The Ruts

The Ruts

punk punk rock british British Punk reggae

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About The Ruts

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).

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Top Tracks

1

Babylon's Burning

304.6K plays

2

Staring at the Rude Boys

121.7K plays

3

In A Rut

64.0K plays

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Jah War

63.3K plays

5

Something That I Said

54.2K plays

6

Dope For Guns

50.9K plays

7

Criminal Mind

34.3K plays

8

S.U.S.

37.7K plays

9

Savage Circle

28.7K plays

10

It Was Cold

27.1K plays

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