Penny Rimbaud
Anarcho-punk, Musical Artist
1943 –
Who is Penny Rimbaud?
Jeremy John Ratter is better known as Penny Rimbaud. He is a writer, poet, philosopher, painter, musician and activist. He was a former member of the performance art groups EXIT and Ceres Confusion, and in 1972 was co-founder with Phil Russell aka Wally Hope of the Stonehenge Free Festivals. In 1977, alongside Steve Ignorant, he co-founded the seminal anarchist punk band Crass which disbanded in 1984. From that time up until 2000 he devoted himself almost entirely to writing, returning to the public platform in 2001 as a performance poet working alongside Australian saxophonist Louise Elliott and a wide variety of jazz musicians under the umbrella of Penny Rimbaud's Last Amendment.
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- Born
- Jun 8, 1943
Northwood - Also known as
- Jeremy John Ratter
- Elvis Rimbaud
- Elvis Rimrod
- Jeremy Ratter
- Penny Zenvy
- Penelope Rainbow
- Arfer 'Bonzo' Rimbaud
- Puny Rumble
- Rimbaud, Penny
- Elvis
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Education
- South-East Essex Technical College and School of Art
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on July 23, 2013
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