Rude City Riot exploded onto Vancouver thriving Ska Scene in early 2008 with their shout-a-long chorus and high energy live shows – Since then they’ve rightly picked up many admirers for both their musicianship and accomplished songwriting…In fact, I feel there’s not much need for my waffle here when you can go download their debut EP for free right here – www.rudecityriotsquad.com – Every track is killer, you have the Combi13 seal of approval right there..!

We’ve been lucky enough to be involved from an early stage and have designed a couple of logo’s for the band and some rather tasty T-Shirts too..!

As if that wasn’t enough to rattle your senses, take a hop over to YouTube and have a butchers at the Victoria video..!

RUDE CITY RIOT – VICTORIA

We recently waded into the heart of the Riot and spoke to Dusty about all things Rude…

Wow Dusty! You guys have really hit the ground running, can you tell us about your first show..?

Our first show was in March 2008. We made our debut at Dan Cowan’s SkaSpot Live Ska-A-Thon. We coudln’t have asked for a better bill to introduce ourselves on. The production was smooth and professional and the talent was Vancouver’s finest. Playing your first show with the likes of Los Furios and Skaboom is pretty special. I remember we were begging Dan to put us in and he came to a practice. We were new and a wee bit unpolished but we gave it our all. RCR is forever grateful that he took a chance on us. The momentum has been full steam ahead ever since.

Rude City Riot’s debut EP is now available for free download through www.rudecityriotsquad.com and it’s one of my favorite releases of 2008, as a band, you must be very proud of it..?

First off, thank you for picking it as one of your favorites. We are very proud of this EP. Especially for a debut release. It took us quite a while to get it out. We wanted to make a lasting impression on The Ska World and hopefully recruit some newcomers along the way. We had the right guy Producing it. His name is Alex “Condor” Aligizakis. Fantastic talent. He has a rock background and you can tell this by listening to the EP. I think though the balance between genres flows nicely. In your face grit yet smooth in places making you feel good. You could describe it as throwing a knockout punch but catching the recipient before they hit the ground.

You’re known to cover The Hotknives’ ‘Don’t Go Away’ during your Live shows, Who else has been an influence on your songwriting..?

There are so many influences on my songwriting. So many in fact that it would take hours to get through them all. I constantly get influenced by new artists all the time as well. To name a couple though, I would mention Jonny Cash for sure. I admired his grit and reality. Many of my songs are in a story format similar to lots of Cash’s work. It is really fun to tell a story and let a tale evolve.

I also like to listen to anything from The First Wave. The Rulers, Prince Buster, Toots, Laurel Aitken. In essence lots of RCR material can relate to this era at least content-wise. Songs about Rudies, can’t go wrong there.

When do you plan to release Rude City Riot’s full debut Album..?

We are already in the process of making the first Full Length happen. myself and the other guys have been writing and writing and writing. We honestly have enough material for two Albums. It will be a tough decsion to narrow down which tracks will make the cut. Pre-production will be under way shortly and hopefully we will have a new release early for 2010. We are in talks with some well respected Producers and everyone is getting very excited to get this ball rolling.

Rude City Riot are headlining this years ‘Xmas in Skaville’ at the legendary Railway Club, Vancouver – Sharing the Bill with The Elixxxirs on the night, that will surely be a Xmas to remember..?

It most certainly will. Bobbi Jo and The Elixxxirs have a solid following. As they should. She is a wonderful talent. We are also excited to be playing with The Valuables. This group is new but they have left a trail of fire everywhere they play thus far. The Ivy League Brawlers put on an energetic and fun show as well. As I am talking about this I am thinking it is going to be one hell of a party! Of course a party in the name of a good cause is even better. Non perishable food donations for those less fortunate will be collected at the door. It’s win win and grin grin.

Cheers Dusty – All The Best Mate..!

Cheers to you as well my good friend Steve! Stay prolific. Much respec!