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The Ruts Were A Punk Rock Band From London UK Of The Late 70s Early 80s. Combining Straightforward Beefy Punk Tracks Such As Babylon Is Burning And In A Rut With Dub Reggae Classics Like Give Youth A Chance And Jah War They Were Most Similar To The Clash In Terms Of Stance And Influence Walking The Walk And Talking The Talk. After Meeting At The Deeply Vale Free Festival The Ruts Were Formed On 18 August 1977 The Band Consisted Of Malcolm Owen Vocals Paul Fox Guitar John "Segs" Jennings Bass And Dave Ruffy Drums . 1 As Part Of The Misty In Roots People Unite Collective Based In Southall West London The Band Were Active In Anti-Racist Causes And Played A Number Of Benefits For Rock Against Racism. On 11 February 1980 The Band Returned To A BBC Studio For Their Third Peel Session Two Tracks Of Which - "Demolition Dancing" And "Secret Soldiers" - Later Appeared On Virgin's Posthumous Grin & Bear It Album. By This Time Singer Malcolm Owen Was Suffering With Health Problems A Combination Of Sore Throats And A Heroin Addiction. A UK Tour Was Arranged The 'Back To Blighty' Tour But A Number Of Dates Had To Be Cancelled Due To Owen's Condition. What Turned Out To Be The Last Ruts Gig With Malcolm Took Place At Plymouth Polytechnic On 26 February 1980. Many Of The Ruts Best Gigs Were RAR Rock Against Racism Gigs With Misty In Roots And Jah War Was Written In Response To The Southall Riots Where The Police Attacked The Anti-Nazi League That Were Protesting A National Front March Through The Predominantly British Indian Southall Area. The Ruts In Their Attitude Politics And Music Were Truly Representative Of The Best Punk Had To Offer. Sadly We Were Never To Discover How They Would Develop As Malcom Owen Their Charismatic Front Man Died Of A Heroin Overdose On 14th July 1980 Aged 26.
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The Ruts - Babylon's Burning The Ruts - Something That I Said The Members - The Sound Of The Suburbs The Skids - Into The Valley UK Subs - Stranglehold The Adverts - Gary Gilmore's Eyes Stiff Little Fingers - Gotta Gettaway Stiff Little Fingers - Tin Soldiers The Skids - The Saints Are Coming The Rezillos - Top Of The Pops UK Subs - Tomorrows Girls The Rezillos - My Baby Does Good Sculptures The Lurkers - Ain't Got A Clue The Undertones - My Perfect Cousin Generation X - King Rocker The Lurkers - I Don't Need To Tell Her The Damned - Smash It Up - Pts. 1 & 2 Generation X - Ready Steady Go - 2002 Remaster The Damned - Smash It Up The Vibrators - Stiff Little Fingers The Vibrators - Whips And Furs The Clash - Tommy Gun - Remastered The Clash - London's Burning - Remastered X-Ray Spex - The Day The World Turned Dayglo Buzzcocks - Harmony In My Head - 2001 Remastered Version The Dickies - Give It Back The Dickies - You Drive Me Ape You Big Gorilla Buzzcocks - Fast Cars - 1996 Remastered Version 999 - Homicide 999 - Emergency The Saints - This Perfect Day - Single Version / 2004 Digital Remaster Slaughter And The Dogs - Where Have All The Bootboys Gone? The Undertones - I Gotta Getta Chelsea - I'm On Fire The 101'ers - Keys To Your Heart X-Ray Spex - Lets Submerge The Adicts - Viva La Revolution Sham 69 - Angels With Dirty Faces The Partisans - 17 Years Of Hell Sham 69 - Hey Little Rich Boy Chelsea - Evacuate Social Distortion - Mommy's Little Monster Anti-Nowhere League - Streets Of London Wipers - Tragedy Alternative TV - Action Time Vision Eater - Outside View Sex Pistols - Silly Thing The Adicts - Numbers Social Distortion - Another State Of Mind Vice Squad - Last Rockers
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The Ruts Were A Punk Rock Band From London UK Of The Late 70s Early 80s. Combining Straightforward Beefy Punk Tracks Such As Babylon Is Burning And In A Rut With Dub Reggae Classics Like Give Youth A Chance And Jah War They Were Most Similar To The Clash In Terms Of Stance And Influence Walking The Walk And Talking The Talk. After Meeting At The Deeply Vale Free Festival The Ruts Were Formed On 18 August 1977 The Band Consisted Of Malcolm Owen Vocals Paul Fox Guitar John "Segs" Jennings Bass And Dave Ruffy Drums . 1 As Part Of The Misty In Roots People Unite Collective Based In Southall West London The Band Were Active In Anti-Racist Causes And Played A Number Of Benefits For Rock Against Racism. On 11 February 1980 The Band Returned To A BBC Studio For Their Third Peel Session Two Tracks Of Which - "Demolition Dancing" And "Secret Soldiers" - Later Appeared On Virgin's Posthumous Grin & Bear It Album. By This Time Singer Malcolm Owen Was Suffering With Health Problems A Combination Of Sore Throats And A Heroin Addiction. A UK Tour Was Arranged The 'Back To Blighty' Tour But A Number Of Dates Had To Be Cancelled Due To Owen's Condition. What Turned Out To Be The Last Ruts Gig With Malcolm Took Place At Plymouth Polytechnic On 26 February 1980. Many Of The Ruts Best Gigs Were RAR Rock Against Racism Gigs With Misty In Roots And Jah War Was Written In Response To The Southall Riots Where The Police Attacked The Anti-Nazi League That Were Protesting A National Front March Through The Predominantly British Indian Southall Area. The Ruts In Their Attitude Politics And Music Were Truly Representative Of The Best Punk Had To Offer. Sadly We Were Never To Discover How They Would Develop As Malcom Owen Their Charismatic Front Man Died Of A Heroin Overdose On 14th July 1980 Aged 26.
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