The Ruts

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Years Active
1976 – 1983 (7 years)
Founded In
Hayes, Bromley, London, England, United Kingdom
The Ruts were a band from London, UK of the late , early 80s. Combining straightforward beefy Punk tracks, such as Babylon is Burning and In A Rut with 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). As part of the Misty in Roots People Unite… read more
The Ruts were a band from London, UK of the late , early 80s. Combining straightforward beefy Punk tracks, such as Babylon is Burning and In A Rut with classics like Give Youth A Chance and Jah War, they were most similar to The Clash in terms of stance and influence, … read more
The Ruts were a band from London, UK of the late , early 80s. Combining straightforward beefy Punk tracks, such as Babylon is Burning and In A Rut with 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 … read more

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Top Tracks

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1 Play track The Crack Babylon's Burning
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 281 listeners
2 Play track Something That I Said - The Best Of The Ruts Staring at the Rude Boys
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 125 listeners
3 Play track In A Rut - Single Version In A Rut - Single Version
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4 Play track The Crack Jah War
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5 Play track The Crack Something That I Said
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6 Play track The Crack S.U.S.
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7 Play track The Crack Dope For Guns
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8 Play track Something That I Said - The Best Of The Ruts West One (Shine On Me)
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 22 listeners
9 Play track The Crack / Grin and Bear It You're Just A.....
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10 Play track The Crack Criminal Mind
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Albums

  1. 76,040 listeners

    28 Sep 1979 · 12 tracks

    The Crack
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  2. 17,443 listeners

    1980 · 17 tracks

    You've Gotta Get Out Of It
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  3. 16,815 listeners

    Jun 1986 · 5 tracks

    The Peel Sessions
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  4. 15,526 listeners

    20 Feb 1995 · 17 tracks

    Something That I Said - The Best Of The Ruts
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