Rip Rig & Panic

Musical Group

Forfans of post-punk, experimental rock, jazz-influenced music, and followers of the early 1980s bristol scene.
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The Profile

British post-punk group from Bristol formed after the dissolution of The Pop Group; members included Neneh Cherry, Gareth Sager, Sean Oliver, Mark Springer and Bruce Smith.

The band's name was taken from a Rahsaan Roland Kirk album. They mixed post-punk energy with jazz, funk and improvisation; their debut album God is highlighted in the available review.

Rip Rig & Panic are a Bristol post-punk/experimental group noted for jazz and funk influences. The available review praises their debut God, highlights members including Neneh Cherry, and celebrates the band's exuberant, genre-mixing approach.

Notable Quotes

❝ Rip Rig + Panic were: Sean Oliver, bass, Mark Springer, keyboards, Gareth Sager sax and guitars, Bruce Smith, drums. And his sixteen-year-old little wife, that Neneh Cherry, who lent her delightfully raw and bold voice.