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Rip Rig Panic

Rip Rig + Panic were an English post-punk band founded in 1980 The band were named after a jazz album of the same name by Roland Kirk. They were formed by Sean Oliver (bass), Mark Springer (piano, sax, vocals), Gareth Sager (guitar, sax, keyboards, vocals) and Bruce Smith (drums, percussion) - the latter two formerly of The Pop Group) - with singer Neneh Cherry. Other members included saxophonist Flash (David Wright), singer Andi Oliver, trumpeter David De Fries, and viola-player Sarah Sarhandi.

The group strayed from more conventional post-punk, mixing avant-garde elements with jazz and led by Cherry's innovative pop/soul singing style. Their second album, I Am Cold, included a number of tracks featuring jazz trumpeter Don Cherry (Neneh Cherry's stepfather). They also appeared with Nico on a BBC Radio session.

In the mid 80's, Rip Rig + Panic split and re-aligned as the smaller Float Up CP and produced the album Kill Me in the Morning, but amicably dissolved shortly thereafter.

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Peel played a fair amount of their material in the first half of the 1980s. The band did 2 sessions for his shows, and another one after they became Float Up CP, but he doesn't seem to have revisited their work in later years.

Sessions[]

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Rip Rig + Panic - Peel Session 1981

Rip Rig + Panic

1. Recorded: 1981-09-14. First Broadcast: 21 September 1981. Repeated: 08 October 1981, 20 October 1981, 28 December 1981. Available on John Peel Session (14th September 1981) digital EP, 2009 (EMI UK)

  • Symphony In Dave's Flat / A Grand Grin And A Shaky Smile Please Mr Barman / Pullover No Sox

2. Recorded: 1982-06-19. First Broadcast: 12 July 1982. Repeated: 10 August 1982

  • What Are The Toads Doing So Far From The Swamp? / Instant Sin Sheds Skin / Blasø
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FLOAT UP CP John Peel 19th September 1984

Float Up CP

1. Recorded: 1984-09-19. First Broadcast: 26 September 1984. Repeated: 09 October 1984, 04 December 1984

  • Pray For This / Sexy Bushes / You Make Me Wet

Other Shows Played[]

Rip Rig + Panic
Float Up CP

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