About this Event

MJR Live by arrangement with Intertain and Satelitte Agency presents..



RUTS DC

+ special guests



Friday 13th September @ Sub89 Reading

Doors 7.00pm | Tickets £14adv

18+ show



On sale this saturday 9am from www.sub89.com and all usual outlets!



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The Ruts DC were formed in 1981 by the rhythm section and guitarist of The Ruts.

The Ruts had had three whirlwind years of success and much critical acclaim – excellent releases included the singles “Babylons Burning” ,”Jah War”,” Something That I Said” and “Staring At The Rude Boys” and the albums “The Crack”, ”Grin And Bear It” and John Peel Sessions; the famous Radio 1 dj strongly supported the bands debut single “In A Rut” that was put out by reggae band Misty In Roots as they shared the common fight against racism and the National Front.



The Ruts were without doubt the best of the original punks who dubbed it up. When tragedy struck and the band split it wasn’t long before the booming rhythm section of Dave Ruffy and John’Segs’Jennings came forward with The Ruts DC (DC from the

Latin De Capo meaning’ from the beginning’) their strong early roots reggae and dub influences coming to the fore. The resulting Dub album “Rhythm Collision Vol. 1” was recorded with the then relatively unknown dub specialist Mad Professor and is still in

demand.



Both Ruffy and Segs , who have been described as Europe’s Sly and Robbie (no small boast considering their playing skills are matched by their far ranging production skills!) have since had wide and varied careers both in live bands and in the studio. On 16th July

2007 the Ruts reformed for the first time in 27 years for a one off benefit for Paul Fox the original guitarist following his diagnosis with lung cancer. Henry Rollins took over vocal duties and they were supported by The Damned, Misty In Roots, UK Subs ,Tom

Robinson, John Otway and more. This was described as” the best punk gig of all time” by The Times and proved the rhythm section as strong as ever and will remain in London gig legend forever.



A long anticipated second Rut DC Dub album is to be completed and released this year and some exclusive live shows are promised. For these they will be joined by the excellent keyboard and guitar player Seamus Beagen and some very special guest vocalists and deejays.



The artists below are some of the people Ruffy, Segs and Seamus have played with and produced for and says it all really –the return of The Ruts DC ,very exciting and will be a real treat to hear and see;

In no particular order – Laurel Aitken, Desmond Dekker, Madness, Aztec Camera, Alabama 3, Iggy Pop, Roger Daltrey, Paul Weller, Lillidrop “N”, Orchestra Rouge, Louis Bertingnac(Telephone), Maxi Jazz, Kirsty Macoll, Edwyn Collins, Marc Almond, The Waterboys, Joe Strummer, Chemical Brothers, Roots Manuva, Audio Bullies, Prefab Sprout, Alison Moyet, Pete Townsend, VV Brown, Matafix, Henry Rollins, Mica Paris, Yazz, Marcella Detroit, Morissey, Babyshambles, Malakai, Heypenny, Barry Adamson, Supergrass, Tom Jones, Death In Vegas, Sinead O’connor,Dennis Bovell,, Robert

Forster, William Sheller, The Levellers, Cyndi Lauper, Billy Childish, David Gray, The Proclaimers .