Rude Squad

Infobox musical artist
Name = Rude Squad


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Origin = Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA
Genre = Ska, Punk rockcite web|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2003/02/23/Floridian/In_our_own_back_yard.shtml |title=Floridian: In Your Own Backyard - Review - RUDE SQUAD |accessdate=2007-11-20 |author=GINA VIVINETTO|publisher=The St. Pete Times]
Years_active = 1997 - present
Label = D-ina-B Records
Associated_acts = Fishbone, The Toasters, Goldfinger, Rancid
URL = [http://www.myspace.com/rudesquad Official website]
Current_members = Eric Best Rusch Young Lee McElhaney Kyle Sokol Adrian Baptist
Past_members = Alex Trellu Chip Manger Matt Hollingsworth Paul DeCosmo Steve DeCosmo

Founded in Saint Petersburg, Florida, Rude Squad is a ska punk band with eclectic sound intertwined with efficacious rhythms that are breath-taking and original. The band members: Eric Best (vocals & guitar), Lee McElhaney (sax), Rusch Young (trumpet), Kyle Sokol (bass), and Adrian Baptist (drums), provide otherworldly skills that have given a rise to multiple varieties of the true meaning of talent within the music scene.

Rude Squad has attributed Fishbone, The Toasters, Goldfinger and the Police for their in depth inspirations to become the subsequent artists that they are today. They continue the leadership that their influences set out before them with determination and honor.

Rude Squad has begun to form their own legacy by playing as a subset, using the sax, guitar, drums, trumpet, funky bass, and lethal vocals as the mathematical combination needed to create the elements in the SKA genre. RS has performed with multiple bands such as 311, Matisyahu, Rancid, the Skatalites, Suicide Machines, the Used, Pietasters, Voodoo Glow Skulls, Mustard Plug, Catch 22, Dan Potthast (of MU330), Everclear, Avail, Big D & the Kids Table, Link 80, Something Corporate, Bowling for Soup, Against All Authority, Unwritten Law and many, many other bands that have stepped on the scene and made their mark in the music industry. They have also taken part and participated in events throughout the state and beyond such as Warped Tour '04, 97X's Next Big Thing 2, 97X's 2007 Backyard BBQ, 98 Rock's Livestock, and numerous local events throughout the Tampa Bay area. This band is a powerful and addictive delectable to watch and listen to. With influences running deep within their souls, music streaming through their veins, and talent soaring through their instruments and voices, Rude Squad is truly the criterion that should be used when wanting to know the definitive meaning of SKA.

Band line-up

Members

*Eric Best - Vocals, Guitar
*Lee McElhaney - Sax
*Rusch Young - Trumpet
*Kyle Sokol - Bass
*Adrian Baptist - Drums

Former members

*Alex Trellu - Bass
*Chip Manger - Bass
*Matt Hollingsworth - Drums
*Paul DeCosmo - Drums
*Steve DeCosmo - Back-up Vocals

Discography

*Self Titled EP - 2000
*No Practice - 2002
*Unwrapped - 2004
*On the Edge of Failure - D-ina-B Records - 12/2007

References

External links

* http://www.myspace.com/rudesquad

Articles

* [http://snap.tbo.com/pages/gallery.php?gallery=314976 Rude Squad at the Free for All] from " [http://www.tbo.com/ Tampa Bay Online] "
* [http://www.stpetecrew.com/source/music.shtml Great Music You've Never Heard] from " [http://www.stpetecrew.com/ The St. Pete Crew] "
* [http://www.sptimes.com/2003/02/23/Floridian/In_our_own_back_yard.shtml Floridian: In Your Own Backyard] from " [http://www.stpetetimes.com/ The St. Pete Times] "
* [http://tampa.creativeloafing.com/gyrobase/rudesquad_takes_it_to_the_edge/Content?oid=402441 Creative Loafing: Rudesquad takes it to the Edge, St. Pete ska-punks release fourth CD] from " [http://tampa.creativeloafing.com/ Creative Loafing] "