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This Is What Happens.....
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Released: Jul 8, 2009
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  • Genre: Alternative / Metal / Punk

    Location Luton, UK

    Profile Views: 13207

    Last Login: 4/22/2010

    Member Since 12/12/2006

    Website http://wearerogue.tripod.com/wearerogue.html

    Record Label none

  • Bio

    ..So, what happened? How did we hatch, you may well ask yourself? For those of you interested here is our "illustrated history"..... ..ANCIENT HISTORY:.... Hailing form the greatest town in England, Luton, Rogue as it stands today was not always thus. From the latter part of 2001 to early 2002 (the exact dates are lost knowledge...ask an Angel!), drummer Rusty (ex of Blakkout) and guitarist Gene Vint were jamming together at the (then still open) 33 Arts centre. After a few months of this, they discovered that they had a rapport, and decided to seek a bass-player. Rusty approached one Matt Ellis (ex of Bleak), a guitarist/vocalist, to play bass and write a few songs. Unfortunately, Matt can no more play bass than he can ride a unicycle, so after a few frustrating rehearsals, he and Gene decided to swap and drop all of Gene's songs to concentrate on Matt's material. It was at this point that they named themselves Stay Crazy, a name which, thankfully, has now changed (It was Rusty's idea)... Gigs were few and far between. Matt was writing songs and performing them acoustically at the Two Brewers pub as part of a local musicians "get-together and play what you like" night ever week. The first gig was as a support for Drive Like Casey (then known as Leon) at the Saddlers bar in Luton. It was here that the punk ethics and sound of the band were announced with clear intention by frontman Matt. "We're the worst band you will ever hear", he told mystified punters. The few supporters who had turned up, including DLC, loved it and the band were asked back to support them... Matt moved to Cambridge in april of 2003. From that point until october 2004, the band became known as Rogue (again, Rusty's idea). During this period, the band rehearsed for about 100 hours (not a lot, really!) and played half a dozen support slots for DLC (Saddlers; The Well; Letchworth). By october, with a combination of a new family member on the way and disenchantment with the band in general, bass player Gene left... This proved to be a watershed for the band. After trying out a new bass player (Dave "Coop" Cooper of Dead Girl On Pavement) without much success, the band began to die, until Rusty started jamming with a covers band called Rokard. The bass player Gray (ex of Nothing But Trouble) was asked along to a rehearsal in april of this year. Gray's addition to the band injected a new lease of life into the band, coinciding with Matt's moving back to Luton and the birth of the Vandalism Begins @ Home project. Rogue played at The George II, Speed the Plough (Barton), The Exchange, The Well (as part of VB@H), to growing acclaim, and tried to forge a reputation as a Luton Punk band to reckon with............... .............. Punk is what Rogue were at this point. But they were also compared to Motorhead, Queens of the Stone Age, The Buzzcocks, The Undertones...They certainly had the pedigree, as Rusty used to rehearse with The Clash (you read that right!) and was in a 70s punk band called Charge. What is definitely true about Rogue's sound is that it is abrasive, hard-hitting, lyrically explicit and challenges modern ideas about music, politics, censorship and mass-media. It was said of Rogue that they conjured the spirit of '76. .. Once again, another line-up change within Rogue was born in August 2006 following the split of the original line-up of Matt Ellis,Rusty Webb and Graham Bullard which happened in October 2005 due to commitment issues and differences between Matt and Rusty after their long association.Those hardy few at The Exchange on October 2nd 2005 will not forget the public implosion of Rogue due in no small part to Matt's now legendary "Burns" guitar's ability to break strings on every other song!.. The band by this time had gained a reputation for uncompromising lyrical content and extremely aggressive "old school punk" riffing... Matt and Gray stayed in touch and decided to try and keep the band going but for a long period the prospects of finding a drummer to replace Rusty looked impossible... There followed a long hiatus during which time Gray continued with covers project Rokard and Matt worked in collaboration with Bekki of The Adenoids on side project "Granny's Cunt"! while the search for a new drummer bore no response,eventually they opted for the untried and untested 18 year old Kenny Stevenson whose enthusiasm for the music and drive to be in a band won the day from other contenders. Whilst the drummer search was going on another member was added in the form of Rob Smith an inspirational guitarist who came to Gray's attention whilst guesting in covers band Rokard and during several drinking sessions at The George II.Rob was also a member of Nothing But Trouble (long after Gray "departed") and more recently Grief Society....................... Matt readily agreed to the addition of Rob after he jammed in a couple of ill-fated rehearsals with ex-Irritant drummer Greg but a few months past before Matt decided to put forward the notion of Kenny joining the band.The hard work involved in getting Kenny up to speed with the material was soon underway and Kenny rose to the challenge far quicker than anyone expected................. .............. A new lift was given to the band with the addition of a 5th member in the form of wild-child punk frontwoman Rosy Webb (former drummer Rusty's daughter!). With the addition of Rosy:................ ..RECENT AND CURRENT EVENTS:.... In the hectic Punk Rock world of Rogue, more line troubles in the departure of Gray and Rob during february 2007. Due to musical differences, Matt, Kenny and Rosy have parted ways and drawn the talents of Chris Oakley (bassist) and Boulder (ex Drive Like Casey guitarist). The new line up have played many gigs and entered Carousel Studios in November 2007 to record a new single which will be released sometime in 2008.After a breif departure from the band Bassist Chris Oakley has returned to the fold to the releif of the bands members,now Rogue are hoping to make this year an eventful one and spread the punk spirit to as many people as people.AS of June 2008 Chris left Rogue again this time for good,Matt and Boullder will be taking over Bass duties. ="http://photobucket.com" target="_blank">...... Boulder in action... !.. .. ......

  • Members

    Rosy Webb-Lead Vocals Matt Ellis-Lead Vocals/Guitar Boulder-Guitar Rob Letting-Bass Kenny Stevenson-Drums

  • Influences

    Punk,Heavy Metal,Rock n Roll

  • Sounds Like

    Us playing our instruments loudly!

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