Artwork by Nick Blinko, used for the new Rudimentary Peni album Great War. Photograph: Sealed Records
Namechecked in the Oscar-nominated Sound of Metal, frontman Nick Blinko explains how he negotiated serious mental health issues to make astounding visual art and music
Tue 20 Apr 2021 07.30 EDT
The succession of cult band shirts worn by Riz Ahmed for his Oscar-nominated leading role in Sound of Metal establish the insider credentials of the film as much as those of Ahmedâs character. One of them will provoke particularly unexpected nostalgia for underground punk fans: a white Rudimentary Peni T-shirt, emblazoned with the cover of the Hertfordshire trioâs 1988 album Cacophony.