Rude Kids is a punk rock

Punk rock

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 band from Hagsätra

Hagsätra

Hagsätra is a quarter in Söderort, the southern part of Stockholm Municipality, Sweden. It borders with the quarters of Älvsjö, Örby and Rågsved in Stockholm, as well as Stuvsta in neighboring Huddinge Municipality...

. Their first single "Raggare

Raggare

Raggare is a subculture found mostly in Sweden and parts of Norway, Finland, Denmark, Germany and Austria...

 is a Bunch of Motherfuckers", that they recorded themselves, was released by Polydor. Rude Kids was the first Swedish punk band to release a record trough a major record label. The single sold between 5000 and 6000 copies (compared to 600-700 copies for an average Sham 69

Sham 69

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 single). Tony Parsons

Tony Parsons (British journalist)

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 named it "single of the year". Polydor also released the single Stranglers and the LP

LP album

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 Safe Society. Their records got good reviews in the press.

Rude Kids played in London

London

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 a few times. Once they opened up for Madness

Madness (band)

In 1979, the band recorded the Lee Thompson composition "The Prince". The song, like the band's name, paid homage to their idol, Prince Buster. The song was released through 2 Tone Records, the label of The Specials founder Jerry Dammers. The song was a surprise hit, peaking in the UK music charts...

 (only realising at the gig that it was Madness, not Doctors of Madness

Doctors of Madness

Doctors of Madness were a British protopunk art rock band formed in 1974 in a cellar in Brixton, south London by the composer and lead singer/guitarist Richard Strange, known as ‘Kid’ Strange...

) and were attacked by skinhead

Skinhead

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s in the audience. After they fled the stage the audience smashed up all the gear without realising they smashed up Madness' gear.

In 1980, when Rude Kids signed with the record company Sonet

Sonet Records

Sonet Records is a jazz record label operating as an imprint of Universal Music Sweden. It was founded in Sweden in 1956.Sonet Records was established by Sven Lindholm and Gunnar Bergström, who managed the label into the 1980s. Dag Haeggqvist, the owner of Gazell Records, became an executive of the...

, they had a more poppy

Pop music

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 sound compared to their earlier music. In 2002 Turbonegro

Turbonegro

Turbonegro is a Norwegian punk rock band that was initially active from 1989 to 1998, and later reformed in 2002. Their style combines glam rock, punk rock and hard rock into a style the band describes as "deathpunk"....

 performed a cover

Cover version

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 on the Rude Kids song "Raggare is a Bunch of Motherfuckers" at Hultsfredsfestivalen.

Members

• Björn "Böna" Eriksson - Vocals
• Lasse Olsson - Guitar
• Ola "Spaceman" Nilsson - Bass
• Lasse "Throw-it" Persson - Drums
• Nils Hisse Hallström - Guitar
• Janne Strindlund - Organ

Discography

• Raggare is a bunch of motherfuckers (Polydor EP - 1978)
• Stranglers (if it's quiet why don't you play) (Polydor EP - 1978)
• Absolute Ruler (Polydor EP - 1979)
• Safe society (Polydor LP - 1979)
• Safe Society (Bootleg LP)
• Punk will never die (Bootleg LP)
• Safe Society (Polydor Kassett - 1979)
• Next time (I'll beat Björn Borg) (Sonet EP - 1980)
• 1984 Refuse it (Sonet MP - 1984)
• Spådd i handen (Smash EP)
• Pallisades Park (Smash EP)
• När sommaren hittat till stan (Smash EP)
• The worst of Rude Kids (Distortion CD - 1998)

External links

• http://www.punktjafs.com/ny/rude_kids_story.htm
• http://farbrorpunk.blogg.se/2007/november/rude-kids-nostalgi.html
• http://www.punktipset.se/band.asp?id=338