"In a Rut" was the debut single from The Ruts, a British group whose blend of punk and dub-reggae earned them a lot of praise from John Peel. While the rest of their contemporaries were trying to play faster, The Ruts delivered brooding mid-paced tunes that were as ferocious as anything else in the burgeoning punk scene. Unfortunately, this nihilistic anthem was a projection of singer Malcolm Owen's own internal struggles; he would die of a heroin overdose the next year. "You're in a rut, You gotta get out of it - out of it - out of it - out of it - out of it..."
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