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| the ruts "stareing at the rude boys" | | 1980 The band consisted of Malcolm Owen (vocals), Paul Fox (musician) (guitar), John "Segs" Jennings (bass) and Dave Ruffy (drums). As part of the People Unite collective based in Southall the more...band were active in anti-racist causes, and their song "Jah War" is about the Special Patrol Group's violence in Southall in 1979, in which Blair Peach was beaten to death and Clarence Baker was severely injured.
The Ruts backed Laurel Aitken on a John Peel session for BBC Radio 1, in April/May 1980. The line-up was Aitken, Fox, Jennings, Ruffy, Owen and Gary Barnacle.
Malcolm Owen died from a heroin overdose on 14 July 1980 at the age of 26. Ironically, the b-side "H-eyes" of "In a Rut" was a song against heroin use, and two other songs, "Dope for Guns" from the album The Crackand Love in Vain B-side of Staring at the rude boys were also anti-drug songs.
The band continued as Ruts D.C. (D.C. standing for Da Capo meaning 'back to the beginning') but never repeated their earlier success. As Ruts D.C., the band toured Germany in the autumn of 1980, playing at the small nightclub To Act in rural Bavaria (Weißenohe, near Nuremberg). However, without the charismatic persona, stage presence and great voice of Owen (and despite guitarist Paul Fox handling the vocals), the band struggled to re-live their past glories. less
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Added: Aug 19, 08
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