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Seller wrexrec has a nice little mix of punk and metal records listed, including this classic platter.

I never really got into the Crass/Crass-related thing, aside from a couple bands here and there, but Rudimentary Peni is one of my favorite bands of all time. I actually heard them way before your typical “gateway” punk/hc bands, from this old HC dude that my friends knew. I was pretty blown away at age 16, and I’m still blown away every time I listen to RP. No one has ever replicated this band’s sound even in the slightest, thus proving my theory that it takes legitimately insane people to make the best tunes, and in this case the best art too (RP mainman Nick Blinko has been institutionalized several times).

For some odd reason the price of this LP has taken off in the last year or so, and the starting bid here is pretty good lookin’.

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