To book Radical Dance Faction for an event or for press contact please email us at  -  radicaldancefaction@gmail.com

Radical Dance Faction (R.D.F) were founded by Chris Bowsher in Hungerford in 1986, and were originally known as MILITARY SURPLUS. R.D.F's music combines punk, dub, and ska and the're known for being the legends of the UK free festival scene from back in the day. In the early 1990's the band made a few tours of Germany, one tour was as the support act to the REBEL MC (A.K.A. CONGO NATTY), they also supported ZIGGY MARLEY at one point and appeared at the huge Summerjam Festival in July 1993. Chris Bowsher has been the lead singer from the early days of MILITARY SURPLUS. Steve Swann, (R.I.P. The Dub Warrior) also one of R.D.F's original line-up, co-founded the Revolutionary Dub Warriors and was a member of the reformed, dub, ska band Dub The Earth.
Phil & Ozzy left R.D.F. in 1995, and together with Dan & John (A.O.S.3), went on to form P.A.I.N.
Linda and Graham Spey went on to form the band DF118.
Mark McCarthey joined The Wonder Stuff in 2004.
Murph joined The Rhythmites. 
Past & present members of the band include - Mark McCarthy (Bass), Phil Astronaut (guitar), Mike Cooper (guitar), Steve Cruickshank (drums), Sarah Edwards (violin), Linda Goodman (vocals), Tim Hill (saxophone), Fred Johnson (bass), Paul McCabe (Keyboards), Murph (guitar), Brian Powell (guitar, bass), Style Scott (drums), Graham Spey (Keyboards), Steve Swann (Vocals), Chris Bowsher (Vocals), Matty Mann (Bass) Graham Usher (drums), Jim Warne (Guitar), Danny (Drums), Ozzy (bass), Chris Chescoe (Drums), Olly Thomas (Drums), Lewis Sykes (Bass), Jimmy Peters (Keyboards), Andy (from Newcastle) (drums), Karen Ricketts (Vocals). 

Nowadays R.D.F can been seen playing at many of the major festivals around the U.K. such as Glastonbury & Boomtown as well as the smaller festivals like Solfest, Alchemy, Rogues Picnic & Bearded Theory. They are also playing at music venues & pub gigs up and down the UK all year long so like us on Facebook for more information and links to upcoming events.

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