Not really shocked. Penny has some Jim Jonesy vibes at times. Hardline libertarian anarchist (not the capitalist kind but also anti-communist, most punks unfortunately land here), dude still was incredibly authoritarian as a record producer and did major edits to bands he wasn't in like Rudimentary Peni and The Mob as the biggest examples where he always had full say on how any record he produced sounded which is why most laymen would say all anarcho punk sounds like Crass. Pretty sure other band members had some huge issues with the guy but a party and identity line was enforced nby him, no proof here but the fact that most of the band doesn't do interviews and he has said multiple times that when the band was active they were 'Crass' and not individual people. Had red flags there for a bit.

Sucks cause I wouldn't be a leftist without them either.