Vic Ruggiero

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Victor "Vic" Ruggiero is a musician and songwriter from New York City and has played in many ska bands such as The Slackers, Stubborn All-Stars, SKAndalous All-Stars and The Silencers (not to be confused with the Scottish rock band The Silencers), as well as with punk rock band Rancid both live and in the studio. He has also released two solo acoustic albums, and accompanied acoustic ska musician and singer Chris Murray.

He is primarily an organist, although he also plays guitar, harmonica and percussion.

Vic, Victor, The Ruggeroo- a self taught musician since he was just a baby boy of three years or so. He walked into his parents garage and just started to play the piano one sunny afternoon. His father was a police officer, his mother suffered from multiple sclerosis, and he was a serious chubster throughout his younger years. From his high school sweetheart Sarah to his most true love of all Christina Qualianna, Vic uses love or his poor ability to do so as inspiration for song after song. He coulda been Kerouac, or Dylan, maybe even Sidhartha but in this life he's just a bum who drinks too much and enjoys missing a shower or two...or three...etc.

Contents 1 Discography 1.1 With The Slackers 1.2 With Rancid 1.3 With The Transplants 1.4 With Chris Murray 1.5 Solo Albums 1.6 With the SKAndalous All-Stars 1.7 With the Stubborn All-Stars

[edit] Discography

[edit] With The Slackers

• The Slackers — 1993
• Better Late Than Never — 1996
• Redlight — 1997
• The Question — 1998
• Before They Were The Slackers - 1999
• Live at Ernesto's [Live] — 2000
• Wasted Days — 2001
• The Slackers and Friends — 2002
• Close My Eyes — 2003
• International War Criminal [EP] — 2004
• Upsettin' Ernesto's [Live] — 2004
• The Slackers/Pulley Split — 2004
• An Afternoon in Dub — 2005
• Slack in Japan [Live] — 2005
• Peculiar — 2006

[edit] With Rancid

• Life Won't Wait - 1998

Writing credits for tracks 5, 8 and 18

Hammond B3 Organ on tracks 5, 8, 9, 11, 13, 18 and 21

Piano on tracks 5, 9, 12, 14, 18 and 21

Percussion on tracks 5 and 18

Guitar on track 12

• Indestructible - 2003

Keyboards

[edit] With The Transplants

• Transplants - 2002

Hammond B3 Organ on tracks 2, 6, and 7

Hammond B3 Organ/Piano on tracks 9, 10, and 12

• Haunted Cities - 2005

Wurlitzer, Farfisa on track 6

[edit] With Chris Murray

• Slackness - 2005

[edit] Solo Albums

• Understanding New Jersey & Living in Sin - 2001
• Alive at the Ladybug House - 2004
• Top Secret Bounty and Clues - 2006 (Also known as "Blues and Clues".)
• Hamburguru - 2007

[edit] With the SKAndalous All-Stars

• Hit Me - 1997
• Punk Steady - 1998
• Age of Insects - 1999

[edit] With the Stubborn All-Stars

• Open Season - 1995
• Back With a New Batch - 1997
• Nex Music - 1999