The Rude Kids - "Raggare is a Bunch of Motherfuckers" b/w "Charlie" 7"

cover scan courtesy of ww.thisispunkrock.btinternet.co.ukThis 7" single by The Rude Kids was released in 1978 by Polydor Records.

Even though they were from Sweden, The Rude Kids were singing the same "us-versus-them" shit punks worldwide were hollering about at the time:

You know, songs about stupid thugs beating up punkers just because they dressed, looked and acted different.

Take a look at the lyrics to "Raggare:"

"Raggare is a gang of freaks,
Who always beats the geeks,
Going around,
In their big American cars,
Think they are owners of the town,
But they're not,
They are nothing,
Nothing, nothing, nothing but animals,
Monkey, donkey, kangaroo,
They've got no,
No, no, no, no, no, no,
No IQ"

Kangaroo?

Hmmmm ... otherwise it sounds like they could be singing about the angst and tension found in any number of American suburban neighborhoods that spawned the U.S. hardcore punk scene in the early '80s.

Fact: The mighty Turbonegro covered "Raggare is a Bunch of Motherfuckers" on their 1996 album, "Ass Cobra."

Thanks to: This is Punk Rock for the cover scan.

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