Expert: timothy sasscer - 8/1/2007

Question
Here's the deal...ten years ago I had a tape of this punk/ska band...I'm talking
like pre-LessThanJake style punk ska...these guys were pretty hard core...had
a bit of an oi band flair too....had an old skool punk distortion sound, and at
one point on the album, the drummer breaks into a five to ten minute drum
solo....their ska was kind of slow up strokes that bordered on reggae....I NEED
TO KNOW WHO THESE DUDES ARE....

and this is what I remember specifically....

here's some lyrics
"bodies like sticks"
"the reason!(..i think he yells the reason....something is yelled here...oi type)"
"been here so long"
"the reason!"

and thats the refrain...

the other lyric i remember is
"king's highway take you all the way down"
and he repeats it a few times...

man, this is driving me nuts...i think they were pretty underground, but my
punker friend at military school had their album, and he has since dropped
from the face of mother earth...

anything you can do to help would result in a huge smile on my face, and
loads of good karma coming your way....

thanks.
bobby

Answer
Cheers, Bobby;

 Perhaps Los  RUDIMENTS'  "Dine In Crossfire"?  (See LYRICS below)

This may help:
Los Rudiments
    c/o Powell
    657 Clayton
    San Francisco, CA  94117  USA

check out:
http://www.inmusicwetrust.com/articles/11s05.html

Hit! Hit!
Gave it all away... too soon,
Scrape it off the plate... for you,
'Cause I, 'cause I need a frame of reference.

Heads like bulbs... the reason!
Bodies like sticks... the reason!
Abandoned so long... the reason!
National interest aroused... the reason!

Arghh! Arghh!
Those who share the wealth... too few,
How long's it going to take... to see?
This is... this is not to be taken lightly.

Where is the relief?
Where is the relief?
Where is the blame?
Oh.

They put it far away,
Compromised for another day,
You've had another day,
For you, put it away.

Dine in crossfire, dine in crossfire,
Dine in crossfire, dine in crossfire.
Dine in crossfire, dine in crossfire,
Dine in crossfire, dine in crossfire.
Eat well, keep your head low.
Eat well, keep your head low.

Heads like bulbs... the reason!
Bodies like sticks... the reason!
Abandoned so long... the reason!
National interest aroused... the reason!

Gave it all away... to you,
Scrape it off the plate... for you,
'Cause it's, 'cause it's not your frame of reference.