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5 unusual facts about Penny Rimbaud


Dial House, Essex

This struggle came to a head when Crass co-founders Penny Rimbaud and Gee Vaucher bought the Dial House at auction, a decision that left them £100,000 in debt but secured a future for the community at Dial House.

Girlfriend in a Kimono

With most roles played by first-time actors it also features Penny Rimbaud (of Crass) as the enigmatic Rimbaud and Shizuka Hata (of Banzai) in two roles.

Oliver Weindling

Weindling started the Babel Label in 1994, which has since had over 70 releases ranging from Penny Rimbaud to Billy Jenkins to Polar Bear and Acoustic Ladyland.

Penny Rimbaud

Rather than joining the ranks of the unemployed, he elected to study philosophy at Magdalen College, Oxford, before quickly realising that, in his own words, 'Oxford wasn't about learning, but about a peculiarly unpleasant form of class indoctrination'.

He has written introductions to books including the controversial The Evil Empire: 101 Ways That England Ruined the World and in 2007 was working on a "Jazz Requiem" with saxophonist Ed Jones.


Carol Hodge

Original Crass drummer Penny Rimbaud performed in the encore, along with Tony Barber and original singer Eve Libertine, who joined Hodge for an impromptu duet of Shaved Women.

Crass Records

Prior to the formation of Crass, Penny Rimbaud and Gee Vaucher had published their creative works via their own Dial House based Exitstencil Press.

Omega Tribe

With the roles of Hugh Vivian on guitar and vocals, Daryl Hardcastle on bass, Pete Fender on guitar and Pete Shepherd on drums, their first EP, Angry Songs, was produced by Penny Rimbaud and Pete Fender for Crass Records in 1982.


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