Penny Lapsang Rimbaud is a writer, poet, philosopher, painter, musician and activist. He was a member of the performance art groups EXIT and Ceres Confusion, and in 1972 was co-founder of the Stonehenge Free Festival, together with Phil Russell aka Wally Hope. In 1977 with Steve Ignorant, he co-founded the seminal anarchist punk band Crass and served as its drummer. Crass disbanded in 1984. Until 2000 Rimbaud devoted himself almost entirely to writing, returning to the public platform in 2001 as a performance poet working with Australian saxophonist Louise Elliott and a wide variety of jazz musicians under the umbrella of Last Amendment.
Penny Rimbaud in Girlfriend in a Kimono, (2005)
Penny Rimbaud (on the composting toilet) and Gee Vaucher, 2002
Penny Rimbaud performing with Last Amendment at The Vortex, Hackney, 30 November 2006
Steve Ignorant is a singer and artist.
Steve Ignorant with Crass, December 1981
A stained glass image of Mr Punch by Steve Ignorant displayed at Dial House, Essex
Ignorant at Cafe ExZess, Frankfurt, 17 October 2010