REVEIWS:
Rick Rose Rude "A Date With Rick Rose Rude"
The pleasant thing with this very well produced album (compared to the previous ones) is the sincerity, the authenticity that comes out from it. Far from any commercial concern, RRR offers us some tracks which are like tributes to the musicians who influenced him. Take a cocktail shaker, put an equal dose of Nikki Sudden, Tyla, T-Rex, Stones, Ramones and J.Thunders into it and you'll get an awesome cocktail that I recommend you to drink without any moderation. Some great melodies, some arrangements and vocals that are much better than in the past, there's no doubt that with the help of a big record label, Rick Rose Dude could reach a wider audience. Unfortunately, I fear that this kind of releases can only satisfy an audience of specialists these days.So you should get this album and talk about it, that will pay a tribute to an artist who makes true rock'n'roll still alive.
/Franckie.
http://www.veglam.com
Rick Rose Rude needs, as was suggested in one of our earlier reviews, to save up his cash and get a real recording session. His quality varies wildly between the sublime and the inane, but always seems to possess some kind of demented appeal. The guy likens himself to "Johnny Thunders, or at least Keith Richards" -- before exhorting the listener to kill him, natch -- so he owes it to the people who've sat through his prolific, recorded-in-a-sock-drawer releases to hear what the hell's going on.
That said, there's a certain appeal to this disc that can't be eroded by its tinpot production. There's a Custard-like approach to tunesmithery -- "Oxycontin", for example, features some great doubled backing to a song riffled by tight slide, a shuffle-sounding anthem that gets under your skin within the first few bars.
"She Makes My Life A Blur" could almost be a Springsteen song, even if it does talk about ordering up an eight-ball of coke. Unlike others, there's not really a sense of bulletproof "hey! We're fucked up and fun!" to the tune; behind the jaunty lead riff lurks a melancholy mood described in Rude's voice.
"13 B" is imbued with a sense of Morricone's compositional power, much like Calexico's work. Overechoed vocals aside, this, easily the most ambitious track on the album, points towards where Rude's talents would be better utilized -- and to be honest, his weak voice isn't as much in evidence here, either.
Despite the oft-misplaced swagger, A Date With Rick Rose Rude is a considered recording that's well worth seeking out. It suffers from its homemade production, but the songwriting quirks and basic feeling of clownish humanity that flows through the disc are what really makes it work. -- Luke Martin
http://www.splendidezine.com/review.html?reviewid=3245240662375363
"Splendid E-Zine"
Rick Rose Rude: "A Date with Rick Rose Rude" (Bleeding Rose)
Chapter 115 in Rude's rock and roll version of "You can't keep a good man down." Damns Gen MTV, waxes sarcastic, wears his heart on his sleeve, and writes a drug song (ONLY Rick could do it) about OxyContin. And he still ain't got no band....
Rev. Wayne Coomers - The First Church Of Holy Rock & Roll
http://www.rockholy.com
"The First Church Of Holy Rock & Roll"
Rick Rose Rude "A Date With Rick Rose Rude" CD
Well Rick is still alive & kicking the crap out of the music scene with his style of needle & pins rock n roll that has a '77 American punk feel like THE HEARTBREAKERS, RICHARD HELL, LOU REED & THUNDERS. On this full-length CD you can hear such sleazy back alley anthems as "Damn The MTV Generation", "Lesbian", "Oxycontin", "Heartache",
"The Ballad Of A Shooting Star" & more songs of heartbreak, broken bottles, pills, girls & rock n roll living on the edge. (TTTT)
Billy Whitfield - Toxic Flyer Fanzine #34
Rick Rose Rude
"A Date With Rick Rose Rude" CD
(REVIEW BY RUTLEDGE)
Some fanzine writers would probably say that receiving a Rick Rose Rude promo CD is a horror akin to being anally penetrated by a machete.
Rude's 715 self-released CD EP's have consistently personified the bargain basement punk ethos in all its dubious glory: crappy DIY packaging, no-budget recording, slapdash glam-punk-styled musical offerings worthy of open mic night at Bubba's Bar & Grill, off-key vocals that might rock the house at the Annual Deaf-Mute Society Pancake Jamboree, a thin guitar sound that hits with all the fear-of-God-inducing force of paper crumpling on your desk....such unabashed amateurism is either really charming or really ridiculous, depending upon whom you ask. If Keith Richards is Bass ale, then Rick Rose Rude is Keystone beer.
The thing about Rude is that his music has always seemed really appealing IN THEORY. He brings to the table both impeccable taste (He worships at the altar of Johnny Thunders, the Stones, The Dogs D'Amour, T. Rex, The Ramones, Hanoi Rocks, and Mott the Hoople---among others) and a dig-able musical vision (He aspires to blend trashy punk rock n' roll with pop-savvy glam rock). But he's not always been able to pull it off, due mainly to flagrant musical/vocal shortcomings, spotty songwriting, and the sound quality (or the lack thereof) of his homemade recordings. At best, he's emerged as a poor man's Johnny Thunders---with the operative word being "poor".
But in all fairness, A DATE WITH RICK ROSE RUDE doesn't suck. Not only does it not suck, in fact---but it's actually pretty damn good! This is not another half-baked EP but rather a full ALBUM featuring 12 songs that come packed in a jewel case and represent a massive qualitative leap in terms of production, songwriting, and arrangement. It's still no high-powered big-studio recording, but Triple R has finally put out a record that sounds every bit as "produced" as your typical mid-fi underground punk release. He spent 18 months working on this album---and it shows.
His ballads---always his strength---shine here in a big way. "How May I Serve You?", "The Ballad of a Shooting Star", and the epic "13 B" are pretty, affecting, and nicely-crafted songs that tug at the heart a la solo Thunders or later Replacements. This is where Rude-boy shines, conveying soul-baring emotional resonance and demonstrating that he's a totally convincing broken-hearted troubadour. And he proves----when he sings a song that's in his vocal range---that he really CAN carry a tune!
But it's the more-rocking numbers that are most-improved. The musicianship is still barely-adequate, and RRR's vocal stylings remain an, uh, acquired taste. You hear "Damn The MTV Generation", and it sounds like business-as-usual in Rudeville. But standout tunes like the funny, T. Rex-y "Living in the 21st Century" and the totally-catchy "Oxycontin" are pleasant surprises that show us that Rude is getting much better at crafting low-budget trash-rock anthems. Such songs are still not quite up to lofty American Heartbreak/Dimestore Haloes/Trash Brats standards, but they are nonetheless quite appealing in the vein of a poppier Heartbreakers. You know: primitive, sloppy rock n' roll that aspires to hook-laden melodicism.
There's no doubt that Rude could still benefit from the punch and power a kick-ass backing band could give his songs. Put the guy in a good studio with a first-rate rhythm section, and he just might find himself sneaking up on the top tier of nouveau punk/glam/pop sharpshooters. But as it is, A DATE WITH RICK ROSE RUDE---an album NOT likely to elicit such responses as "What the hell IS this shit?" or "I'd rather drink vomit than listen to this again!" or "This is the aural equivalent of screwing the neighbor's dog"---is surely a huge step in the right direction.
All in all, not bad.
Joshua Rutledge - Now Wave Magazine
http://www.geocities.com/nowwave/
"The Now Wave"
rick rose rude-a date with rick rose rude (bleeding rose)
i've been "e" buds with rick for a couple years now and i've heard a bunch of his shit and honestly i wasn't always on the same page. some of his stuff was/is self indulgent and there is no one who is as into marketing himself. but rick, bless his heart, is undeniably likeable and incomparable in his dedication and love of his own work. this would all
be a set up for a major RAWK smashing except for one
thing...this is damn good and is the best thing he's ever done. there ain't a whole bunch out there to compare this to cuz there's only one rrr. the influences i hear are the ramones, human switchboard, the wipers, thunders, jeff dahl, nikki sudden, replacements...and all on different tunes. "she makes my life a blur" is one helluva
twist on the love song cliche..."lesbian" has rrr getting his ass kicked by the girlfriend of his love interest..."damn the mtv generation" puts the giant in it's place and "soap opera" sounds like a long lost classic. poor rick, damn, if this was recorded in the mid-80's it'd be called a classic...clever/catchy tunes with no gimmicks other than rick's personality. too bad that ain't enough these days.
note to rick: get the hell outta florida and go somewhere where you can get a band together and
take over the world!
(manthon)
http://www.therawk.com
"The Rawk"
Rick Rose Rude: "Living In The 21st Century"
If Rick Rose Rude doesn't become a world class rock 'n' roll star with his poster plastered across every teenager's wall, something's seriously fucked up with the music scene. Bred on Thunders, Gary Glitter and the American Rock 'n' Roll Dream, Rude continues to bash out track after track of grubby guitar rock in the vein of your favorite '70s guitar stars, with an unnerving gusto that's rivaled by few.
The centerpiece of this five-song release is the title track. Rude snarls over a sloppy but brilliant guitar rhythm, his slurred lyrics mentioning everything from credit card limits to pornography. Attitude spews from every verse; handclaps and a simple backbeat push the spotlight directly onto Rude's vocal delivery. The addition of Jessica Simpleton's backing vocals is a stroke of genius, perfectly accenting Rude's catchy chorus, creating one of the best RRR tunes to date. Unless distorted guitar riffs give you a bad case of the hives, you'll find yourself replaying this track over and over.
The only proper way to accompany something as tenacious as the title track is to reach back 30 years and hit up Marc Bolan. Rude does just that with a gutsy cover of "20th Century Boy". Rude chugs through this T. Rex cover, retaining the original's charm while adding his own swagger and intensity.
The guitar-ballad rocker "Met a Girl at N.A." may bring a tear to your eye, while the cavernous-sounding "We Had It All" should give any depressive reason enough to slam down that last unnecessary shot, leaving him face down on the bar in no time flat.
My recommendation to Rude is to save some of his cash and lay down one badass, professionally-recorded CD that will finally wipe those wry grins off the critics' faces. He's got the hooks, he's got the licks, he's got the attitude -- so where, my friends, is Rick Rose Rude's multi-gazillion dollar record contract? -- Andrew Magilow
-Splendid E-Zine-
Rick Rose Rude: "The Ballad Of A Shooting Star"
Rick Rose Rude sent me two stickers of wild devil women in bikinis (perfect for the back of my sister's pickup) and a guitar pick! If you get these party favors with the disc, trust me, the toys alone are worth the purchase price. They're a clue to the humor-level of Rude's music: he's a Bud-chugging guy who looks like Johnny Thunders, taking the piss out by recording a faux-lament about living like James Dean. Too bad the production's so shabby that I can barely hear what he's singing. Doesn't much matter, though; enough of the tune and its static guitar strumming reaches your ears that you get a mental picture of the singer quickly (the cover art -- Elmo with a Playboy sticker and a Bud -- helps too). At the end of the acoustic version of the title track, you can hear a voice mutter, "That song sucks"; this aside allows you to divest yourself sufficiently from the song's earnestness to walk away, swig another mouthful of beer, scratch and muse over the state of your laundry. "The Ballad of a Shooting Star" will be over before you blink, but every second of it will make you laugh. -- Jenn Sikes
-Splendid E-Zine-
Rick Rose Rude
"The Ballad of a Shooting Star" EP
(REVIEW BY RUTLEDGE)
OH CHRIST! HE'S BACK!
You gotta hand it to Rick Rose Rude. Say what you want, but he sure does crank 'em out. He's more prolific than my neighbor Kira, mother of 12 kids in 13 years. Granted: when he sucks, he REALLY sucks. But when he's on, RRR is pretty damn good! At his best, the Rudester eschews his sometimes-tendency to try and rock out basement-style and instead channels the tortured, wasted spirit of a heartbroken acoustic Johnny Thunders, clinging to a dream and nursing his booze at 3:00 AM in the middle of nowhere. Raw, minimalist, and oozing enough rough edges to draw a gallon of blood, Ravishing Rick's stripped-down take on the broken-down glam-rawk blues (think of a poor man's Dogs D'Amour) is always worth a listen if you can sit through the throwaway tracks without killing yourself (most artists wait until they're old, bloated, and rich before they release their outtakes, but Rude certainly knows that it ain't no fun waiting around to be a millionaire). And in THIS case, there's not much in the way of filler. You get an electric AND an acoustic version of "The Ballad of a Shooting Star" (a poignant ode to the perils of crash-and-burn teen rock idol self-destruction). Knowing Rude boy's propensity for acing the unplugged-anthem side of the equation, you've probably already gathered that the latter is the superior track---and perhaps the best tune in the Triple R canon to date. "Ana", a soft n' pretty blatant T. Rex rip-off, is another fine taste of heartfelt rock and roll pathos. Like the gritty overachiever on the baseball field, our fellow makes the most of his modest talents. A decent cover of Bolan's "Christmas Bop" closes the proceedings in a respectable fashion, and this 57th Rick Rose Rude release is clearly one of his best. It'll be worth at least .50 on E-Bay when Rude wins bobsledding gold in the '06 Olympics.
-Joshua Rutledge-The Now Wave-
Rick Rose Rude (The Ballad Of A Shooting Star) CD
FLA. outlaw rocker RICK ROSE RUDE is back with 3 originals & a T.Rex cover of "Christmas Bop". Well Rick's rock n roll style has that Thunders, Tyla appeal to it. He's just one of the last true rocker's out there.
-Billy Whitfield-Toxic Flyer Fanzine #33-
Rick Rose Rude / Murder By Guitar / (CD)
Time and energy do not seem to be scarce resources in the land of Rick Rose Rude. According to his copious press materials, the Ocala, Florida-based fuzz-rocker has been cranking out gobs of DIY rawk-and-roll cassettes and CD-Rs for several years now. He sings and plays all of the instruments on Murder by Guitar, and wrote all but two of the ten tunes. These are not high-quality recordings, but they're good enough to make it clear that Rude is a good-natured and slightly goofy guy with a serious jones for living the rock and roll dream. He calls his music "glitter gutter guitar rock", and that's a pretty fair description. The only problem is that Rude's one-man-band setup really doesn't allow for that much in the way of rocking out. There's a great moment on his cover of Johnny Thunders' "Chatterbox", where he says "come on, ring my bell" and then proceeds to ring what sounds like a tiny pair of finger symbols. He follows this up with a scrawny guitar solo that sounds like it's coming out of a broken AM radio. Despite all that, Rude is clearly a talented fellow, and he really enjoys the music he's making, which in a perfect world would be just about enough. --
http://www.splendidezine.com
Rick Rose Rude / Have Faith /(CD)
Allow me to put this album into context. Very broadly speaking, emo is for the sad, pop for the happy, and jazz lies not only in-between, but above and beyond...and Rick Rose Rude is for cynical Satanists who have dreams -- not nightmares -- of hell. He's far from goth, though; think about it this way: if there was a hell and this hell had a Chuck-E-Cheese, then the robotic band in the dining area would perform covers of Rick Rose Rude songs.
Rude's songs are an interesting mix of lo-fi styles. At his most complicated moments, there's just enough variation of notes to produce a hook, suggesting pop. Rude's singing, on the other hand, implies a punk rock influence. Have Faith is consistently minimalistic; if you can do it with three chords, why use a fourth? Rude's website describes the music surprisingly well (and with an unexpected lack of hyperbole): "a mixture of punk, power-pop & glitter."
Surprisingly, when it comes to the darker side of life, there seem to be a lot of things to sing about, so the songs venture beyond basic sex ("The Girl Won't Come"*), drugs ("Amphetamine Blues") and rock and roll (tracks one through 14). In "A Brian Jones Existence", he sings of the awful calamities and thoughts of one Brian Jones, whose heart is broken and who hates his job. What makes the song so great is the kitschy minimalism that exists beneath the lyrics; with just an acoustic guitar, a light drum machine, a soft bass and a solo that features a wooden recorder, the music degrades the story to the point where you find your head bobbing to the catchy chorus: "I don't want to live a Brian Jones existence / I don't wanna live my life any more." "Space Cadet" has a spacey quality; RRR sings, over and over again, "Space cadet / I want a jet / Lost in space / you have no orbit." The song seems to be about an admired friend who has no qualities to justify the admiration. Similarly, "Star Fuck" portrays the same desire of hoping to move up, out and away from personal melodrama.
On Have Faith's final track, the listener discovers that RRR isn't really from hell, and his life really isn't a rendition thereof. Going out with the lines, "I've been popping pills / Oh, I've been popping pills," the song suggests that the previous hour was nothing more than drugs and cockeyed visions. More importantly, the ending lines bring us to believe that Rude isn't saying that life is hell, so much that life is hell, but we've all gotta come down from it some time.
*For the record, this song is not really about sex, per se, but it so insinuates it.
http://www.splendidezine.com
Rick Rose Rude / ...Brings on Heartache /(CD)
Florida's one and only rock star incarnate has released his gazillionth CDR: Rick Rose Rude Brings on Heartache. While I could sink low and say things like: "Rick Rose Rude sounds more like an '80s WWF wrestler, and his music brings on more of an earache and headache than a heartache," I won't. This five song EP contains two Ramones covers and three Rude originals. I should mention that the last song is a ballad about Joey Ramone called "He was a Ramone," which deals with wanting to buy him a hamburger in heaven. Rude's tunes are pretty much exactly what you'd expect, and contrary to other reports on this site, they -- at least the tracks here -- sound NOTHING AT ALL like Ween's The Pod. The songs range from heart wrenching acoustic ballads to slop-happy pop punk, all featuring Rude's off-key vocals and backup by his girlfriend. While I can't say I would ever seriously listen to this, I'm glad to have known about this Floridian phenom, who takes his quest for glory so seriously that it is both inspiring and comical. My CD-R case came autographed by Rude himself: "Rick Rose Rude, Rock and Roll Star." He's serious, folks -- but, as he sings, "Rock and Roll is a loser's game." --
http://www.splendidezine.com
Rick Rose Rude / Celia Cool Charm / (CD)
The four song titles on this CD-EP read like a psychiatrist's conclusionary report on a patient. Rude begins with a moderately upbeat number, "CeliaCoolCharm", but quickly disintegrates into his amusingly pessimistic rock 'n' roll attitude with "Don't Ever Get Married", "Model Girlfriend" and the closer, "Lonely Boy". Yeah, someone has issues, and Rude's unique style of glam-friendly rock is the vehicle for his own inner-self examination. This EP is a bit more upbeat than Rude's full length, encompassing everything from solo guitar to full-on glitter-garage rock, with plenty of tongue-in-cheek lyrics. Trying to ignore Rude will only lead to continued musical pestering. Accept his sloppy guitar work and off-kilter lyrics and an RRR listening session becomes an amusing diversion, reminding you that you may be down, but someone is still at the absolute bottom of the barrel -- and his name is Rick Rose Rude. Good for a hearty laugh, CeliaCoolCharm justifies tracking down Rude's other recordings. --
http://www.splendidezine.com
Rick Rose Rude / Lullaby's For the Damned (sic) /(CD)
There's something about egregious rock 'n' roll boasting that makes sense to me, and consequently, so does stud-in-the-making Rick Rose Rude. Despite his low-budget CD package, Rude includes an autograph on the back of the liner notes, tacking "Rock & Roll Star" onto the end of his name as if it was a college degree. Rude dismembers several tunes with slightly sloppy acoustic guitar work and boozy vocals, adding some amusing character to the disc. Sure, it sounds heinous, but Rude somehow pulls off the bad boy attitude; numbers like "Drunk Like Me" and "Head First" stick to self deprecation, while "Model Girlfriend" discusses the merits of Rude's beauty-queen mate...yah, right. Add Dylan and Westerberg covers and Lullaby's For the Damned (Oh, Christ... Another crime against the apostrophe. - Ed.) ends up striking an off-key chord of amusement, as Rude, the rock star in making, showcases his wares. Let's face facts: rock 'n' roll is all about attitude, and there's plenty of attitude steaming from this puerile platter! Bring on the rock! --
http://www.splendidezine.com
Rick Rose Rude / The Best is Yet to Come: The Worst of Rick Rose Rude /(CD)
Never has an album title been more correct than this one. Over the course of twenty-five tracks, Rude indulges his every rock whim. Unfortunately, most of them involve plodding, clumsy drumming, out-of-tune guitar and vocals that sound like King Kong has him by the balls. The majority of the songs would merely fail if constrained to two minutes, but by allowing them to run amok for far longer -- far too long -- Rude creates gargantuan testaments to the bludgeoning misery of low fidelity. The results lie somewhere between Ween's The Pod and Hell. --
http://www.splendidezine.com
Rick Rose Rude
"Murder By Guitar" CD
(Bleeding Rose Music {a.k.a. self-released})
(REVIEW BY MARK HUGHSON)
"Why on earth is this huge package stuck in between my mailbox and newspaper tube?" Normally big packages come to the front door. Maybe
the post-person thought this package wasn't a "first class essential." Hey, whatta ya know? I got something from a rock'n'roll star!
How do I know Rick Rose Rude is a rock'n'roll star? Simple: along with his 5, YES FIVE, promo cd's, he sent me a signed poster that
said "Rick Rose Rude - Rock'n'Roll Star!!!"
There is something to be said about amateur rockers. I myself have enjoyed the time spent playing Buffalo Tom and Dr. Frank songs at
open mic nights. I too enjoy under produced, care free cassettes of bedroom pop and indie rock. I also respect the starving musician, clamoring his way, not to the top, but to a comfortable level that balances business with pleasure. I also have always loved the freedom of doing things my own way - "Oops, I screwed up - but hell, I'm
recording alone in my bedroom, no one will know -just leave it..." Ok, so I'm talking in fragmented back flashes...oh well. The point is I like amateur rockers, mostly for personal reasons.
Too bad I don't like Rick Rose Rude. The early works of Lou Barlow, J Mascis, and Daniel Johnston are considered treasures of any lo-fi
collection. However, this is only true because the music is both amateur (I can relate to it) AND GOOD (I like to hear it). Rude here released five albums (without much variance between them) and has yet
to come across some worthwhile tunes. Listenable for sure (sometimes), but memorable? I'll pass.
Now for the predictable and boring wrap up...
THE GOOD - The albums are short. Averaging a dozen songs a piece, it didn't take long for me to sit through the whole enchilada. I like
the acoustic demos. Personally, I'd rather hear the simple, acoustic demo than the attempted rock'n'roll version. A poor song can get
worse when the extra (and sometimes out of sync) guitar, bass, and percussion add to the mess. I've also heard worse vocals. Sheesh, before the good section turns into something else...
THE BAD - I suppose you could call it rock'n'roll, somewhat inspired by the works of Sebadoh and Dino Jr, but that would be stretching the truth too far. (By the way, I'm 6'2" with an arm span roughly the length of a Radiohead ticket sales line - if I can't stretch it, no one can!)...If this is rock'n'roll, why doesn't it rock? Why is there no energy in songs like "Drunk Like Me?" If this is rock'n'roll, why
isn't it catchy? Why is there no hummable verse or chorus found in songs like "Hung Up On A Pin Up Girl?" I could even look past the oh so untight instrumentation if there was some nugget of good music contained within these discs. I see a lifetime of open mic nights in this man's future (which, as I alluded to before, is not necessarily
a bad thing); however, I do not see many bright stars up ahead for Rude.
THE UGLY - I've said enough already. I will mention that Rude has the honor of being the first artist thrown in "the pile" - the music
collectors/reviewers out there should already know what I'm referring to...
markhughson@hotmail.com
http://www.geocities.com/nowwave
Localized 168 by Adam Slane 07/02/2001
This was sent to us from Ocala's own, Rick Rose Rude. (Is this guy a wrestler or a musician?) Included in his newsletter was the following "Q & A section", which we think sums up Rick and his never ending wit quite nicely.
Q: Will you stop by and see me if you're ever out this way? - Cindy
A: Sure thing, honey. Keep your fingers crossed & your legs spread! - Rick
Q: Are you really an asshole? - Erin
A: No. I'm a whole ass. - Rick
Nuff said. The only redeeming thing we found was that with every order from Rick's Web site, you receive free guitar picks and stickers.
Rick Rose Rude:
"The Best Is Yet To Come-The Worst Of RRR" CD
"Lullaby's For The Damned" CD
"Celia Cool Charm" CDEP
Well Florida's bad boy of rock & roll is back with 3 CD's of rock & roll coolness. Up first is a collection of Rick Rose Rude's coolest tracks &
some unreleased ones as well. On this CD you can find such tracks as "Self-Destruction Junction", "Model Girlfriend", "Star Fuck", "Sugar
Rush", Bubblegum Machine Gun", "Cool Girl", "Space Cadet", "Reckless, Restless & Rockin'", "I Must be High", "You Die, NOW!" & more killer suicide tracks.
While on "Lulaby's For The Damned" you get Rick unplugged but still full of great rock & roll licks that have a Johnny Thunders & very early 77
punk/glam influence sound. On this baby love CD you get such hot songs as "Drunk Like Me" (a TYLA/DOGS D'AMOUR cover), "Rather Be With The Boys",
"Model Girlfriend", "Amphetamine Blues", "Disappointed In You"(JOHNNY
THUNDERS), "Like A Rolling Stone" (by BOB DYLAN), "Ball & Chain" (by SOCIAL DISTORTION) & more great tunes in Rick's own rockin' style & you get his newest hit "Celia Cool Charm" that's pure alley cat rock & roll with such sonic dolls songs as "Celia Cool Charm", "Lonely Boy" & 2 more tunes.
Well Rick Rose Rude is just a FL rocker who's music is just a blast of what rock & roll is about, with the heart & soul of Johnny Thunders,
TYLA/DOGS D'AMOUR, THE BOYS, LITTLE RICHARD, STONES, T.REX, IAN HUNTER & THE ONLY ONES that's fueled by sex, drugs & rock & roll. God bless this guy who's keeping rock & roll, glammy, sleeazy & alive. (EX)
~Billy Whitfield - Toxic Flyer Fanzine #32~
rick rose rude-
celia cool charm ep and lullaby's for the damned (bleeding rose)
as you should all know by now, rick rose rude is the idiot savant of the rawk...he lives in a world that only he knows and every once in awhile he spits out some insight into it.
"celia cool charm" is a melancholy slice of lost love longing that should put you in a place you've surely been before; self pity that makes you feel righteous and alone at the same time. the other three cuts..."don't ever get married" seems to be a condemnation of an evil wrongdoing woman (or man?) wrapped in a nice acoustic package, "model girlfriend" is a rub in the face of the old g-friend "fuck you! look at me now!...uhh, you wanna talk sometime?" and lastly "lonely boy" a cover from the GREAT ROCK AND ROLL SWINDLE soundtrack. this is one of my favs from that record and here it gets the rude treatment and it fits perfectly into the theme. overall, really quite brilliant!
"lullaby's for the damned" is an acoustic run through of some of rick's favs, self-written and covers both. the amp-less thing is never my fav but rick gives it a certain amount of personality that makes it bearable.
highlights include..."model girlfriend", the otherworldly "amphetamine blues" (which could be a lost peter laughner tune), a nice version of thunders' "disappointed in you" which is given a cool jonathon richman like reading, a couple of my fav rrr tunes "space cadet" and "a brian jones existence" and ending up with a version of the replacements "if only you were lonely"
which sounds desperate.
it's rick's world, everyone else just fucks it up!!!
(manthon) - The Rawk - http://www.therawk.com
Rick Rose Rude:
"The Best Is Yet To Come:
The Worst Of Rick Rose Rude" CD
"Lullaby's For the Damned" CD
"Celia Cool Charm" CD
Here we go: Three MORE Rick Rose Rude releases! How DOES he do it? No real band, no real studio....yet he puts out records as frequently as a 13-year-old-nerd beats off in the basement! He's a disease that cannot be cured!
I'm not sure what to make of this RRR character. You throw his stuff into the disc changer
and then can't decide whether it's complete shit or fucking brilliance. It's the kind of stuff that some people just can't resist. My friend Sigmund owns everything this cat has put out in the
last five years (which is, like 236 albums). He swears Rude is best thing to come out of
Florida since KC and the Sunshine Band! "He's like Johnny Thunders," says old Sig. "Except he's not dead."
Rick Rose Rude? Ain't he that pro wrestler who kicked the bucket? Since his premature demise a few years back, he has focused entirely on musical endeavors, and this new batch of stuff pushes his release total to something obscene like 26! And it's business as usual for this shameless self-promoter from that shithole known as Gainesville. He tries his damnedest to be Johnny and Keith and Tyla and Bolan and Izzy Stradlin all rolled into one....and ALMOST pulls it off! He digs the Stones and Dolls! He's so lo-fi that he's barely audible!
He sings like the mutant bastard child of Johnny Thunders and Bob Dylan's mom! Trashy? Raw? Hell, that's not the half of it!
THE WORST OF RICK ROSE RUDE compiles a whole shitload of Mr. R's action for the benefit of those who aren't sick enough to collect all his releases. The other two are newer offerings from the on-going gutter-rock factory. It's sloppy and sleazy and sometimes catchy. And HELL, it certainly beats the hell out of all those goddamned bonehead cock-wagging macho neo-glam groups that don't have the combined smarts or guts to match David Johansen on his WORST day! Fuck that shit! RRR's worst moments (You know: when you're sitting there and asking yourself if you can even hear the guitar and the melody reminds you of a Saigon Kick outtake) are redeemed by his best moments (when he's honest and heartbroken and approaching the poignant power of JT-circa-HURT ME).
Stay tuned for six more EP's, a boxed set, and a Slim Whitman tribute album this year from Rick Rose Rude.
--Nikolai Marakov -The Now Wave - http://www.geocities.com/nowwave
Rick Rose Rude:"Have Faith"
Rick Rose Rude records all his tunes himself on a 4-track it sounds like. It's a pretty lo-fi affair, but a lot of these tunes have a nice JONATHAN RICHMAN or acoustic THUNDERS quality to them. He's trying to put a band together which should be cool. I'd like to see what would happen if these tunes were recorded with a full band in a nice studio. I bet the results would be astounding! Recommended for fans of acoustic DOGS D'AMOUR stuff. My fave tunes were:"Bubblegum Machine Gun", "Star Fuck" & "Space Cadet"."
-Mike Frame-Rock & Roll Outbreak #4
Rick Rose Rude:"Nothing's Up" CD
Three down & dirty, sleazy tunes that's like an injection of THUNDERS, T.REX, STONES style rock & roll from Florida's true & only rocker today.
Billy Whitfield - Toxic Flyer #30-
Rick Rose Rude:"Murder By Guitar" CD
Florida rock & roll outlaw of true sleazy, glam ass rock & roll is back with a CD full of blues rock & roll with a seventies glam feel of true suicide rock & roll that gives off a T.REX, BOWIE, ROLLING STONES, JOHNNY THUNDERS sound of true rock & roll.
On this CD you can find such songs as "Model Girlfriend", "American Heartbreak", "Head First", "Hung-Up On A Pin-Up Girl" & "Chatterbox", the old NEW YORK DOLLS song & more. This guy is a true rocker.
-Billy Whitfield-Toxic Flyer #30-
Rick Rose Rude:"Have Faith" CD
The cassette release now on CD still has that true gutter rock & roll feel & songs about boozing, girls & the rock & roll lifestyle called glam pop punk rock & roll.
Well, Rick's sleazy, blues, rock & roll has a killer seventies era feel of bands like The NEW YORK DOLLS, T. REX, & SWEET to the newer style of the BEAT ANGELS. Just pure rock & roll from the heart & soul.
-Billy Whitfield-Toxic Flyer Fanzine #30-
Head First
Rick Rose Rude: Murder by Guitar (Bleeding Rose)
Glenn Barber. Lew Williams. Sonny Fisher. Glen Glenn. Junior Thompson. All lumped together as "lesser rockabillies" by your average rock historian, yet when I go back to their recordings, I hear and feel a balls-out drive for self-realization--as if it's gonna be their last chance ever--and a whacky yet determined faith in self despite overwhelming odds (Elvis, Gene, Buddy, and Jerry Lee were the competition, after all) that's nothing if not inspirational. 'Round these parts it's called heart.
Listening to the newest recording by Ocala, Florida's homegrown hero, Rick Rose Rude, gives me that same feeling. In love with overdriven guitars and that good ol' contradictory born-to-lose-but-never-say-quit rock and roll ethos, Rude makes music that's uncalculated, unpretentious, and unabashedly expressive. It ain't punk. It ain't power pop. It ain't glam (though its roots are showing). It's just stuff Rick's betting everything on (he plays everything on it, too). You can hear it in his singing, and the lyrics make it plain: his life was saved by rock and roll.
The album leads off with the hard-driving, black-humored "Nothing's Up" ("...but the suicide rate!"), which is followed by the furious, chooglin' ' "Model Girlfriend." Those two cuts and the autobiographical "Reckless, Restless, and Rockin'" reveal Rude's gift for penning catchy rocktoons with guts. Unlike your typical 2000-vintage rocker, who clutches "irony" to his breast for fear of revealing anything real about himself, Rude is also far from afraid to wear his heart on his sleeve. "Can We Go Steady Again" and "Try So Hard to Smile" are primo hurtin', yearnin' ballads like the even the Dolls (and more recently, the Replacements and Dramarama) dared. Rick even ends the album by breaking out of the personal mode and into the political with "American Heartbreak" ("...it's killin' me!"). Along the way, he covers the Dolls ("Chatterbox," shaky but charming...takes gonads to tread in Johnny's tracks!) and T. Rex ("Baby Strange").
Murder by Guitar is grassroots, self-propelled rock and roll fun, the real goddam deal, folks. Rick Rose Rude dives head first into what have become murky musical waters, and surfaces with a pearl. Check it out!
-Phil Overeem-The First Church Of Holy Rock & Roll-
http://www.rockholy.com
RICK ROSE RUDE
MURDER BY GUITAR CD
Rick Rose Rude is a low-rent Johnny Thunders. This crazy cat from Florida lives, breathes & bleeds rock-n-roll, & his sonic one-man-show oozes devotion to the sleazy, blues-y riffs & raunch of seminal glam rock-via-the-almighty Stones.
The first thing you'll notice about RRR is that he can't really sing. But he can play pretty damn well, & his crude, lo-fi "glitter gutter guitar rock" attack is remarkably endearing. …"Murder By Guitar", his latest home-made CD, is a no frills offering of simple, satisfying rock-n-roll action in the Heartbreakers ("Nothing's Up", "Head First") & Rolling Stones ("Hung-Up On A Pin-Up Girl", "Try So Hard To Smile") mold. The production is lousy, the guitars are thin, & the drums are barely audible. But so what? For as crappy as it sounds, "Murder By Guitar" is remarkably enjoyable. It comes across as a fresh, real & appealing blast of totally-wrecked rock-n-roll. & the sweetest, saddest moments, interestingly enough, are the very best. "Head First" & "Try So Hard To Smile", may recycle the same old riffs that we've heard a trillion & one times before, but they are too hooky to deny. Covers of "Chatterbox" & the T.Rex masterpiece "Baby Strange" further demonstrate where Mr. Rose Rude is coming from. This is a sloppy, glorious mess. Nice.
-Now Wave-Lord Joshua Rutledge
http://www.geocities.com/nowwave/
LOCALIZED 156 by RAVIS HARNELL Posted 10/5/2000
Rick Rose Rude, who is recovering nicely from injuries sustained in an automobile accident, has parted ways with his longtime manager/sometime confidant/never really a close friend David MacKay. MacKay was recently quoted as saying …"managing Rick was like babysitting a two year-old kid who also has a drinking problem', and has gone to great pains to let it be known that he will not, repeat, NOT be responsible for Rude's debts. Rude, apparently, just thinks that MacKay is a jackass.
Localized 154 by Ravis Posted 9/1/2000
On July 19, Central Florida's one-man glam-band/rawkstar/PR machine Rick Rose Rude was riding in a car involved in a head-on collision with another vehicle. Rick's back and neck were broken, along with three ribs, and he suffered a punctured lung as well; no nerves were damaged, and he underwent surgery on July 28. He's since been released and is recovering nicely, though recuperation will take up to a year. Now, having said that, Rose's press release detailing the accident goes on to mention that both his new CD, Rebel Without Applause, and the CD version of his Have Faith cassette release will be available by October. I can just see that bastard yelling from traction "Make sure you mention the record!" The guy is freaking unstoppable. Send him a card with seven bucks in it, and he'll send you one or the other.
Localized 152 by Ravis Posted 7/21/2000
no, Rick Rose Rude didn't OD, he's just been busy recording some new material, and trying to find a hat-band like the one Slash has. The ten-song CD, Rebel Without Applause, will be out in September. In the meantime, will somebody please book this guy? Maybe he could do an in-store at Star Booty.
Rick Rose Rude:"Model Girlfriend" EP
-the highly collectable & soon to be cult classic.
-Taffy & Cotton- Focus Magazine
Rick Rose Rude:"Amphetamine Blues" MP3
The New York Dolls died as a band while on tour in Florida. It seems Rick Rose Rude, who lives in Florida, seems to have stumbled on the Dolls' ghost. Trash-talkin' guitar playing match his worn-down-by-the-streets-of-New-York vocals.
-Listen.com-
Rick Rose Rude:"Model Girlfriend"
Four tracks on this EP. The copy obtained here was #37 out of a possible 60. Phew! What luck! It says "Bleeding Rose - 4/1994-4/2000 - Six Years Of Half-Assed Music." Indeed. Maybe, just maybe we didn't need the cover version of "Another Girl, Another Planet". Why not use the allocated space for your own? But don't be too hard on the Rose. We have the redeeming "Cool Girl", the self-written, self-produced piece, just like the other two tracks, wich includes the refrain, "I just wanna blow smoke in your eyes...(x2). Staring at a cool girl (or is it "beautiful" or is it "new" girl - it varies)." All songs were recorded January 2000 except "Cool Girl" recorded Summer 1998 during the "Have Faith" sessions. Worth a bite.
-Zine Zone-
Rick Rose Rude:"Model Girlfriend" EP Tape
Florida's favorite son of rock 'n' roll is back with another 4 song tape of pure sleazy, blues, glamish rock 'n' roll like The STONES, JOHNNY THUNDERS & JEFF DAHL. The tape features 3 original rock tunes, "Model Girlfriend", "Hung Up On A Pin-Up Girl" & "Cool Girl" as well as an ONLY ONES cover of "Another Girl, Another Planet" that's pure rock'n' roll snotty cool.
-Billy Whitfield, Toxic Flyer Fanzine #30-
Rick Rose Rude:"Have Faith" cassette
What a gloriously sloppy mess this is! Got an e-mail from R.R.R. awhile back, he was looking for a web link so I asked for some music cuz I couldn't in good Rawk faith link to a page blindly. His e-mails spewed Rawk attitude but I needed to be convinced. Boy Howdy! I dunno where the Hell this comes from but I dig it thoroughly. At times it sounds like the VOIDOIDS but QUINE is playing with his toes. Other times it sounds like a rehearsal tape from some long forgotten Cleveland back from '76. It also makes me think of PETER LAUGHNER & THUNDERS in its quieter moments, but mostly it reminds me of another home recording genius 'tard...M.O.T.O. Do yourself a favor & don't listen to me. Contact him for a taste of your own.
-Mark Anthony-The Rawk. http://www.therawk.com
RICK ROSE RUDE:
K & K CONCERT HALL, OCALA, FL. 11/27/1999
Rick Rose Rude isn't your average every day Joe! Alternative? Forget it! They all sound the same! Glitter punk is alive from the grave! Influenced by the late JOHNNY THUNDERS, Rick Rose Rude was shocking to the audience at the K & K on November, 27th! He was not what everyone was expecting. It was an interesting acoustic performance. "Can We Go Steady Again?" is a fantastic result of talent & intelligence, not to mention heart-warming to a certain extent. How could you hear "Amphetamine Blues" & not get caught up in that song?! I'm sure that every guy can vouch for "I'd Rather Be With The Boys"! Rick Rose Rude is a rock 'n' roll star & if you don't like that then you can go to Hell because he really doesn't give a damn! Long live Rick Rose Rude...Rock 'N' Roll Star!
-Jessica Sanders-
Rick Rose Rude:"Reckless, Restless & Rockin'"-tape
Another good tape from this FL. rocker who's keeping the real spirit of rock 'n' roll alive. Well, Rick Rose Rude knows his BEATLES, STONES & RAMONES as he rocks out on 9 tunes like "Pipeline", "Molly's Lips", "Leaving Here" & BOWIE's "Rebel, Rebel". A true fan of rock 'n' roll. (VG)
-Billy Whitfield, Toxic Flyer #29-
Rick Rose Rude:"Have Faith" CD
A very limited CD of 10 rocking tunes from that Fl. rocker Rick Rose Rude who will give you some rock n roll that's pure & full of heart like JOHNNY THUNDERS, AEROSMITH, the HEARTBREAKERS & T.REX. Well, only 10 of these were made but the tape version is for sale. (VG+)
-Billy Whitfield, Toxic Flyer #29-
Rick Rose Rude:"Have Faith"
(14 track cassette,
produced by Rude, Rick Rose Rude(all instruments), with Chris Boitano(bass), Shasta White(vocals), Steve Nettles(drums), 52:00 approx.)
When we get a tape like this at the locals bureau, we pull down all of the fire alarms & run like hell. Just like in junior high. Wich is where most of this pure inspiration must have come from. Rick Rose Rude is one amazin' effen music guy who obviously knows better in descibing his own no-fi, JOHNNY THUNDERish raunch:"(I have) tried to start a band, but have been unable to find any musicians who are receptive to (my) Glitter Gutter Guitar Rock-a mixture of punk, power-pop & glitter." Their loss. Rick's multi-tracked one-dude band may be a sonic migraine to you Steely Dan lovers, but his tape is one of the wildest, crudest rawk documents committed to filament. With a coarse mix of buzzcut guitars & cardboard drums, Rude's tunes are as insane as they are cheap. "Real people" fans of DAVID PEEL & the LOWER EAST SIDE, ARMAND SCHAUBROOK, or very early WEEN will recognize the motivation:common denominator riffs, run recklessly by painfully just-out-of-tune instruments, but rendered with more humor & guts & soul & attitude than most bands pretend to have with real musical talent. Rude admits to the band thing, with flings in O-burg bands LOVE DRAGS & FATHER LOVE DOG, but neither probably could touch the wild-eye mayhem of RRR's solo indulgences. Imagine the bizarre fanaticism of WESLEY WILLIS crossed with the bubble-gum metal of SWEET, & maybe it would make more sense. As if it needs any explanation. As Rude so aptly notes, "Have a laugh! I did." Favorite track: the dumbo psychedelia of "A Brian Jones Existence", where our hero attempts to duplicate the swirling effects of the ROLLING STONES' "2000 Light Years From Home" with a hand held cassette recorder. Close runner-up: the BOWIEsque "Space Cadet", with a blown gasket guitar solo that competes with some messy tape hiss for an audible buzz. May we suggest that you order quick to get a copy of the official Rick Rose Rude newsletter & guitar pick.
-Focus-
Rick Rose Rude:"Have Faith"-tape
I have probably never heard anything like this before, at least I refuse to admit it. From time to time the tape sounds like some early, worst possible quality mega rough IGGY demo...& the rest of the time it just sounds. Man, stay away from the drugs!
-Katz Volume, Mind Warp #4-
Rick Rose Rude "Have Faith" demo
(Bleeding Rose/ 1806 NE 29th PL/ Ocala, FL 34479)
Every underground effort deserves some respect and credit, but some are very difficult to write about in a positive way. Rick does poppy little rock tunes which could be called punk (if by punk you mean sloppy & unprofessional,) employing a lot of worn out themes and phrases that drove most of us to the underground. I can't see this going into anyone's usual rotation. I find myself asking "who cares?" Oh, well. Its light, bubble gum, cookie cutter, girl chasing tunes. No harm done.
-Neo-Barbaric Fanzine-
Rick Rose Rude:"Tapes 16-18" cassettes
Rick Rose Rude is a natural born rocker out of FL. who plays just 100% rock n roll with a glam & punk edge added in. Well RRR is not faking it with his music & styles that ranges from an early HEARTBREAKERS to JOHNNY THUNDERS with a touch of HANOI ROCKS & T.REX added in. You can also hear echos of SWEET here & there.
Well on tape #16, "Going Down", you'll find 4 blues rock n roll glam rocking tunes that are pure rock n roll.
On tape #17, "Amphetamine Blues", another 4 song tape that features 2 cover tunes, one being the HEARTBREAKERS/RAMONES classic "Chinese Rocks" & a cover of "Pipeline" also covered by JOHNNY THUNDERS as well.
& tape #18, "Self-Destruction Junction", are 5 totally rocking tunes of bunnle-gum suicide rock that includes a version of DAVID BOWIE's "Rebel, Rebel" that's very sweet indeed.
Well, Rick Rose Rude is just one cool rocker who still loves the sleazy side of rock n roll as much as I do. Join his fan club to find out about all his cool stuff. (TTTTT)
-Billy Whitfield, Toxic Flyer #28-
Rick Rose Rude:"Have Faith" cassette
Bluesish rock n roll with a 70's gutter rock feel that's somewhere between JOHNNY THUNDERS(solo) with hints of ACE FREHLEY, SWEET & BOB DYLAN added in, from this rock n roll outlaw called Rick Rose Rude.(TTTT)
-Billy Whitfield, Toxic Flyer #28-
"You Die, Now!" by Rick Rose Rude (alternative)
Garage band sound. Raw vocal. Raw mix. Raw instrumentation. Raw overall song, though different & has an elusive appealing quality that as soon as I figure out what it is, I'll let you know. College radio appeal. Almost like a bad sideways version of the ROLLING STONES' "I'm So Hot For Her (But She's So Cold)"
-the Rambo Report-
Rick Rose Rude:"Have Faith" & "Sugar Rush" EP(Bleeding Rose)
Much like DYLAN's Basement Tapes, Rick Rose Rude's cassette-only releases are a diamond in the rough. Although Rude does do a few covers now & then, the true beauty of his work lies in his lyrical presentation & his ability to make the most of rather feeble recording facilities. "Have Faith"
is packed with would-be-classics in the tradition of early DINOSAUR JR. recordings(i.e.those made in LOU BARLOW's bedroom on a home cassette recorder) & some stuff made by ED'S REDEEMING QUALITIES. Though these cassettes in no way challenge the dynamics of your stereo system(you might need to turn down the midrange just a bit), they do have a charm all their own & certainly show off one of Florida's many talents without a whole lot of fanfare or glitz.
-Aaron Gustafson, the Fritz, v4#5-
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