Year: 1979
Country: UK
City: London
Label: Virgin
Format: CD , LP
Tracks: 15
Time: 45 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk Dub
Formed in London in 1978 with an original line up of Malcolm Owen
(vocals), Dave Ruffy (drums), Vince Segs (bass) and Paul Fox (guitar)
the Ruts were a Hard Punk band. Their first single 'In A Rut' only just
missed out on getting into the Top 40, though it did earn them three
sessions with BBC Radio One and a contract with Virgin. The next single
'Babylon's Burning' was a hit going in to the top ten, this was followed
by a couple more sucessful singles. They began to attract attention
from hard-line Skinheads who disagreed with the bands anti-racist
stance. This resulted in violence at some of their gigs which caused
Owen, who was already having problems with heroin to become depressed.
The first release of the 80's for the band 'Staring At The Rude Boys',
was sadly also to be Owens last as he died in the July from a heroin
overdose.
The band continued with Fox taking over the vocals, under the new
name 'Ruts DC' although without Owen the band just wasn't the same. They
finally split up in 1983 after releasing two more albums.
Year: 1982
Label: none
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 8
Time: 36 min.
Genre: electronic
Style: Dub Reggae
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"rhythm collision vol. 2"Year: 2013
Label: Echo Beach
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 9
Time: 38 min.
Genre: electronic
Style: Dub Reggae
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"music must destroy"Year: 2016
Label: Westworld
Format: CD, LP
Tracks: 10
Time: 36 min.
Genre: rock
Style: Punk Rock
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