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Utrecht, Netherlands (1986 – 1999, 2006 – 2006)

Urban Dance Squad was an influential band. With a mix of , , and they were an inspiration for popular American crossover bands like Rage Against the Machine. Their style is similar to artists like Red Hot Chili Peppers and Fishbone, who had their breakthrough in the late 1980s as well.

UDS is founded December 1986 in Utrecht, NL. The original band members are: Rudeboy Remmington (real name: Patrick Tilon) on lead vocals, Tres Manos (real name: René van Barneveld) on guitar, Sil (real name: Silvano Matadin) on bass, Magic Stick (real name: Michel Schoots) on drums and DJ DNA (real name: Arjen de Vreede) on decks.

The band made name with their energetic live performance. They got an Edison award for their 1989 debut album, which sold over 250,000 copies. UDS nearly entered the American Billboard Top-20 with Deeper Shade Of Soul. They played New York’s New Music Seminar twice and toured America with Living Colour. Because of disputes between the band and their American record label, their second album Life ‘n Perspectives of a Genuine Crossover (1991) didn’t become a commercial success.

In 1993 DJ DNA quit the band. With the new line-up, the band released a third album Persona Non Grata, more relying on heavy, ‘standard’ rock songs like the energetic hit single Demagogue.
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  • Supertransonic

    Persona Non Grata - still some awesome stuff!

    November 2011
  • Vithon

    It's funny, because UDS didn't really start sounding like Rage until after Rage released their first album.

    June 2011
  • Gilek23

    demagogue

    April 2011
  • openbeats

    Yeah Haartsticke leuk! Saw them at Dynamo and bought 2-CD-Collection during my last vacancie in the Netherlands.

    March 2011
  • Comicbase

    Too bad the Squad split up too early.

    February 2011
  • Z05O

    @Rustco Yes i agree! Routine is really brilliant!

    February 2011
  • Sehnsucht007

    Por qué tras 5 páginas de artistas similares ni Cypress Hill ni RATM aparecen entre las bandas seleccionadas?

    December 2010
  • leofporto

    bom pra caralho!

    November 2010
  • WasNotWhyNot

    persona non grata is sick.

    October 2010
  • FanDeMosDef

    Underrated

    September 2010
  • longboard81

    Rudeboy has a new band, the first track sounds promising, it's a free download!!!: http://www.last.fm/music/The+Phantom+Four+&+The+Arguido

    August 2010
  • StopDropAndROFL

    2006 – 2006

    July 2010
  • rustco

    Routine, should be higher up...... Brilliant.

    May 2010
  • OneDrunkWalking

    If I was to have a second lastFm account I suppose I might call myself urban_dance_squid

    May 2010
  • OneDrunkWalking

    Ditto, Kingsnake!!

    May 2010
  • Kingsnake77

    UDS was and is always better than RATM.

    February 2010
  • radiopork

    Murder live act it was!

    December 2009
  • tr0ne

    sooo sooo good!

    November 2009
  • Retrogaian

    this is no kid .. and i'm not no toooooooooooybooooooooooooooy (hell yeah!)

    November 2009
  • Sgherro81

    funkettoni!!

    October 2009
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