The area contains two state schools-Merton Park Primary and Rutlish School ( boys ) and is almost entirely residential in character without shops or pubs except a bar at the Old Rutlishians (' Old Ruts ') playing field pavilion in Poplar Road.

The Crack is The Ruts first album, released in 1979 and containing the UK hit singles: " Babylon's Burning " ( No. 7 in the UK chart in June 1979 ) and " Something That I Said " ( No. 29 in September 1979 ).

Other first wave bands such as The Slits and new entrants to the scene like The Ruts and The Police interacted with the reggae and ska subcultures, incorporating their rhythms and production styles.

As well, the English group Ruts DC, a post Malcolm Owen incarnation of the legendary reggae influenced punk group The Ruts, released Rhythm Collision Dub Volume 1 ( Roir session ), with the expertise of the Mad Professor.

Night in the Ruts was released that fall, and Aerosmith forged on with new guitarist Jimmy Crespo.

Perry quit Aerosmith partway through the recording of the album Night in the Ruts, with the remainder of his parts played by temporary guitarists.

Mark Wallis returned as producer, with Dave Ruffy, drummer with UK punk band The Ruts also contributing at the controls.

Also The Ruts, an English Punk band with reggae influences recorded a song, " S. U. S ", which dealt with the same issue as Punks were commonly discriminated against by the English Constabulary.

In the early 1970s they lived together in a commune on the Isle of Anglesey off the coast of North Wales, where they performed their own musical compositions with Paul Mattocks, who played flute, guitar and keyboards and later became The Ruts ' first drummer.

What turned out to be the last Ruts gig with Malcolm took place at Plymouth Polytechnic on 26 February 1980.

Fox came out of semi-retirement to play Ruts songs as Foxy's Ruts with his son, Lawrence, on drums.

In December 2008 John " Segs " Jennings and Dave Ruffy returned to Ariwa Studios as Ruts D. C to record some new tracks with Neil " Mad Professor " Fraser and have been working on Rhythm Collision volume 2, the project has been mixed in Brighton by Mike " Prince Fatty " Pelanconi and will be released in early 2012.

On 28 September 2007 Bizzle teamed up with the UK hardcore punk band, Gallows to perform a cover of The Ruts ' " Staring At The Rude Boys " on T4's Transmission programme.

The third gig they will play will be the 1st Annual Punk Gig at London's 229 along with Ruts DC, Glen Matlock and the Philistines, Discharge ( band ), The Business ( band ), Vice Squad, and Infa-Riot among others.

Douglas was replaced as producer by the band for the 1979 release Night in the Ruts, but Douglas was to again work with the group on 1982's Rock in a Hard Place and several of Aerosmith guitarist Joe Perry's solo albums.

* The Crack, first album by The Ruts

Similarly, The Effigies, who also hailed from the Chicago scene, released music influenced by the hardcore of Minor Threat and the British post-punk of bands like The Stranglers, Killing Joke, and The Ruts.

The Ruts were an English reggae-influenced punk rock band, notable for the 1979 Top 10 hit " Babylon's Burning ", and an earlier single " In a Rut ", which was not a hit but was highly regarded and regularly played by BBC Radio 1 disc jockey, John Peel.

On 16 September 1977, The Ruts made their live debut, playing three songs during a break in a set by Mr Softy ( another Fox band ) at The Target in Hayes, Middlesex.

Also in 1994, the German record label Vince Lombardy Highschool Records released Rules which featured sixteen tracks by The Ruts and Ruts D. C., including " Last Exit ", a previously unreleased song.

featured eighteen songs including a sexually-themed early number by the band, " Gotta Little Number " ( also titled " Stepping Bondage ") from a London Marquee show on 19 July 1979 ( these recordings have also surfaced as " Marquee 1979 " and " Ruts 1979-Marquee Club ").

The two disc set included demos, alternate versions and live tracks plus songs recorded by Ruts D. C.

In 1979, Steven Tyler wrote a song named after Mia, which was released on the Aerosmith album " Night in the Ruts ".

Since 1906 the Old Rutlishians Association (" Old Ruts ") has existed as an Old Boys sports and social club linked to the school which former pupils of the school were eligible to join.

The punk band The Ruts who were partners of the People Unite cooperative honoured him in their song " Jah War " which appeared on their album The Crack.

During their first European tour, J Mascis + The Fog participated in a John Peel session for BBC Radio 1, during which the band recorded a medley consisting of Teenage Fanclub's " Everything Flows ", Pavement's " Range Life ", and The Ruts ' " In a Rut ".

Also on the bill were Steel Pulse, The Clash, The Ruts, Sham 69, Generation X and Tom Robinson Band.

Reggae and ska had a massive influence on British punk rock and new wave bands of the 1970s, such as The Clash, Elvis Costello and the Attractions, The Police, The Slits, and The Ruts.

In 1970, for example, two historic sites were listed on the National Register of Historic Places ( NRHP ): the Main Parade Ground and the Santa Fe Trail Ruts.

** The Ruts lead singer Malcom Owen dies of a heroin overdose on July 14, 1980 at the age of 26.

After meeting at the Deeply Vale Free Festival in Bury, The Ruts were formed on 18 August 1977.

Nicholas who went on to join The Commodores in the U. S and sixteen year-old saxophone player Gary Barnacle, who later played on several Ruts songs.

Early Ruts songs recorded The Former Orange studios in London's Covent Garden on 1 October 1977 were " Stepping Bondage ", " Rich Bitch ", " Out of Order ", " I Ain't Sofisticated " and " Lobotomy ".

The new Ruts line-up debuted supporting Wayne County and the Electric Chairs at High Wycombe town hall on 25 January 1978.

The Ruts ' first single, " In a Rut " was finally released on People Unite in January 1979, having been recorded back on 24 April 1978 at the aforementioned Free Range 8-track studios.

On 27 March 1980, The Ruts released their fifth single, " Staring at the Rude Boys ", a comment on the rapidly rising Two Tone scene.

The Ruts backed Laurel Aitken who was then signed to Secret Affair's record label, I-Spy Records, on a Peel session for BBC Radio 1, in April 1980, and also backed Aitken on his support tour to Secret Affair.

Live albums soon followed, including BBC Radio One in Concert ( Windsong ) recorded at London's Paris Theatre on 7 July 1979, The Ruts Live ( Dojo ) and Live and Loud!

1995 brought Something That I Said-The Best of The Ruts album ( re-released in March 2003 and on EMI Gold in 2005 ).

In 2001, Virgin released Bustin ' Out-The Essential Ruts Collection on CD.

Foxy's Ruts supported Bad Manners on their Christmas tour of the UK in December 2006.