The Rats
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| Origin | Portland |
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| Oregon | |
| United States | |
| Genres | Garage Punk |
| Record labels | Whizeagle Records |
| Albums | In a Desperate Red |
| Intermittent Signals | |
| Rats on Board | |
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| ID | 2322227 |
About The Rats
The Rats were an American garage punk band from Portland, Oregon, formed by Fred Cole previously of the garage rock band, The Lollipop Shoppe. Cole played guitar and sang, his wife, "Toody" played bass and sang, and initially Rod Rat played drums. Their sound was a raw mix of punk rock with occasional country touches.
Rat plague spreads to Australia's fishing towns
... A surge in the native rodent population has forced The Rats to move coastwards in their search for more food, but many do not survive the trip, according to experts quoted in local media...
Gunmen and sexism: On the road with Mexico's women truckers
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Palestinians under attack as settler violence surges in the West Bank
... " To all The Rats in the sewers of Qusra village, we are waiting for you and we will not mourn you, " the text said...
Redonda: Tiny Caribbean island's transformation to wildlife haven
... An ambitious project launched in 2016 to relocate the goats and eradicate The Rats saw the greenery spring back to life, bringing with it an exponential rise in native species...
'I fear my children could die due to mould in home'
... " The Rats come and none of the children are sleeping...
New Zealand seeks to exterminate predators to save native birds
... " You ve got a choice to either keep working for ever, or you invest a huge amount up front to get the last half-a-percent of The Rats and then you don t have to work again, " he says...
Mark Bryant counts US shootings. He no longer remembers the names
... He fired his first gun when he was five years old; he learned to shoot from the dads of eastern Kentucky who would gather after church on Sundays and take aim at The Rats running along the garbage dump...
I work alone at night in Edinburgh's dark and spooky vaults
... So how scary is it working in these eerie conditions? " The dripping water, The Rats, the echoes and the shadows can make your mind play tricks when you are alone in here at night, " says Jamie...
