NOW!
It’s been a long time since the city of Aberdeen has produced a hard rock band capable of making a dent in the UK music scene. By my reckoning you have to think back to progressive rockers Pallas as being the last truly great hard rock outfit to come out of the Granite City and that was more years ago than I care to remember. Well my friends I think the wait is over with the arrival of The Ruckus and their debut album ‘Nothing To Lose’ who, in my opinion, have the talent and most of all the chops to go all the way.
The Ruckus were formed by childhood friends Chris Walker (vocals), Phil Shearer (guitar) and Ian Pirie (bass) who drafted in second guitarist Bob Christie and Dave Leslie on drums to complete the line up. Having started out as a covers band they quickly graduated to writing their own material and have already put in a lot of roadwork throughout the UK supporting the likes of Gerry Jablonski & The Electric Band, The Loreli and The Brothers Reid. This brought them to the attention of Aberdeen based label Fat Hippy Records who swiftly snapped them up. The Ruckus then entered the studio with local music impresario Captain Tom, the end result being an album that has not left my CD player since the first time I heard it.