
Genre mixing is a tricky business - difficult to do right but when it hits, the impact is twice as hard as those playing by the rules. Ruder Than You take ska and reggae sounds and trick it out with hip-hop and funk stylings, creating what could perhaps be most easily described as grimy street ska. The band slipped us a copy of their new EP God's Ghetto. We in turn slipped Ruder Than You's leader and founder Doug Dubrosky (tenor sax and vocals) 5 questions, which he was nice enough to return. [...]