Ruts DC have announced a half dozen concerts for the tailend of the year. Local fans will be very pleased to learn that the lads will be rockin’ on up at the Dust venue for the very first time as part of the mini UK tour. The date for your diary is Friday 28th November and tickets for this concert will shortly become available on the Ruts DC official website (HERE) and are now on sale on the Dust venue website (HERE).
This is a very special show celebrating 45 years from ‘The Crack’ to ‘Counter Culture’ and beyond. It will apparently be a long set which will feature not only the classics like ‘In A Rut’, ‘Babylon’s Burning’, ‘West One’, ‘Staring At The Rude Boys’, ‘Human Punk’, ‘Jah War’ etc alongside new classics like ‘Psychic Attack’ and a deep dive into the back catalogue. Special guests for the evening are currently TBA.
The reggae influenced punk band Ruts DC, who as The Ruts are most remembered for their Top 10 single ‘Babylon’s Burning’ as well as Top 30 hit ‘Something That I Said’. Fans will also fondly recall their debut single ‘In A Rut’.
The Ruts DC name came into being after the sad and untimely death of The Ruts original singer Malcolm Owen in 1980, having recorded the classic ‘Grin & Bear It’ punk album. The guys initially continued on until 1983 and then called it a day.
They were drawn back into the music business over 15 years ago, in 2007, as a result of a benefit gig for band member Paul Fox who also passed away. It was a special event with support coming from The Damned, UK Subs, Tom Robinson, Misty In Roots, John Otway and Splodge to name just a few. This gave the guys the impetus to get together permanently and so here we are a decade later and they are winging their way to Sussex.
The current Ruts DC is made up of founder Ruts members David Ruffy (drums) and John “Segs” Jennings (bass) and completing the trio is Leigh Heggarty.
