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Rude Squad

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Years active
  
1997 - present

Origin
  
Saint Petersburg, Russia

Members
  
Kyle Sokol

Website
  
Official website

Record label
  
CITRUS Records

Genres
  
Ska punk, Punk rock

Labels
  
Citrus Records Octave Match Records

Past members
  
Alex Trellu Chip Manger Matt Hollingsworth Paul DeCosmo Steve DeCosmo Alden Kooken

Similar
  
Chase Huglin, Atheist, Voodoo Glow Skulls, The Toasters, Hawthorne Heights

Profiles

Myspace

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Rude Squad is a ska punk band founded in Saint Petersburg, Florida in 1997. The final and longest running band line up are: Eric Best (vocals & guitar), Lee McElhaney (sax), Rusch Young (trumpet), Kyle Sokol (bass), and Adrian Baptist (drums). They are the longest running active ska band in the Tampa Bay area according to Creative Loafing.

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Rude Squad signed a record deal with Octave Match Records in 2010. Rude Squad is signed to Citrus Records on 16 October 2014 after being released from their old contract with Octave Match Records.

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Current Line-Up

  • Lee McElhaney - Sax (The New Rulers)
  • Rusch Young - Trumpet
  • Kyle Sokol - Bass (King of Denmark, Trace Of Day, Trust For Liars, Eric Best Solo)
  • Eric Best - Vocals, Guitar (Brosef Skalin, Solo)
  • Adrian Baptist - Drums (Pig Pen, Slade and the Wasters)

    • Former members

  • Steve De Cosmo - Back-up Vocals
  • Chip Manger - Bass
  • Alex Trellu - Bass
  • Paul De Cosmo - Drums
  • Matt Hollingsworth - Drums
  • Alden Kooken - Sax
  • Jason Rodriguez - Drums

    • Discography

  • Self Titled EP - 2000
  • No Practice - 2002
  • Unwrapped - 2004
  • On the Edge of Failure - Octave Match Records - 2010
  • Closer Than You - Florida Ska Compilation - Citrus records - 2014

    • References

    Rude Squad Wikipedia
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