RAT BOY - Mob Mentality

 

1. Who are RAT BOY? 

RAT BOY is Jordan Cardy from Chelmsford, England. He has been making music since 2012 and Mob Mentality (Oct, 2024) is one of a handful of songs to get a release and video from his third album Suburbia Calling (Oct, 2024). RAT BOY's music started out as a blend of hip hop and indie rock but veered toward Rancid style ska and punk rock since signing to Hell Cat for the second album Internationally Unknown (2019). 

2. What kind of tune is Mob Mentality? 

Mob Mentality is Madness style ska in the verses and a Clashesque chorus. The song wears it's Madness influences on it's sleeves. It is what it says on the tin. 

3. Which bands do RAT BOY sound like? 

Jamie T, The Specials, Madness, Rancid.

 4. Which bands have influenced RAT BOY? 

The Clash, The Streets, Beastie Boys, Rancid, Blur, Kasabian. 

5. What have the press said about Mob Mentality?

"Their chaotic youthful sound captures the sound of debauchery" - When The Horn Blows. 

"Scrappy punk meets Brit-pop" - Epitaph. 

"Leans hard into it's British roots, pulling on the sounds of Britpop, 90's indie and 2 Tone ska" - Atwood Magazine. 

"Mob mentality that's reality, murder she wrote,

Call the policeman when you hear the spray cans,

No where left to go"

RAT BOY - Revolution

1.    Who are RAT BOY?

RAT BOY are a popular indie rock/alternative hip hop band fronted by Jordan Cardy. He is from Chelmsford, England and started making noise in 2014. He has made three E.P’s and Revolution (April’17)  is a two track E.P.   

2. What have RAT BOY served up? 

Revolution is snarky rap verses spit out like broken teeth in a bare knuckle fist fight and a massive chorus underpinned by moshpit filling guitar riffs. A belter that is more contagious than a Thai hooker's axe wound.

3. Who do RAT BOY sound like? 

The Beastie Boys, Jamie T, and The Streets.

4. What have the press said about Revolution? 

“A snarling tirade against the dystopian state of young people” – NME.

“Big chorus rap attack” – Indie Central Music.

“Chaotic blend of punk and hip hop” – Let It Happen.

5. Which bands inspired RAT BOY?

RAT BOY’s main influences are The Clash, The Streets, Kendrick Lamar, Morrissey and Kasabian. 

6. Why should I give Revolution a spin? 

Because you like punk mixed with hip hop. Because you like the Beastie Boys. Because you're a sucker for a massive chorus.

7. What are RAT BOY's best songs? 

Sign On, Move and  Fake I.D. are the ones you want. 

8. Any more words?

Revolution was recorded at the Beastie Boys’ studio Oscilloscope in New York. 

“I was alright until they took me off my medication”

28 Days are a punk rock/rap band from Melbourne, Australia. They started up in 1997 and are still going strong. They have four albums on their roll of honor. 28 Days sound like Beastie Boys, Butterfingers and Grinspoon. They are influenced by NOFX, Bad Religion and Blink-182. Rip It Up is the band's highest charting song and came from their number one album Upstyledown (2000). The AU Review said Upstyledown, “cemented 28 Days in the Australian music culture as the voice of an Australian generation.”

“Don’t pack a gun so I don’t do gangster rap,

I kick it over this riff, roll a spliff”