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Urban Dance Squad was a Dutch rap rock band formed after what was originally intended as a one-time jam-session at a festival in Utrecht on December 20, 1986.[1] The band consisted of a guitarist, bassist, drummer, rapper, and DJ. Urban Dance Squad was one of the most successful Dutch bands of the nineties, releasing five studio albums.

Urban Dance Squad
Urban Dance Squad, 2006.
Background information
OriginUtrecht, Netherlands
Genres
  • Rap rock
  • funk metal
Years active1986–2000
2006
LabelsArista
Sony BMG
Triple X
Virgin/EMI
MembersRudeboy Remington (Patrick Tilon)
Tres Manos (René van Barneveld)
Silly Sil (Silvano Matadin)
Magic Stick (Michel Schoots)
DJ DNA (DoNotAsk) (Arjen de Vreede)
Websitewww.uds.nl

Career


Urban Dance Squad first got together in 1986, at a jam session in De Vrije Vloer, a club in Utrecht, a jam which resulted in the first Dutch rock band with a rapper (they borrowed the name from Parliament-Funkadelic's Urban Dancefloor Guerillas); a song, "Struggle for Jive"; and the blending of white and black music in the Netherlands, at the same time that Fishbone, Living Colour, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Faith No More, and the Beastie Boys were doing the same in the United States.[2] The band recorded its first album, Mental Floss for the Globe, in Brussels in 1989 (produced by Jean-Marie Aerts, of TC Matic), and came to instant success. It won an Edison Award, and the single "Deeper Shade of Soul" was a hit in Europe, and in the United States, where it charted at number 21 on the Billboard Hot 100. Two more singles were released from the album, and Urban Dance Squad toured the US in 1991, opening for Living Colour--The Pittsburgh Press described their music as "refried Zeppelin riffs and neo-Hendrix guitar solos complete with sound effects and old soul records to produce an exceedingly loud, densely packed, dissonant garage-rock stew."[3] The UDS had always been a volatile unit with the band members frequently arguing, and this came to a head while touring as the opening act for U2, after the release of Life 'n Perspectives of a Genuine Crossover, when DJ DNA quit abruptly.[4]

In the middle of the band's career, to capitalize on the success of grunge and alternative rock, Urban Dance Squad released Persona Non Grata in January 1994. All of the tracks feature heavy use of distortion and guitar. The singles "No Honestly" and "Candy Strip Exp." were released, the latter single being released as a radio edit that cuts most of the pre-song noise.

Artantica saw release in 1999, and was a return to the band's hip-hop roots, and received critical acclaim. Urban Dance Squad disbanded the following year, though they did perform together again as late as 2006.[2]


Music


Urban Dance Squad's music encompassed funk, soul, heavy metal, hip hop, reggae, jazz and ska. The band's music has been classified as rap rock,[5] rap metal,[6] hip hop[citation needed] and funk metal.[7]


Band members



Discography



Albums



Extended plays



Singles


List of singles, with selected chart positions
Year Single Peak positions Album
NED
[8]
AUS
[9][10]
BEL
(FL)

[11]
US
[12]
1989 "Deeper Shade of Soul" 525621 Mental Floss for the Globe
1990 "No Kid" 52
1991 "Fastlane" 59146
"Bureaucrat of Flaccostreet" Life 'N Perspectives of a Genuine Crossover
1992 "Routine" 65
"Grand Black Citizen" 65
1994 "Demagogue" 3139 Persona Non Grata
"Candy Strip Experience"
1996 "Dresscode" Planet Ultra
"Temporarily Expendable" 6115
1997 "Ego" 94
"Carbon Copy"
1999 "Happy Go Fucked Up" Artantica
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released.

Other media



Film



Documentary



References


  1. "Urban Dance Squad". November 17, 2008.
  2. Baartman, Nicoline (25 July 2006). "Zo goed zo nieuw zo fris". de Volkskrant. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  3. King, Peter B. (24 January 1991). "UDS, Living Colour bring new hues to rock". The Pittsburgh Press. p. D7. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
  4. Haagsma, Robert (30 May 2014). "Bang voor het buitenland". Lust for life (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  5. Phares, Heather. "Urban Dance Squad – Artist Biography". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  6. Anderson, Rick. "Urban Dance Squad – Artantica". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  7. Haire, Chris (12 August 2009). "Psychostick returns funk metal to its silly roots". Charleston City Paper. Retrieved 25 April 2015.
  8. "Urban Dance Squad - Dutch Chart". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
  9. Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 289.
  10. "Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 24 June 1991". Retrieved 25 June 2022.
  11. "Urban Dance Squad - Belgian Chart". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
  12. "Urban Dance Squad - US Hot 100 Chart". billboard.com. Retrieved 2014-05-07.
  13. "Pump Up the Volume Soundtrack". IMDb. November 17, 2008.
  14. "Hackers Soundtrack". IMDb. November 17, 2008.
  15. "Crazy/Beautiful". IMDb. November 17, 2008.
  16. "Gigli". IMDb. November 17, 2008.

На других языках


[de] Urban Dance Squad

Urban Dance Squad (kurz UDS; übersetzt etwa „städtische Tanztruppe“) war eine niederländische Crossover- und Funk-Metal-Band.
- [en] Urban Dance Squad

[es] Urban Dance Squad

Urban Dance Squad fue una banda neerlandesa de rap rock que se formó el 20 de diciembre de 1986, a consecuencia de una sesión de improvisación de un solo día en un festival, en Utrecht. Los miembros fueron el rapero Rudeboy Remmington, el guitarrista Tres Manos, el bajista Sil, el baterista Magic Stick y el DJ ADN. Un teclista llamado U-Gene también estuvo un tiempo en la banda. Su música incorpora géneros como el rock, metal, rap, funk, ska, folk, hip-hop, punk y el soul. UDS, sacó siete discos entre LP y recopilatorios.

[it] Urban Dance Squad

Gli Urban Dance Squad sono stati un gruppo musicale rap rock olandese, originario di Amsterdam, in attività dal 1986 al 2006. Il gruppo propose una commistione di hard rock, funk, rap, soul, reggae, ska e jazz, e per questo motivo è stato annoverato tra gli ispiratori del cosiddetto crossover.[1]



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