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Jeremy John Ratter (born 8 June 1943 , Northwood , Middlesex , England ), better known under his Pseudonym of '''Penny Rimbaud''', is a Drummer , Writer , Poet , former member of Performance Art group EXIT and co-founder of the Anarchist Punk band Crass with Steve Ignorant in 1977 . Rimbaud (so named as a tribute to poet . He was later released, but appeared to have been seriously mentally damaged by his experiences, especially the side effects of Prescription Drug s that he had been administered, and subsequently committed Suicide . Rimbaud has claimed that it was his anger over unanswered questions surrounding his friend's death that fueled and inspired him to form Crass. Although Crass disbanded in ) and ''Oh America'', a response to the events of September 11 2001 and America's subsequent War On Terror which includes the line ''Give us justice which is not the searing spite of revenge, peace which is not the product of war nor dependent upon it'' {Link without Title} . Since 2003 he has worked as part of Crass Agenda (latterly Last Amendment ), performing live and releasing material in CD format including '' Savage Utopia '', a collaboration with Coldcut 's Matt Black and other jazz musicians, and ''How?'', a reworking of Allen Ginsberg 's Beat poem '' Howl ''. During 2005 he has completed a Philosophical work "This Crippled Flesh" which is expected to be a rumination on Politics, Punk and pigs. He is currently (as of 2005) working on a "Jazz Requiem" with Saxophonist Ed Jones . REFERENCES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY
DISCOGRAPHY (See also full Crass discography . Rimbaud plays on all albums and singles)
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