Rock Steady Crew
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Rock Steady Crew is a b-boying crew and hip hop group that was established in the Bronx, New York City in 1977. The group was initially formed by b-boys named Jimmy D and Jojo. In subsequent years, Rock Steady Crew became a franchise name for groups in other locations. The Manhattan branch was created by Crazy Legs and bboy fresh. The New York Times called the Rock Steady Crew "the foremost breakdancing group in the world today."[cite this quote]
In Japan, Rock Steady Crew Japan is led by a dancer named Crazy-A, who was one of the original Japanese break dancers. 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 break dancing team called D-Crew.[1]
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[edit] List of members
[edit] 1977-1984
- "Crazy Legs"
- "Lenny Len"
- "Swoooshh"
- "Prince Ken Swiff"
- "Kuriaki"
- "Baby Love"
- "Buck Four"
- "Devious Doze"
- "Big Balls"
- "B-Boy Fresh"
- "Kippy Dee" (Aka Rasean)
- "Lil Crazy Legs"
- "Frosty Freeze" RIP (December 8, 1963 - April 3, 2008)
- "Baby Love"
- "Take One"
- "Normski"
- "Mr. Freeze"
- "Spider Chino"
- "Ty Fly"
- "Ravi"
- "King Keith"
- "JoJo"
- "Easy Mike"
- "Jimmy Dee"
- "Jimmy Lee"
- "Johnny J"
- "Rip 7"
- "Toxic"
- "A1"
[edit] 1991-Present
- Swoooshh(The Man the Myth The LEGEND)
- Richie Rieotch(Breakdancing Legend)
- Crazy Legs
- Pop Master Fabel
- Mr. Wiggles
- Tony Touch
- Doze Green
- Q-Unique
- Ken Swift (former member)
- DJ Q-Bert
- Fast Feet (non-active)
- Mix Master Mike (non-active)
- DJ Apollo (non-active)
- Rakaa
- Cucumber Slice
- Bonz Malone
- Easy Roc (former member)
- Bboy BailRok
- East3
- Muter (original member)
- Armani
- Sugar Pop
- Mr. Freeze
- Fever One
- Sweepy
- DJ Charlie Rock
- Smerk (former member)
- Heps Fury (former member)
- Floor Rock
- Kel Roc
- Quiet Riot
- Koolski
- Jeromeskee
- Rahzel
- DJ JS-1
- Rhettmatic (former member)
- Flea Rock (former member)
- Servin Ervin
- Denote (former member)
- Unico
- Shonn Boogz (former member)
- T-Rock
- DJ Eclipse
- Tuff Tim Twist
- Evil Dee
- Artson
- Double T
- Lord TomTom 'Club' Gaskin
- Renegade
- Mega
- Jeskilz
- Mari
- Teknyc (former member)
- DJ Wobbles
- Ynot
- Venum
- Luigi (former member)
- Legacy (former member)
- Masami
- Skillroy
- ATS
- Skeme Richards
- Smooth
- Bonita
- Feenx
- DV One
- DJ Presto One
- D.J.P
- Flowmaster (former member)
- Maurizio (The Next One) (former member)
- Case One
- Shadoe
- BailRok (currently the youngest member)
- Maynard (Hardnard)
- Brett The Threat
- Flow master Fields MC
- Funky Frank
- Forrest Getemgump (former member)
- Abramz
- Mad Child
- Rock Steady Straus
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[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
- 1984 - "Ready For Battle"
- 2007 - "30 Years To The Day"
[edit] 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"
[edit] Filmography
- Wild Style (1982)
- Style Wars (1983)
- Flashdance (1983)
- Beat Street (1984)
[edit] References
- ^ Condry, Ian. Hip-Hop Japan. Duke University Press, 2006
- The Freshest Kids: A History of the B-Boy (DVD) 2002 by Image Entertainment.
[edit] External links
[edit] External links
- 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
