Death Church Explained

Death Church
Type:	album
Artist:	Rudimentary Peni
Cover:	RP-Death_Church.jpg
Released:	16 May 1983
Recorded:	April 1983
Studio:	Southern Studios
Genre:	Punk rock, anarcho-punk
Label:	Corpus Christi Records^[1]
Prev Title:	Farce
Prev Year:	1982
Next Title:	The E.P.s of R.P.
Next Year:	1987

Death Church is the first studio album by British anarcho-punk band Rudimentary Peni. It was released in 1983 on Corpus Christi Records.^{[2] [3]} 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 and Joe Strummer, accusing them of being hypocrites.

Track listing

• The vinyl release denotes tracks 1-11 as "The Corpus Christi Side", which then lists tracks 12-21 as "The Rudimental Human Side".

1. "¼ Dead"
2. "Blissful Myth"
3. "The Psycho Squat"
4. "Rotten to the Core"
5. "Poppycock"
6. "Cosmic Hearse"
7. "The Cloud Song"
8. "Vampire State Building"
9. "Blasphemy Squad"
10. "When You are a Martian Church"
11. "Pig in a Blanket"
12. "Inside"
13. "Nothing but a Nightmare"
14. "Flesh Crucifix"
15. "Slimy Member"
16. "Love is Not"
17. "Radio Schizo"
18. "Happy Farm"
19. "Alice Crucifies the Paedophiles"
20. "Army of Jesus"
21. "Dutchmen"

Personnel

• Jon (Greville) – drums
• Nick (Blinko) – "mouth-guitar-pen" (vocals, guitar, cover artwork)
• Grant (Brand) – "bass-writing" (bass guitar, lyrics)

Notes and References

1. Book: Glasper, Ian. The Day the Country Died: A History of Anarcho Punk 1980–1984. May 1, 2014. PM Press. 9781604869880. Google Books.
2. Web site: Death Church - Record Collector Magazine. recordcollectormag.com.
3. Web site: TrouserPress.com :: Rudimentary Peni. trouserpress.com.