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Victor "Vic" Ruggiero

Background information
Birth name Victor Ruggiero
Also known as Bad Vic; Lord Sluggo
Origin Bronx, New York City, New York
Genre(s) Reggae, Ska, Punk
Occupation(s) Musician, Songwriter
Instrument(s) Keyboards, Guitar, Theremin, Vocals
Years active 1993 - Present
Label(s) Hellcat Records, Special Potatoe Records, Do Tell Records, Moon Ska Records
Associated acts The Slackers
Stubborn All-Stars
SKAndalous_All-Stars
Crazy_Baldhead
Rancid
Website Official Site
Notable instrument(s)
Organ, Piano, Bass, Banjo, Guitar, Harmonica, Theremin & Percussion

Victor "Vic" Ruggiero, (also known as Bad Vic,Ruggarroo or Lord Sluggo) is a musician, songwriter and producer from New York City who has played in many ska bands, such as The Slackers, Stubborn All-Stars, SKAndalous All-Stars, Crazy Baldhead and The Silencers (not to be confused with the Scottish rock band The Silencers). The City of New York New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Reggae is a Music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s Ska ( pronounced /ska/ or in Jamaican Patois /skja/ is a Music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and which was the precursor A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Hellcat Records is an independent Record label based in Los Angeles California. Moon Ska Records was one of the most influential Ska Record labels of the 1980s and 1990s The Slackers are one of the more well-known bands emerging from the New York City ska scene having been formed in Brooklyn in 1991. Stubborn All-Stars are a New York City Ska band led by King Django, front man of Skinnerbox and owner of Stubborn Records. Jay Nugent (also known as Agent Jay, and Crazy Baldhead) is a Guitarist and DJ from New York who plays in the style of several Jamaican Music Rancid is a punk band formed in 1991 in Albany California, by Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong. The City of New York Ska ( pronounced /ska/ or in Jamaican Patois /skja/ is a Music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s and which was the precursor The Slackers are one of the more well-known bands emerging from the New York City ska scene having been formed in Brooklyn in 1991. Stubborn All-Stars are a New York City Ska band led by King Django, front man of Skinnerbox and owner of Stubborn Records. Jay Nugent (also known as Agent Jay, and Crazy Baldhead) is a Guitarist and DJ from New York who plays in the style of several Jamaican Music Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. The Silencers are a Scottish rock band formed in London in 1986 He has also performed with punk rock band Rancid, both live and in the studio. Rancid is a punk band formed in 1991 in Albany California, by Matt Freeman and Tim Armstrong. He has released three solo acoustic albums, and has accompanied acoustic ska musician and singer Chris Murray. Acoustic music refers to music that solely or primarily uses instruments which produce sound through entirely acoustic means as opposed to Electronic means Chris Murray (born September 26, 1966) is a Canadian -born Singer-songwriter and guitarist working primarily in the genre of Ska

Ruggiero's voice has a distinct Bronx accent that has a hard, guttural quality. His lyrics usually follow several themes, including the apocalypse, dark humor, political distrust, paranoia, murder, love and loss. Black comedy, also known as black humor or dark comedy, is a sub-genre of Comedy and Satire where topics and events that are usually regarded Paranoia is a disturbed thought process characterized by excessive Anxiety or Fear, often to the point of Irrationality and Delusion. Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries Love is any of a number of Emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong Affection. loss may refer to A negative difference between retail Price and Cost of production An event in which the team or individual in question His songs have ranged from narrative ballads to nonsense songs inspired by Beat generation poets, such as Jack Kerouac. A ballad is a Poem usually set to Music; thus it often is a story told in a Song. Jack Kerouac ( March 12 1922 &ndash October 21 1969) was an American Novelist, Writer, Poet, and He is primarily an organist, although he also plays piano, bass, banjo, guitar, harmonica and percussion. An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ. An organist may play solo organ works, play with an ensemble or Orchestra, or accompany The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the The banjo is a Stringed instrument developed by enslaved Africans in the United States, adapted from several African instruments The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles A harmonica is a free reed Wind instrument which is played by blowing air into it or drawing air out by placing lips over individual holes (reed chambers or He has been seen playing many different kinds of organs, such as Roland VK-7 and VK-8, Korg CX-3, Hammond XB-1G, Hammond XK-2 and Rheem Mark 7 as well as a Rhodes Piano. A Rhodes piano is an electromechanical Musical instrument, a brand of Electric piano.

Ruggiero has also worked as the producer behind a number of releases. His own New York-based record label Special Potatoe Records is the outlet for many of these projects, especially those in which members and alumni of The Slackers are involved. The Slackers are one of the more well-known bands emerging from the New York City ska scene having been formed in Brooklyn in 1991. His production style in these and his own projects is distinctively raw: by not erasing sounds that would traditionally be unwanted in a recording, such as doors closing or musicians cuing each other, his productions usually capture the live-band atmosphere more closely. Ruggiero has also been responsible for the production of releases from European ska artists, including Mr T Bone and The Moon Invaders.

Contents

Discography

With The Slackers

With Rancid

Organ on "Time Bomb"
Writing credits for tracks 5, 8 and 18
Hammond B3 Organ on tracks 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 18 and 21
Piano on tracks 5, 9, 12, 14, 18 and 21
Percussion on tracks 5 and 18
Guitar on track 12
Keyboards

With The Transplants

Hammond B3 Organ on tracks 2, 6, and 7
Hammond B3 Organ/Piano on tracks 9, 10, and 12
Wurlitzer, Farfisa on track 6

With Chris Murray

Solo Albums

With the SKAndalous All-Stars

With the Stubborn All-Stars

External links

Hamburguru, is the third solo CD by The Slackers ' Organist and lead singer Vic Ruggiero. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Something In My Blindspot is the fourth solo album by The Slackers ' Organist and lead singer Vic Ruggiero. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Hit Me was a pricing game on the American Television Game show The Price Is Right. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Punk Steady is the second full-length album by the ska supergroup Skandalous All-Stars, released in 1999 on Shanachie Records Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Open Season is an album by Ska band the Stubborn All-Stars. It was released on September 8, 1995. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) MySpace is a popular social networking Website offering an interactive user-submitted network of friends personal profiles blogs groups photos music and
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