Paiste Rude Thin Crash 17 in.

The Rude Thin Crash provides today’s more sophisticated punk and metal drummers with an additional choice in the Rude sound–cymbals with that same brazen, audacious sound that can be played and controlled with more differentiation.

The Rude Series was developed in the late ’70s, when rock and metal were nearing temporary maturity and were decidedly sidestepped by the new punk genre. This new form of music singularly distinguished itself by disregarding all the rules and by establishing a brazen, aggressive sound all of its own. Rude cymbals, with their un-lathed surface, uniform thickness, and aggressive frequency mix perfectly mirrored the unconventional trend of the time. Today’s popular music firmly roots itself in the history of rock, metal and punk and continues to expand these genres, Rude cymbals continue to be very appropriate sounds for drummers.