TheRudies_NYC

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..What’s a Rudie? (Part 1) The Rudies were an explosive Power Pop band that emerged during the death of glitter and the birth of punk in the mid to late 70’s NYC rock scene.
Brooklyn boys Ed Ryan (songwriter/guitar/vocals) and Razz (drums) were founding members of Day Old Bread who performed at the original punk rock fests in 1976 at both CBGB’s and Max’s Kansas City. Wayne County name-checked Day Old Bread on the first Max’s vinyl compilation in the song Max’s Kansas City.
When bassist Don Nossov split from the band Ed asked his pal Keith Streng from the Fleshtones if he knew any bass players and Keith recommended Mark Charles Lamendola. Mark had recently returned home to NYC having spent some time playing in Gainesville Florida, rotating at a local bottle club with Tom Petty's pre -Heartbreakers band Mudcrutch and Jeff and Marty Jourard pre - The Motels.
Ed’s material with Day Old Bread was hard rock with a melodic speedy edge, his newer songs were shorter, poppier and more vocal oriented. Mark’s bass and vocal prowess were a perfect match for the new direction of the band -- Power Pop with a punk attitude. The new band was a bristling power trio with a hard rock Everly Brothers harmony style to go with the catchy tunes.
The band was named The Rudies after a reference on a Vivian Stanshall (Bonzo Dog Band) album and had nothing to do with ska or reggae much to the confusion of everyone. The Rudies were originally perceived as a Max’s band due to the Day Old Bread connection. Back in the day you were either a CB’s band or a Max’s band so initially gigs at CB’s were rare. The Rudies were on CB’s default sheet, if someone cancelled at the last minute they were given a call.
When Day Old Bread and then Rudies manager, Susannah Lafountain, got the call from Hilly Kristal to open for the first NYC gig of the Dead Boys the band took the gig and effectively jumped ship to the CB’s camp.
Influences:We all know about the Ramones, the Talking Heads, Blondie, Television…..the seventies list goes as far as you care. Later, when CBGB’s became establishment, more and even bigger names would grace its tiny stage (bathrooms to the left, downstairs). Beginning in the eighties, the club became in demand as a showcase and a film set, thankfully without losing its social street welcome or basic perspective (no velvet ropes here, just the occasional police barricade). Even Spinal Tap would feel honored to play there. But in the seventies’ Golden Age there was another lively layer, of bands that, for various reasons, didn’t make the household-name grade.The Shirts (from Brooklyn, as the description went) was one of these, along with the Laughing Dogs, Manster, the Rudies, the Tuff Darts, Mink deVille, the Miamis, Orchestra Luna, the Sorrows and many more who had what it took but didn’t benefit from the right roll of the dice. experiment and success mirrored the experiences of many others at the time, trying to survive while carving a musical identity in what in retrospect looks like a remarkable and special hothouse.- Mike Thorne (Record Producer: The Shirts - Soft Cell etc...), April 5, 2003
Sounds Like:
Peter Bodo - The Room is Red. In places, the carpet hangs from the wall like the tongue of a tired hound. There are no windows. A single neon overhead light casts a pallor over the room. There are no clocks. On the floor, a few guitar cases lined with imitation velvet stand like open coffins. In the dark corners of the room, sound equipment is piled high. The noise, and there is plenty of it, has nowhere to go. But if you like the noise called Rock and Roll, you sit there contentedly, in the womb of a band’s dream.
- Peter Bodo’s Sunday Daily News Magazine article “The Rudies, a Week in the Life of a Struggling Rock Band” Peter Bodo is editor of “Tennis Magazine”
Day Old Bread - precursor to The Rudies
Ed Ryan, Donnie Nossov, Razz
Record Label: CBGB "Off the Board"- CBGB, a registered trademark
Type of Label: Indie