Rude City Riot

Rude City Riot is a hard hitting 8 piece “Power-Ska” band from the Pacific NorthWest, Vancouver BC, Canada to be exact. What is Power-Ska you ask? The answer when applied to Rude City Riot is “start with Ska Music and add equal parts Reggae, Punk and Hard Rock and you get “Power-Ska”. RCR released their debut self titled EP / CD in Nov. 2008 and has released 3 digital singles on Skaspot Records in 2010 . "Nothin But Time" is now released on Stomp Records. It is RCR's first full length album and is available on iTunes, Amazon or from Stomprecords.com. Dustin Lionhart, lead singer and primary songwriter for RCR has been writing Ska songs since age 14 and is now writing melodic anthems accessible to all those who love good music and well crafted songs. Typical media / press reviews of Rude City Riot Music: Ska tends to be typecast, modeled to a great extent on the early 80s Two Tone look and sound from England, which makes Rude City Riot different. Sure, the horn arrangements and rhythms that are ska trademarks are here, but the album starts with a rock and roll urgency that suggests Rude City Riot is flexible and won’t be hemmed in by typecasting. It even sounds like Loverboy at times, which is really unexpected. “Bonnie And Clyde,” which follows, has a punk edge. “Imposter Man” could be Toots And The Maytals. “Kick Me When I’m Down” mixes Van Halen guitar with a tough reggae rhythm and nagging chorus. Etc.." - Tom Harrison, The Province Newspaper (Sep "If you replaced the up-strokes with down and the horns with another guitar, Vancouver, BC's Rude City Riot could be Canada's next Chixdiggit ― that is to say, creators of some incredibly well crafted, straight-ahead, insanely catchy pop punk. The phrasing of the verses and the expert creation and execution of a killer chorus (not to mention the lead vocals of singer Dustin Lionhart III, which are pretty similar to Chixdiggits' K.J. Jansen) are pretty much where the comparisons end though, because Rude City Riot like to ska the hell out of their stuff, and they do it impressively well ― doubly so considering this is their debut. The seven-piece shine on "Victoria," an anthem about a troublesome girl (or is it a city?), and "Rudies Don't Care." Both open with that beloved ska brass and continue like the best of favourite commercial ska punks Reel Big Fish and Mighty Mighty Bosstones. A select group of people will treasure this, with Rude City Riot keeping the ska dream alive. " - Nicole Villeneuve, Exclaim.ca (May 31, 2011) "Oi, There's a strong new voice in the ska scene and it belongs to Rude City Riot. Their Nothin' But Time debut album showcases a sound they call power-ska; it's a harmonious blend of punk, reggae, soul and ska that files neatly enough under ska-punk. The songwriting seems surprisingly sophisticated for a bunch of newcomers, until you learn that frontman Dustin Lionhart III has been writing ska music since he was 14. Lionhart's rude-boy lyrics tell tales of hoodlums and junkies in seedy neighborhoods like Vancouver's downtown east side; all the anger, exhilaration and desperation of these sad but proud souls is brought to life through shoutout harmonies, beefy guitar riffs and a terrific horn section that especially shines on the rollicking instrumental "DC Riot Stomp," the album's best offering. This is a very fine debut from a skilled team of musicians who clearly enjoy what they're doing. Not every riot in Vancouver has to be bad." - Jody McCutcheon, CHARTattack “From the untamed wilderness that is the Pacific Northwest comes a gift…and a marvelous gift it is indeed. No, it’s not amateur video footage of Sasquatch doing the Macarena (although that would obviously rock). It’s better. Much better. Those crazy Ska-nucks, Rude City Riot, recently released a double-sided digital single as a follow up to their debut, self-titled album. With “Imposter Man” and “Same Old Story”, RCR picks up right where they left off with the their last studio offering. Brilliant! Power-Ska at its best. The melodic elements of 2 Tone meets the edginess of third wave, pulling up just short of the ska-core precipice. These cats continue to impress. - Drago" WWW.Froglix.Com "This is seriously infectious stuff. It opens with a solid acoustic guitar ska groove and a power vocal going on about feeling ill, which conveniently rhymes with "pills". When the band kicks in they're as tight as a screw. And look out for that sax solo. iPod worthy." -John McLaughlin, The Province Newspaper - review of Rude City Riot song "Shots & Pills" (Mar 23, 2010) Please visit WWW.RUDECITYRIOT.COM http://www.reverbnation.com/rudecityriot (RCR Profile) for more photos and reviews or to play & download RCR songs for free - visit www.rudecityriot.com and join fan club / email list. Skaspot Records 778 886 2747 Dan Cowan dan@skaspot.com Rude City Riot is: Dusty Lionhart III - Lead Vocals Scotty Atkins - Guitars & Vocals Luis Garzon - Bass Guitar & Vocals Kevin Tang - Trombone & Vocals Jonny McCormack - Sax & Vocals Sean Kight - Drums & Vocals Peter Bowles - Keys & Vocals Steffen Peter - Guitar & Vocals Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.