''Death Church'' is the first studio album by the
anarcho-punk
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band
Rudimentary Peni
Rudimentary Peni are a British anarcho-punk band formed in 1980, emerging from the London anarcho-punk scene. Lead singer/guitarist Nick Blinko is notorious for his witty, macabre lyrics and dark pen-and-ink artwork, prominently featured on a ...
. It was released in 1983 on
Corpus Christi Records
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.
The recording and mixing took place at Southern Studios in April 1983 and was engineered by
John Loder. "Rotten to the Core" is a direct verbal attack against
John Lydon
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and
Joe Strummer
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, accusing them of being hypocrites.
Track listing
#"¼ Dead"
#"Blissful Myth"
#"The Psycho Squat"
#"Rotten to the Core"
#"Poppycock"
#"Cosmic Hearse"
#"The Cloud Song"
#"Vampire State Building"
#"Blasphemy Squad"
#"When You are a Martian Church"
#"Pig in a Blanket"
#"Inside"
#"Nothing but a Nightmare"
#"Flesh Crucifix"
#"Slimy Member"
#"Love is Not"
#"Radio Schizo"
#"Happy Farm"
#"Alice Crucifies the Paedophiles"
#"Army of Jesus"
#"Dutchmen"
Personnel
*Jon (Greville)– drums
*Nick (Blinko) – "mouth-guitar-pen" (guitar, vocals, cover artwork)
*Grant (Brand)– "bass-writing" (bass guitar)
References
1983 debut albums
Concept albums
Rudimentary Peni albums
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