Urban Dance Squad was a Dutch band formed after what was originally intended as a one-time jam-session at a festival in Utrecht on December 20 1986. Band members were rapper Rudeboy Remmington (Patrick Tilon), guitarist Tres Manos (René van Barneveld), bassist Sil (Silvano Matadin), drummer Magic Stick (Michel Schoots) and DJ DNA (DoNotAsk) (Arjen de Vreede).The band's music is described as a blend of genres, including hard rock, funk, soul, hip hop, reggae, jazz and ska and is often compared to that of Rage Against the Machine, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Fishbone. They are widely known for their hit single "Deeper Shade of Soul", which charted at number 21 in the United States on Billboard Hot 100.

Band Members

• Rudeboy Remmington (Patrick Tilon) - vocals
• Tres Manos (Renè van Barneveld) - guitar
• Sil (Silvano Matadin) - bass guitar
• Magic Stick (Michel Schoots) - drums
• DJ DNA (DoNotAsk) (Arjen de Vreede) - DJ

Discography

• Mental Floss For The Globe (1989)
• Life' N Perspectives Of A Genuine Crossover (1991)
• Persona Non Grata (1994)
• Planet Ultra (1996)
• Beograd live (1997)
• Artantica (1999)
• The Singles Collection (2006)

Trivia

• "Fast Lane" appears in the 1990 film Pump Up the Volume but does not appear on the soundtrack album..

• The song "Good Grief" appears on the soundtrack of the 1995 film Hackers. The band has a cameo appearance in the film with the same song.

• The song "Demagogue" appears on the soundtrack of the 2001 film Crazy/Beautiful and in 2003 on Gigli.

• An Urban Dance Squad track is used in an episode of The Sopranos.

External links

• Frans Steensma (ed), "OOR's Eerste Nederlandse Pop-encyclopedie" (12th edition, Amsterdam, 2000)
• "5 jaar wanorde", a two-part documentary by director Bram van Splunteren for Dutch national television VPRO's Onrust, originally broadcasted in 1992.
  • part 1.1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1VaY1IkXYI
  • part 1.2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHEX-KevqBY
  • part 1.3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcmjrPh_4E0
  • part 1.4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xso2XrjW8FI
  • part 2.1 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKlSjq-K9K4
  • part 2.2 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSfQkpkrvP8
  • part 2.3 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7R-1YRrXnWs
  • part 2.4 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YeWy8qi1Wk
• another band homepage, though it appears it has not been updated since 1998 http://raft.vmg.co.uk/uds/

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