Ruthless Rap Assassins
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The Ruthless Rap Assassins were a
History
Kermit grew up in
Kermit met the Hinds brothers - at the time calling themselves the Dangerous 2 - and together they decided to form the Assassins, with Greg Wilson staying with them as a producer. Their first release was the single "We Don't Kare" (Murdertone, 1987), which had as a B-side a song by Kiss AMC - an all-female Manchester rap group that featured Christine "Kiss" Leveridge, Kermit's sister. They followed this with two singles entirely of their own, "The Meltdown Session" (Murdertone, 1988) and "The Drone Session EP" (Murdertone, 1989) - in between which, Dangerous C performed a rap for a B-side remix of Kym Mazelle's "Useless (I Don't Need You Now)" (Syncopate, 1988).
Following this, the group released Killer Album (Murdertone/EMI, 1990).
Trying again, the group went back to the studio to record their second album Th!nk, It Ain't Illegal Yet, introducing live percussion from Ged Lynch to their usual mix of social commentary ("No Tale, No Twist" told the story of life growing up in Manchester's urban slums, whilst "Down and Dirty" was a sex rhyme featuring "guest vocals" from Jealous MC).[1] Again, the album was liked by the critics and the industry - BBC Television had Dangerous C on an edition of Blue Peter to demonstrate the techniques of sampling and plug the album - but again, this good reception was not reflected in sales. The group split up shortly afterwards.[1]
Soon after the Assassins' split, Kermit and Ged joined Shaun Ryder to form the group Black Grape and earned pop success with them, before leaving the band after suffering from sepsis and being replaced by Psycho. Since then, Kermit has released records as Manmade and made guest appearances on other artists' songs, such as Bentley Rhythm Ace. His more recent project was Big Dog with Ged from Black Grape. Anderson Hinds left the music industry and worked as a teacher - although in a 2000 interview,[2] Kermit mentioned that the two of them were considering making more tunes together. Ged Lynch became a session musician.
Discography
Albums
- The Killer Album (EMI, 1990)
- Th!nk, It Ain't Illegal Yet (EMI, 1991)
- The Killer Album - The 20th Anniversary Edition (EMI/Original Dope/Cherry Red, 2010))
Singles
- "Just Mellow" (1990) - UKNo. 75
- "And It Wasn't a Dream" (1990) - UK No. 75[3]
See also
References
- ^ ISBN 0-7535-0252-6.
- ^ "The North Hulme Sound!". Rapassassins.f9.co.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2021.
- ISBN 1-904994-10-5.