Singer Songwriter Shawn Blomberg,  born in Sioux City, Ia  on  November 28, 1981. Has lived and played/written/recorded music in; Sioux City, Ia 1996- current,  Indianapolis, In (2002-2004), and  Seattle, Wa (2006-2012)  bands/projects; The Serfs 1999, Rubber Field 2000, The Polar Boys 2000,  Randall and Shawn 2001 - current, Thief in the Night 2002-2006, Ocelot Omelet 2007-2010, The Young West 2010. Shawn + Ava 2010, InartsNW 2011-2012, Mat d. & the Profane Saints -current

currently resides in Sioux City, IA

"It’s a crying shame that the world at large isn’t familiar with this guy yet. It’s time for that to change. Country, Americana, Southern rock, call it what you want to call it. I’ll just call it bad-ass." Fred Phillips somethingelsereviews.com



 "I've been in and around music and the business of music, since the early 1970's. In all that time I've heard a lot of bad music, a lot of good music but very little GREAT music. This is GREAT music; well written, well played, solidly produced...from beginning to end the finest example of Americana Rockabilly I have ever heard... It stacks up with Haggard, Johnny Cash, Elvis, and kicks the liver out of most major label attempts in this genre" - Jim Pipkin Hickorywind.org

Mat D is a singer-songwriter living and working in Sioux Falls SD.  His album PHANTOM LOCOMOTIVE was released by SMC Records in 2021.  He is currently wrapping a new album for the independent label to be released in early 2023.  His brand new single "The Company I Keep" was released in October 2022.

On any given night you can find them playing "Callin Baton Rouge" and moving right on to "Pour Some Sugar On Me" and then the most recent Nickelback hit. Not too long after that it's a five song non-stop dance marathon that includes "Girls Just wanna Have Fun", "Walk Like an Egyptian", Poker Face" (Did we mention that there aren't any girls in the band?), Hot, Hot, Hot, & Low. Closing the night one can expect to hear Zac Brown, AC/DC & Sir Mix-A-Lot.... Or something completely different...

No genre is off limits, No era is untouched, No Hit is out of reach.

Their songlist is one of the most varied in the business and people love it. If you walked in off the street and heard them for the first time playing just one Country, Rock or Dance hit, you could easily assume that they were born to play that kind of music and then get completely thrown when they play something so completely different. 

Chalk it up to Genius or simply ADD, you never know exactly what you're going to hear when you go to a Rude Band show.

The Rude Band plays an almost non-stop four hour show, with only one break. By the end of the night you may be wondering if you should start working out.

For 22 years, The Rude Band has been packing bars, ballrooms, street dances, colleges & fairs.

With concert quality sound & lighting production, it's hard to believe that they can be that good. 

If you haven't seen the Rude Band, what are you waiting for?


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