Rock Steady Crew

Rock Steady Crew is an American b-boying crew and hip hop group which has became a franchise name for multiple groups in other locations.

History and description

The group was initially formed in the Bronx, New York City in 1977 by b-boys Jimmy D and JoJo. The Manhattan branch was created by Crazy Legs and B-Boy Fresh. The New York Times called the Rock Steady Crew "the foremost breakdancing group in the world today."

A related group exists in Japan. Rock Steady Crew Japan is led by a dancer named Crazy-A, who was one of the original Japanese breakdancers. His group of dancers was originally known as the Tokyo B-Boys. Now, Crazy-A leaves the younger members of Rock Steady Crew Japan to do the dancing. Many of the new members of Rock Steady Crew Japan come from Soka Daigaku, a University which has a breakdancing team called D-Crew.

In the UK, a Rock Steady Crew was led briefly by Gerry ("I have a gun and I ain`t afraid to use it") Allford. He had a minor hit in Albania with a rap version of the Rolf Harris hit "Two Little Boys". He later worked as an insurance broker on the Isle of Wight and retired in 2013 at age 70.^{[citation needed]}

List of members

listed alphabetically

1977–1984

A1 Baby Love Baby Love B-Boy Fresh Big Balls Buck Four (was killed in 1991, rumors are drug related) Crazy Legs Devious Doze Easy Mike Frosty Freeze (December 8, 1963 – April 3, 2008)

JB Fresh Jimmy D Jimmy Lee Johnny J JoJo King Keith Kippy Dee (a.k.a. Rasean) Kuriaki (was killed in 1991, rumors are drug related) Lenny Len Lil Crazy Legs Mr. Freeze

Normski Prince Ken Swift Ravi Rip7 Spider Chino Swoooshh Take One Toxic True (May 7, 1967 – July 4, 2011) Ty Fly

1991—

Abramz Armani Artson (former member) ATS Bboy BailRok Bonita Bonz Malone Brett The Threat (former member) Case One Crazy Legs Cucumber Slice D.J.P Denote (former member) DJ Apollo (inactive) DJ Charlie Rock DJ Eclipse DJ JS-1 DJ Presto One DJ Q-Bert DJ Wobbles (former member) Double T (former member) Doze Green DV One East3 Easy Roc (former member) Evil Dee EZ Mike Fast Feet (inactive)

Feenx Fever One Flea Rock (former member) Floor Rock Flowmaster (former member) Flowmaster Fields MC Forrest Getemgump (former member) Funky Frank Heps Fury (former member) Honey Rockwell (former member) Jeromeskee Jeskilz (former member) Kel Roc Ken Swift (former member) Koolski (former member) Legacy (former member) Lord TomTom 'Club' Gaskin Luigi (former member) Mad Child Mari Masami Maurizio (The Next One) (former member) Maynard (Hardnard) (former member) Mega Mix Master Mike (inactive) Mr. Freeze Mr. Wiggles

Muter (original member) Pop Master Fabel (Vice President) Quiet Riot Q-Unique Rahzel Rama Pratama (Malang) Rama Stunt Renegade Rhettmatic (former member) Richie Rieotch Rock Steady Straus Servin Ervin (former member) Shadoe Shonn Boogz (former member) Skeme Richards Skillroy Smerk (former member) Smooth (former member) Sugar Pop Sweepy Swoooshh Teknyc (former member) Tony Touch T-Rock (former member) Tuff Tim Twist Unico Venum (former member) Ynot

Discography

Albums

• 1984 - Ready For Battle
• 2007 - 30 Years To The Day

Singles

• 1983 - "(Hey You) The Rock Steady Crew"
• 1983 - "Ready For Battle"
• 1984 - "Uprock"
• 1984 - "She's Fresh"
• 2000 - "Used To Wish I Could Break With Rock Steady"

Appearances in feature films

• Wild Style (1982)
• Style Wars (1983)
• Flashdance (1983)
• Beat Street (1984)

References

• The Freshest Kids: A History of the B-Boy (DVD), Image Entertainment, 2002.

External links

• Official website
• The Freshest Kids: A History of the B-Boy at the Internet Movie Database
• Rock Steady Crew 35th Anniversary - (2012)
• Breakdancing Lessons: Windmills 3SF - Application to learn Windmills by World-Class B-Boy Jeromeskee (Massive Monkees / Rock Steady)
• "Rock Steady Crew Celebrates 30th Anniversary" at XXLmag.com
• Doze Green's art
• Current member list
• Official biography
• Biography & Original member list by Joe-Joe
• Crazy Legs "Rock Steady Crew 32nd Anniversary" Interview, 07/09/09