Artist · chart history
Middle Class Rut
Band Sacramento United States Formed 2006
Middle Class Rut formed in 2006 in Sacramento, United States. Middle Class Rut has 40 chart appearances on 34 radio countdowns from 24 stations on RockLists, spanning 2008–2013. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “New Low”, which appears on 25 lists and was voted number one once. In total the artist has topped 1 countdown. The station that charted Middle Class Rut most often is The Buzz (Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC), with 4 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2011.
Middle Class Rut, or MC Rut to the regulars, got going in Sacramento in December 2006 as a duo: Zack Lopez singing and playing guitar, Sean Stockham singing and pounding the drums. Two people, one racket, and a rhythm section that sounds like it's trying to shove the singer off the stage.
They cut their teeth on EPs, among them the 2008 MC Rut EP that carried "New Low", a song that bangs and howls like a band twice their size. The full-length debut, No Name No Color, finally landed in 2010, Pick Up Your Head followed on June 25, 2013, and after a short break they came back swinging in 2018 with Gutters.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Middle Class Rut on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Low | 25 | #1 | 1 | 2011 | |
| 2 | Busy Being Born | 11 | #4 | – | 2011 | |
| 3 | Aunt Betty | 1 | #30 | – | 2013 | |
| 4 | Are You On Your Way | 3 | #65 | – | 2012 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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