Patrick "Rudeboy" Tilon (born 1964,
Suriname
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) (also Rudeboy Remington, Silver Surfering Rudeboy, Microphone Nazi, Sir Antagonist) is a Dutch musician, best known as the singer of the
rap rock
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band
Urban Dance Squad
Urban Dance Squad was a Dutch rap rock band formed after what was originally intended as a one-time jam-session at a festival in Utrecht on December 20, 1986. The band consisted of a guitarist, bassist, drummer, rapper, and DJ. Urban Dance Squ ...
, which he led from 1986 to 2000, and the first two albums of Dutch electronic musician
Junkie XL
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Originally known for his trance productions, he has moved to producing e ...
(1997-2000).
After Urban Dance Squad disbanded in 2000, he left Junkie XL and made a few records with short-lived bands and projects: The League Of XO Gentlemen (''Smiling At The Claptrap Circuses'', 2003) and Club Of High Eyebrows (''Older Now'', 2007). Tilon also worked in the catering industry during this period. Since 2011 he is singing under a new moniker, The Arguido, with the Amsterdam surf band The Phantom Four,
In 2019, Tilon joined noise rock band The Cold Vein from Nijmegen. In 2022, they published their first album Simple Trick More Voodoo.
In late 2021, he started performing again with former Urban Dance Squad-dj DJ DNA (Arjen de Vreede) under the title Rudeboy plays UDS featuring DJ DNA [https://www.nporadio1.nl/nieuws/cultuur-media/370a390b-d671-4e66-9010-2c5bf00d1fc3/patrick-tilon-over-de-legendarische-urban-dance-squad-we-waren-vijf-buitenbeentjes],, playing UDS-songs with a new band: Axel van Oort (bass), Matthias van Beek (guitar) and Jochem van Rooijen (drums).
References
1964 births
Living people
Dutch male singers
Dutch rappers
Surinamese emigrants to the Netherlands
Musicians from Amsterdam
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