Ruts DC live in concert.
ON TOUR

Ruts DC

12
critic concert reviews
rock

How Good Are They LIVE?

Live Rating  

73
%
Based on 
12
critic concert
reviews
Last 12 Months Rating  
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Based on 
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Critic Consensus

Based on 12 concert reviews, the critic consensus is that Ruts DC is rated as a watchable live performer, with decent shows overall. Ruts DC concert reviews describe live shows and performances as authentic, mellow, and powerful.

ON TOUR

The Leadmill, Sheffield, United Kingdom (October 12)

Latest Release

ElectrAcoustiC Volume Three (5 July 2024)

Artist Info

Genre
rock
Origin
Bio
FOLLOWING ON FROM THE RUTS Ruts DC was the follow up name used by the surviving three members of The Ruts following the death of singer Malcolm Owen in 1980. They released two albums: Animal Now (a rock record on Virgin in 1981), and Rhythm Collision (a dub reggae record on their own imprint, Bohemian, in 1982, engineered by Mad Professor).
Has Performed With

Critic Concert Reviews

Music-News.com (UK)

January 19, 2017
80
%
It was under the Out to Lunch festival offshoot banner designed to liven up dreary January that Belfast welcomed Ruts DC.

The Guardian (UK)

January 11, 2015
60
%
After feeding the Beefeaters and faking plague at the London Dungeon you can go see a real-life original punk band play the 100 Club – maybe even slip an old Sid-alike £20 to give you an authentic bike-chaining.

Louder Than War (UK)

November 29, 2022
%
Ruts DC brought their new Counterculture? album to Liverpool; Phil was there to witness one of the most powerful bands currently touring; forging ahead with new material, yet still able to invigorate the classic tracks.

National Rock Review

February 25, 2019
%
Ruts DC turn back the clocks as they transport the Riverside Newcastle back to the punk rock renaissance of the late 1970s.

Louder Than War (UK)

February 15, 2019
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Manchester, UK

Louder Than War (UK)

August 13, 2017
%
Not so Ruts DC who, as one punter said, sound as fresh now as they did in their heyday as one of the best punk/reggae bands of that period regularly giving The Clash a run for their money.

Louder Than War (UK)

April 4, 2017
%
Liverpool, UK

Past critic reviews published in

Exclaim (Canada), Exclaim (Canada), The Guardian (UK), Punknews (USA), Dead Press (UK) and more

Image Credit

Montecruz Foto [CC BY-SA 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons