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Helmet – Rude (1990) | Track profile | Dork

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Helmet
Strap It On
Rude

TRACK

Rude

Release date: 1st March 1990

From Strap It On

About This Track

"Rude" is a track by Helmet, from the album Strap It On, released 1st March 1990. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Helmet

Helmet

Lyrics

Rude

[Verse 1]

Dragged behind someone like habit

Say complete, say sycophantic

[Chorus]

Rude

Rude

Rude

Rude

Rude

Rude

Rude

Rude

[Verse 2]

Suffocate, won't let you breathe

Could be worse, I might never leave

[Chorus]

Rude

Rude

Rude

Rude

Rude

Rude

Rude

Rude

Rude

[Guitar Solo]

[Outro]

Rude

Rude

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From Strap It On

1990

Album

Release year

1990

—FBLA

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—Rude

—Impressionable

Expect the World

Drunk in the Afternoon

Life or Death (Slow)

Dead to the World

See You Dead [Live]

Distracted (live)

Anything and Everything

And Your Bird Can Sing

Welcome to Algiers

Unsung (Live in Chicago)

Swallowing Everything

Almost Out of Sight

On Your Way Down

Speak and Spell

Throwing Punches

Crashing Foreign Cars

Everybody Loves You

Driving Nowhere

Diet Aftertaste

Broadcast Emotion

It's Easy to Get Bored

(High) Visibility

Exactly What You Wanted

Born Annoying (1993)

Shirley MacLaine

Symptom of the Universe

The Silver Hawaiian

Wilma's Rainbow

Milktoast / Milquetoast

Biscuits for Smut

Turned Out (live)

Biscuits for Smut (Pooch Mix)

Biscuits for Smut (Mutt Mix)

Judgment Night: Another Body Murdered

Just Another Victim (Judgement Night)

Just Another Victim

You Borrowed (live)

In the Meantime

Unsung (Peel Session 1991)

ImpressionableStrap It On

RepetitionStrap It On

MurderStrap It On

Make RoomStrap It On

FBLAStrap It On

SinatraStrap It On

Bad MoodStrap It On

BlacktopStrap It On

DistractedStrap It On

Helmet — Dead to the World

Helmet — Bad News

Helmet — Stuck

Helmet — See You Dead [Live]

Helmet — FBLA (live)

Helmet — Army of Me

Helmet — Distracted (live)

Helmet — 2013 Invasion

Helmet — Anything and Everything

Helmet — So Long

Helmet — Morphing

Helmet — She's Lost

Helmet — Miserable

Helmet — LA Water

Helmet — And Your Bird Can Sing

Helmet — Welcome to Algiers

Helmet — In Person

Helmet — White City

Helmet — Seeing Eye Dog

Helmet — Unsung (Live in Chicago)

Helmet — Monochrome

Helmet — Money Shot

Helmet — Requiem

Helmet — Swallowing Everything

Helmet — Almost Out of Sight

Helmet — Brand New

Helmet — On Your Way Down

Helmet — Bury Me

Helmet — Goodbye

Helmet — Howl

Helmet — Gone

Helmet — Just Like Me

Helmet — Black Light

Helmet — Enemies

Helmet — Surgery

Helmet — Speak and Spell

Helmet — Last Breath

Helmet — Drug Lord

Helmet — Smart

Helmet — Throwing Punches

Helmet — Crashing Foreign Cars

Helmet — Everybody Loves You

Helmet — See You Dead

Helmet — Unwound

Helmet — Motorbreath

Helmet — Driving Nowhere

Helmet — Pure

Helmet — Diet Aftertaste

Helmet — Broadcast Emotion

Helmet — It's Easy to Get Bored

Helmet — Birth Defect

Helmet — Crisis King

Helmet — Complete

Helmet — (High) Visibility

Helmet — Insatiable

Helmet — Harmless

Helmet — Like I Care

Helmet — Renovation

Helmet — Exactly What You Wanted

Helmet — Disagreeable

Helmet — Gigantor

Helmet — Taken

Helmet — Oven

Helmet — Born Annoying (1993)

Helmet — Shirley MacLaine

Helmet — Geisha to Go

Helmet — Custard Pie

Helmet — Symptom of the Universe

Helmet — Milquetoast

Helmet — Flushings

Helmet — Speechless

Helmet — Rollo

Helmet — Sam Hell

Helmet — Clean

Helmet — Beautiful Love

Helmet — Vaccination

Helmet — Thick

Helmet — The Silver Hawaiian

Helmet — Wilma's Rainbow

Helmet — Street Crab

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Helmet — Pariah

Helmet — I Know

Helmet — Milktoast

Helmet — Milktoast / Milquetoast

Helmet — Biscuits for Smut

Helmet — Tic (Live)

Helmet — FBLA II (Live)

Helmet — Turned Out (live)

Helmet — Biscuits for Smut (Pooch Mix)

Helmet — Biscuits for Smut (Mutt Mix)

Helmet — Judgment Night: Another Body Murdered

Helmet — Just Another Victim (Judgement Night)

Helmet — Primitive

Helmet — Just Another Victim

Helmet — You Borrowed (live)

Helmet — Give It

Helmet — Turned Out

Helmet — FBLA II

Helmet — Role Model

Helmet — He Feels Bad

Helmet — Better

Helmet — Ironhead

Helmet — You Borrowed

Helmet — No Nicky No

Helmet — In the Meantime

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Helmet — Your Head

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Helmet — Repetition (from Strap It On)

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Helmet — Make Room (from Strap It On)

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Credits

Writer: Page Hamilton
Producer: Wharton Tiers
Drums: John Stanier
Guitar: Page Hamilton, Peter Mengede
Vocals: Page Hamilton
Bass Guitar: Henry Bogdan
Credited: Amphetamine Reptile Records
Reissue Label: Interscope Records