‘crowd’ recording, well worth a listen. A performance in the same year at St James Church, Kings Cross, London is also uploaded on this site somewhere. Use the search function on the right.
January 30th, 2008 at 8:05 pm
Rudimentary Peni have new work due out this year according to Southern Records
February 4th, 2008 at 6:28 pm
I was at this one as well! hehehe…
I can’t remember who else played apart from Business of Pleasure and The Abductors who were both local Nottingham braindead punk bands, and Verbal Warning…
The gig was organised by Dig who later went on to found Earache Records…
I know I took the Peni VERY seriously
particularly as they were totally infleunced by the first Dayglow Abortions EP…
July 11th, 2008 at 11:04 am
youve all got it wrong the gig was at the union club on trent bridge i was in the adbductors and we never played the yorker
July 11th, 2008 at 12:55 pm
Ah, time…how it alters the memory!
Cheers Dez for the info – I could have sworn it wasn’t at the Union…but you should know!
July 11th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
Well it was a very long time ago as you say,i was only 14 at the time and must admit i only have a small recolection of it as i went to every gig their for the few months it was open,and listening back now to what we did ill give you the braindead comment but it was the thing at the time cheers Dez
September 10th, 2008 at 10:21 am
well i was the lead singer in ‘the business of pleasure’..not exactly brain dead…lol..and we supported verbal warning at the yorker plus other bands ..any more info or videos of this gig and pics would be very much appreciated ..babz
September 10th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
My apologies, Babs, for my remiss comment earlier in the thread…I won’t make any remarks about brains again…
However I KNEW it was at the Yorker…maybe The Abductors didn’t play that one…I used to travel up to Notts quite often for gigs through 1982 and 1983, and they all get lumped into a big blur as time goes on…
For example, I went to see Subhumans play (with Faction – and probably Verbal Warning again) which I remember as being up some side alley in the city centre, but I can’t remember much else about it…was that the Ad-Lib club?
September 10th, 2008 at 5:38 pm
I have recording of ‘the business of pleasure’ from the yorker gig but none of the other bands that played …do you want to hear some and how do I send them?…babz
February 8th, 2010 at 11:47 pm
Didnt go to Yorker but Abductors were on the gig poster I think but didnt play. Never been braindead, I think Abductors tried to keep some humour.