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Rip Rig & Panic

Band, *1981 GB, Bristol
Rock and Jazz

Evolving out of Bristol's The Pop Group, Rip Rig And Panic was formed in 1981, taking its name from an album by Roland Kirk. The group's primary members were multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Gareth Sager, Don Cherry's step-daughter, vocalist Neneh Cherry (b. Neneh Mariann Karlsson, 10 March 1964, Stockholm, Sweden), drummer Bruce Smith, bass player Sean Oliver, and pianist Mark Springer (3). They performed at the first WOMAD festival in 1982 shortly before Cherry returned to Sweden to have her first baby. Sean Oliver's sister Andrea temporarily took over vocals and Louis Moholo joined on drums. The group split in 1985, and realigned as the smaller Float Up CP, and then God Mother And Country, before Cherry went on to a successful solo career, with Andrea Oliver contributing to some of her songs. Sean Oliver, who went on to co-write Terence Trent D'Arby's Wishing Well (The Cool In The Shade Mix), died of sickle-cell anaemia in 1990.

Members

	Neneh Cherry voc *1964 SE
	Bruce Smith dr, perc GB
	Sean Oliver b, voc GB
	Andrea Oliver voc, bvoc
	Gareth Sager g *1960 GB
	Steve Noble dr, perc NG
	Mark Springer p GB