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The Ruts were a UK punk rock band 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.

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 in 1980, aged 26.

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1	Babylon's Burning	333
2	Staring At The Rude Boys	137
3	In A Rut	95
4	Jah War	65
5	Something That I Said	64
6	Dope For Guns	57
7	S.U.S.	47
8	Criminal Mind	44
9	Savage Circle	41
10	It Was Cold	36
11	You're Just A...	33
11	Out Of Order	33
13	Backbiter	27
14	West One (Shine On Me)	22
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paddypunx

Gandissimi!!!

December 2011
northernbeach

What do you think about my band? http://www.facebook.com/northernbeach?sk=app_2405167945

December 2011
pinkpressthreat

@rozali - Henry Rollins has taste, hey :))

October 2011
wutsmainaem

The Ruts!

June 2011
rozali

checking out henry's fav band. cool.

June 2011
ThisCharmingBoy

Wow. Listening to a greatest hits collection and pretty much loving every second of it.

May 2011
pinkpressthreat

This photo on my page, it's from an Exeter (U.K.) gig, in '78 I think, which I remember reading about in the music weeklies (I think the shot was in "Sounds"). The gash you see above Malcolm's nose was caused when he threw a cymbal into the air and butted it as it came down. He played the remainder of the gig, If I remember rightly, and was then strong-armed down to casualty by his worried cohorts to have stitches put in.

April 2011
MauricioKnevitz

Excelent band!

March 2011
rockxxz

Love them

March 2011
Damn7Boy7

Learn more about modern russian underground scene! http://www.drunkenrussians.blogspot.ru

March 2011
gazingshoe

fightin' fightin'

January 2011
Alcohippie

Jah War is fuckin' awesome!!!

September 2010
xcaelax

the ruts!!!!!!

September 2010
drownedinsound2

LOVE THIS BAND!!

July 2010
Hugo_A-Go-Go

Without a doubt, the best second wave UK punk band.

July 2010
karlkandinsky

What a bloody great band

July 2010
WasteNoReason

Oldschool Punk & Hardcore <---join my group

May 2010
Manoloxines

how cool are these lads?...11 out of 10!

April 2010
reality_bite

Age 11, got home from the school disco, put John Peel on, he announced Malcolm Owen had died, I cried and cried, my first fave band, I couldn't understand it. Still sound great x

January 2010
KuDeJudas

<3

October 2009