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MEET THE BAND!
This band is about as much fun as you can have with your clothes on. We are honestly having as much fun as it looks like on stage! The band is built on friendship, a love of this music, and most of all ... having the best night we possibly can with our fantastic loyal following! As a wise man once said:
Enjoy yourself. It's later than you think!
Mick - Frontman
Mick is the Frontman, lead singer and guitar player with the Rudies. He founded the band in 2013 and the band is now well-placed on the international stage. He has a deep love of ska and reggae music born from a multi-cultural upbringing in London, and listening to The Specials, The Beat, Toots and the Maytals in the 70s and 80s. As well as being a Hilton-trained chef and a professional property auctioneer, Mick tours internationally with acclaimed Irish band Sásta, and is also the front man of 90s Britpop touring band 'Cool Britannia'. He gets wicked heartburn after drinking booze.
Tony - Guitar
Tony on lead guitar is a natural musician with a great ear and can play just about anything he puts his mind to. Having played with rock and jazz bands in Brisbane and the Sunny Coast for over forty years he has now been the Rudies guitar soloist for years. Consevatorium (Music University) trained and a heck of a nice guy, he is probably the least rude of the Rude Boys....loves a good joke. You may mistake him for Doc from 'Back to the Future'.
Govi - Drums
Akua - Trumpet
Akua blows a mean trumpet — literally. A Queensland Conservatorium grad, he’s blasted notes with orchestras, brass bands, and even the army. When he’s not skanking with The Sunny Coast Rude Boys, he’s tooting for the Band of the 1st Regiment, Royal Australian Artillery, or hyping up crowds for the Dolphins, Suns, and Roar. Basically, if there’s a trumpet needed anywhere in Queensland, Akua’s already there — and probably nailing the high notes!
Wayne - Trombone
Wayne has been on the Australian Ska/Punk music scene for nearly 40 years and played with some of the biggest bands around! Notably Iconic Brisbane Punk legends ‘Blowhard’, UK 2Tone pioneers ‘Bad Manners’, Roddy Radiation (of The Specials), Duncan Redmond of SNUFF/Toy Dolls (UK), Funaddicts, The Resignators, Big D & The Kids table (USA), Voodoo Glow Skulls (USA). Wayne has done some seriously hectic gigs! He’s recorded with Lagerstein (Australian pirate metal) , played on stage with Agent Orange (USA), Guest musician with ‘The Porkers’, The Toasters, and even Brisbane’s XXXX Brass band!! Highly respected on the music scene, we love him for his Mohawk, lamb chop sideburns, Scottish kilt, Dr.Martens & his spectacular ability to cause f*ckin’ havoc on stage, in the audience, backstage, climbing on top of a speaker, behind the bar, in a chip van…. All whilst playing a trombone to a live audience. You never, REALLY know what’s gonna happen with this legend!
Sive - Alto Saxophone
Sive is a Rude Girl saxophonist and is the youngest Rudie by miles. She loves classical music, as well as orchestral, pop and funk, and got hooked on old school ska from an early age listening to her dad’s Trojan record collection. Sive has already performed at Sydney Opera House, Caloundra Music Festival and HOTA, and has also shared the stage with the legendary Melbourne Ska Orchestra on multiple occassions!
Younger than most of Mick’s jokes, she is full of energy and super-keen to play all of the Rude Boys gigs, ....except when Taylor Swift is in town....
Younger than most of Mick’s jokes, she is full of energy and super-keen to play all of the Rude Boys gigs, ....except when Taylor Swift is in town....
Angus - Keyboards
Angus has been playing drums and keys in Brisbane indi bands since the eighties. He first discovered ska and reggae from a mate’s older brother’s two-tone record collection in his early teens. He became hooked and would sneak in underage to any ska gig in town, with The Strange Tenants and Furious Turtles being his first ever live gig. Arguably, the most serious band member of the Rude Boys doing all the tech stuff behind the scenes. In his spare time, he enjoys listening to Trojan ska and reggae much to the annoyance of his family! He brings a touch of class to the band as he only drinks posh craft gins and beers.
Brookesy - Baritone Sax
Simon "Brookesy!!' is what a mostly self-taught, top class geezer with massive stage presence has been filling his weekends with for the last 30 years or so! Simon founded ‘The Rude Rabbits’ one of Brisbane’s early Ska bands Late 1980’s. Then played with many bands including; Never the Sane, Pick It Up, The Madtones, The Funaddicts ,Qld Ska Collective, & currently Brisbane 9 piece ska band - Fiesta Fiasco. Simon is great fun to be around, brings great energy to the stage & he once walked into the audience ordered himself a beer whilst doing a solo at a sold out show at The Triffid in Brisbane! He was delighted with himself, & it cracked us up! Love this guy!!
Phil - Tenor Sax
Phil is a phenomenal musician and has a spectacular musical career, having appeared or recorded with Gwen Stefani, No Doubt, Rancid, Fishbone, Ice-T, Pennywise, the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, The Allniters, B-52’s, The Specials, The Beat, Bad Manners, 311, Eminem, Royal Crown Revue, Black Eyed Peas, Mental As Anything, The Screaming Jets, Angry Anderson, Blink 182, Suicidal Tendencies, Reel Big Fish, Gold Finger and countless others over the past 35 years. He is a founding member of Iconic Australian Ska/punk band 'The Porkers' , and has toured Europe, America, Canada, Japan, Europe, UK, New Zealand and everywhere in between playing 100’s of festivals around the world!
A true gentleman.
A true gentleman.
Jimmy - Trumpet
Jimmy is an all singing, all trumpet playing musical chameleon. He’s fluent in jazz, punk, funk, soul, blues, Latin, Afro, hip hop and has been playing and listening to ska since high school (which is ages ago). He’s been a cheesy wedding singer, performed in his undies, and regularly plays gigs where he has to make up songs on the spot!
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