Career
He is infamous for his bawdy humour. He has released 12 albums and 5 videos throughout his long career, all of which are distributed by Electric and Music Industries Music Australia. To date, Rodney has sold well in excess of 3 million CDs videos and DVDs.
Rodney has also been nominated for 6 ARIA awards for Best Comedy Release.
Rude began his career performing with traveling tent shows on the showground circuit in the early 1960s, singing and playing guitar. His habit of altering the lyrics of songs to amuse himself and his audience prompted him to become a comedian.
He left Australia in the mid-1960s to tour the world, and to work in America, Canada and Europe under various stage names. In 1981 he was asked by Barry Wain to return to Australia to set up Sydney"s Comedy Store, and started working as the club"s compere.