Staring at the Rude Boys, The Ruts with Henry Rollins

[MrVinushka]

I have to say ... I'm a fan of Henry's spoken word and such, and was a fan of the original song, and heard Henry talking about this whole event on Provoked and ... well, I'm pretty disappointed! Maybe he bigged himself up too much but, this is pretty underwhelming. Even Gallows do a better rendition.

[brod78sashi84]

I was listening to a Rollins spoken word CD today and he talked of The Ruts and in particular this show.....I've been listening to/watching as many things as I can tonight...the songs are simply great

[DeapPolitical]

Like many, the Spoken Word special got me into The Ruts after some English friends got me into Black Flag. I think it's all part of a huge conspiracy to keep me from ever sleeping before 4AM again... Cheers to Henry, and the Ruts, for being such geniuses!

[StaticTremor]

Only Rollins could have done it..

[maraband]

Unspeakably brilliant. Henry - legend. Paul Fox - legend. Ruts - legends!

[MichaelH1506]

RIP Paul! Henry has so much energy, there's so much focus in his face. What a guy.

[TheThing88]

MAN what a frontman!

[bricro87]

Rollin's stage presence is so static but he owns it. just that one pose. its like his trademark

[Rakaizombie]

i fucking love the dag nasty cover of this song.

[nuwavegurl]

Fabulous cover. The Ruts sound wonderful, and of course Rollins does. Thanks for sharing!

[adrienolson]

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[Stereotype23]

Rolliins did the only right thing to do - give everything he has and doing it in his own way and style. I think this is fuckin awesome

[ZiggyHernandez]

The Ruts and Henry Rollins...motherfucking awesome!  You could not ask for a better show.

[JeromeKillsFascists]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!! 

[lorryfox]

Love it.... night to remember x

[danielyou50]

This is amazing dude! amazing! :D

[cuntfisheater]

Awesome!!!

[cuntfisheater]

This is fucking awesome. Wish I'd seen this!

[sppots]

its not very good, when we listened to the ruts it was the time of the falklands, maggie and running for your life at the football, who is this yank on an ego trip?

[conor30000]

@sppots HAHAHAHA at you

[sppots]

@conor30000 very erudite. I watched some of the rollins vidoes, he seems sincere, i judged in haste. Although i still do not really rate his performance but his heart is certainly in the right place, maybe trying to hard and who can blame him. I saw the ruts original line up in Cardiff, queen street, Top Rank.

Happy days mate.

[Moose1015]

God, you can just tell that Rollins used to sing this song to himself back when he was a kid. Amazing.

[inthefiveonenine]

Rollins was awesome, as was the band. RIP Paul Fox

[calboy64]

all the punk bands come back ,,,and why ,,,because,,,honesty ;;;telll the truth

[BoycottStabb]

Heartbreakingly great......... Total respect to anyone who loves the Ruts.

[krangis]

fuck yeeeeeahr rollins!

[rhythmicginger]

YEAH! Go Rollins!

[Mrbiggerjobs1000]

Yes Henry Rollins is great- nobody could have done it better

[Vancat]

wow...this is really fantastic..oooouuuhhh :)))

[Taktwo2]

Brilliant tribute.

RIP

[solus1376]

RIP Malcolm & Foxy. Much respect, Henry.

[teamvmg]

Somebody get Rollins a surfboard!

love it!

[misconduckt]

I just found out about this band and this final show a few days ago, I went back and bought the album (which you should to) and its GREAT GREAT GREAT! Glad to know of this band!

[bloater999]

Stuning band & Rollins did 'em proud. Cheers

[TheVirginMurray]

rollins is a fuckwit millionaire wanker nerd who should stick to writing his faggoty books instead of ruining classic music like this !

[woodiestv]

Classic Track, you can download the albums Crack & Grin and Bear It for a good price.

[NeilThompson30]

When Foxy does the riff to this at the start it is a riff that he took to his grave cause no matter how many people take the piss out of punks not playing the guitar properly - Foxy could play chords that nobody would have a clue how to play.

Sparizzla - Of course we all agree that Malcolm rests in peace but -

Henry loves - and has total respect for - Malcolm, Foxy and the Ruts

Everyone watching this video loves Malcolm, Foxy and the Ruts

What is your problem?

[punkeruit1965]

check 'jello biafra 2012' in google...

cheers

[sparizzla]

he sounds like a accountant or somethin - RIP MALCOLM

[bunerzissou]

lol accountant. what does an accountant sound like?

[sugarkaneandchloe]

Yes...I agree

[NeilThompson30]

During the war - no sorry, I'll start again - In 1979, during one of my many visits to the Final Solution household in Leyton, Malcolm Owen and Seggs came in and we all sat round talking about Peelie among other things and drinking tea. Great times.

[punkxx80xx]

this sucks.

[RD2006]

I heard the whole story at Henry's Spoken Word Show in Newcastle in February. Amazing

[Alloflifedecays]

@RD2006 I just watched it on one of his DVDs. It's a hell of a story.

[RD2006]

He's still got many stories to tell. Can't wait to see him do spoken word again.

[piercedandproud]

Hard to believe this was almost a year ago. I am glad to have been there.

RIP Paul.

[utg69ewa]

Just got back from the Sydney spoken word. Great vid and a great man.

[LilithFilth]

Great to hear Henry talk about this show in detail last night in Melbourne!

[buckfastdrinker]

anybody have any footage from the belfast show?

[slayer1888]

3 hrs of rollins for £19, what a bargain, guess im another one who is using the 'internets' to check out this vid. Did ya hear this played on the P.A. before the show???

[ghettostarchild59]

henry rollins is such a power house of a front man... jebus.

[heedly]

Yeah was at the Empire on sun night too what a great night good to able ta see this gig...

RIP Paul

[degninetynine]

thank goodness for the internets!!! just back from belfast from the henry rollins spoken word show.amazing!!! gonna look for more ruts stuff, any suggestions???

[bloater999]

Well the official DVD from this event (not my shakey audience cam!) is a good start! Plus I have other video's up including Rollins playing with the Captain

Cheers

[lorryfox]

@degninetynine Loads of stuff available from Amazon... Live CDs are great. The Ruts were awesome live. The album the Crack and Grin and Bear are excellent.

[myfuckingcake]

i dnt get it do day hate rude boys b.c wer i live most da punks nd rude boys get along

[sparizzla]

bollocks - listen to the ruts kids

[mergezero]

i'm so happy i saw rollins do spoken word, or i would have never found this clip. i love you henry!

[dcent007]

I agree. I just saw him last night. That concert looked like it was amazing.

[metalchriswpg]

lol and the GOOGLES

[Chippita]

Had to use the internets first

[novae5]

Way to crank the guitar to 11. We'll miss you Paul!

[88franko]

the internets is great....i didn't have to go to my googles to find this video..henry was great at the new daisy's......when he was talking about this show i was already picturing it in my head....kinda like this..

[88franko]

Turn it up to eleven Paul....

[catkiller44]

i saw henry yesterday talking about the ruts, and he gave my friend a dollar

[kavigr]

I saw henry's spoken word yesterday and he mentioned this really amazing

[fosterpilkington]

Great to see The Ruts still doing it, brilliantly! I doubt MO would acuse you of playing like a bunch of *****rs on this one!

[roastlonely]

there in the flesh, saw it with my own eyes, got the t-shirt, dyin' 'appy,x

[napper1977]

I remember Henry mentioning this gig on his radio show, then reiterating last Sunday in Glasgow at his spoken word show. I am pleased I searched the Internets to find this video, it is just amazing. It's terrible news that Foxy passed so soon after this gig, but I can't think of a better final farewell from such an awesome guy.... Also for the masses of fans they have drawn in over the years...

I need this DVD..

Nap

[WillSpengler]

I was at the Glasgow show, 5th row from the front (Row C), was an awesome show, and he was right, this was an incredible gig. I remember seeing it advertised, and stupidly putting off buying the tickets, he wasnt joking about it selling out that quickly!

[tony225]

"internets" yes!

[catkiller44]

haha, my googles

[jerik86]

I see we all found this on our youtubes...

[hydlide]

That so f-ing rocked!

The Ruts + Rollins = brilliant!

damn I wish I was there. Ordered the DVD last week!

[hasty7]

What a nite that was all brought back to me last Friday .AWESOME.

[AnimalmanBOID]

Had to check this out, he talked about this gig last thursday. He wasn't kidding, this is tight shit.

The world just lost another great musician... RIP Paul.

[metalmeisje]

Aww, awesome. Saw Rollins live this wednesday, which was brilliant - and he can sing, too. (y)

[bloater999]

Too right! Saw him last night performing this song again, this time with Captain Sensible, and I've just posted it

[thisweekspromethean]

I saw Rollins in Manchester too. I must thank him as I had not heard of the Ruts before, they are quite awesome and I will most certainly be ordering the DVD soon!

[Elvisasmoose]

Absolute class. Thx 4 posting. :)

[bloater999]

Pleasure! The official DVD is released this Friday at a special night in Shepherd's Bush... should be another one to remember!

[Factinsist]

Awesome, just awesome, so much intesity and passion at once. I just heard HENRY ROLLINS mentioning it last night in Hamburg during his spoken word performance and he couldn't be more right.

[wiseblood90]

god bless foxy and his family

[kemicon]

The Ruts are one of the best UK punk bands and yet are hardly known at all in the states. Still looking for them on vinyl. Someone please re-release.

[sebbster2000]

Wow, I had no idea this was a cover.

Cool though.

[clashpunx]

RIP Paul Fox

[moedwil]

hare krishna mate

[robert367]

Ruts were legends. No other band could sniff their shirt-tails, and I include the Jam and Clash in that statement! I'm from West London and feel that they were MY band! God bless you Malcom and Paul.

[pukec13]

R.I.P

PAUL

and

Malcolm as your the original siner

[RupertWaldron]

RIP Paul. Your music will always live on. The Ruts for life!

[punkerstein]

RIP Paul...we miss You!

[macco66]

R.I.P. Paul Fox.

[Wattsie]

R.I.P Foxy

[BrunswickDeath]

RIP Paul. The Ruts made some incredible music. Paul Raven from Killing Joke has checked out, as well. Very sad day.

[Redskins001]

RIP Paul :-(

[bloater999]

Sad, but not unexpected news, today (21/10/07): PAUL FOX OF THE RUTS DIES AGED 56

"Legendary guitarist, Paul Fox, died at home in Uxbridge at 3AM this morning.

Paul leaves behind his sons Lawrence and William and his wife, Sharon.

He will be dearly missed."

[chrisfaulkner]

Fallen Hero.

[JEN335]

R.I.P Paul.

[puablo1]

Henry must have devoted at least a full hour of his spoken word show gushing about the The Ruts and this experience like it was the best thing he's ever done. ROCK.

[jaggedalibi]

yeah, I remember how much he loved them when I saw his spoken word live. Henry Rollins is awesome.

and he does a great job with the vocals here.

RIP Paul

[DoogeMeister]

just love it. can't wait for the DVD. Seggs and Dave Ruffy stayed in Forest Hill where I grew up. They were such great guys to know.

[EWLFC1]

That was f*ckin awesome. Thanks for posting. Looking forward to the DVD.

[bolivari62]

you can tell henry must love the ruts.this is mint.whens the dvd coming out and how do you get hold of it?

[bloater999]

Not sure on both counts; it's being organised by Peafish as soon as I know I'll post on these videos details

Cheers

[bloater999]

The DVD is coming out very soon and a special limited editionis already up for pre-order; you need to visit "TheRuts.BigCartel dot com"

[Johnoco66]

That is really good. I wouldn't have thought it would have been as good.

Nice one!

[bloater999]

It was brilliant - I didn't think it would be as good either!

[onulf]

Unexpected team-up but as classy as can be as well.

[bloater999]

Message: We are working away on the DVD of this Ruts gig which will be a double DVD with a booklet covering The ruts history. We are looking for any original and preferably unseen footage or Photos of the original Ruts gigs. Any format will do. All proceeds to go to charity. If you can help ontact me at INFO (AT) PEAFISH dot COM.

[katieiwant]

how awesome was henry with the ruts!!! he fitted like a glove,god i wish i was 16 again

[NSMosrite]

I heard Henry talking about this on his Indie 103.1 show - it obviously meant a lot to him to do it. It was GREAT radio. I'm an expat Londoner - fucking LOVE The Ruts - wish I'd been there - all the best to Foxy.

[isupalodee]

IS HE ON A SURF BORD?

[JANER64]

Rollins does a good job on this track yes ( Someone old enough to have seen the Ruts)

[activejon]

I hate to admit it but that macho meat head Rollins did a great job. It was an amazing night, never thought I'd get to go wild to the Ruts live. having missed them first time around. A classic old school punk gig, no macho mosh pit h/c fighting just dancing and singing and fun. Thanks to Foxy, Dave and Segs and to Malcolm, you were so great and brought me so much pleasure. Here's hoping Foxy makes it through. Its a week later and my neck still hurts ! must be gettin old!

[minnietheminx]

Thanks for posting this. Takes me right back to those crazy days of the late 70s, The Ruts were and still are the best of the best. Would have been worth the trip from Australia to be there. Thinking of you Paul, all the best from down under.

[kittydeveer]

the ruts fucking rule this place

dombo

no one ever touches this band

[carefreecrow]

NEVER SURRENDER

[theface321]

Cheers whoever put this on...I was at gig as well .Fantastic night.....All the bands were great....Ruts with Rollins..the best!!!! Jeff Putney

[TheRealBimble]

Yeah I travelled up from Brighton met a whole heap of Dorset punks outside london & travelled in for one of the best nites of my life. Lets hope Foxy can find the strengh to do it all again someday. Thanx Foxy, Shine On

[RomliIronfist]

I was there also, travelled down from up North. Took us just over 4 hours to get there but well worth it. Rollins did an excellent job on vocals too. A night of excellence. This night will go down as one of the best ever gigs I went to.

[TheRealBimble]

I was there ! wot a night. I still have a sore throat. I've waited over half my life for this nite.

Never Surrender Foxy.

[jockandcarol]

Amazing ! you have captured an excellent gig there alan !

[6zina9]

Thanks for posting this very excellent performance..

[lmbc]

Wow! I never would have believed that Rollins would have done such a great job.

[wheelzwheeler]

What a night..Cheers for posting....

[rosamhughes]

FANF--KINGTASTIC.I was there,the atmosphere,the supports,the audience,the lot.Took me back to 79.Paul you are still one hell of a guitarist and Henry was brilliant.But what a rythym section,what a power house of Dave Ruffy on drums and Segs on base.A night to remember.Thanks lads.See you in the Blythe-SE6--Martin H.

[DavidDevant]

Awesome!