The Rebels has been played on NTS shows including Death Is Not The End, with Indian Rebels first played on 13 September 2014.

1) The Rebels were a surf rock band from Buffalo, NY. They were also known as The Rockin' Rebels. The Rebels formed in 1958. They recorded their most known well known song Wild Weekend in 1962. The original band consisted of Jim and Mick Kipler, Tom Gorman and Paul Balon.

2) The Rebels were a 60's garage rock band from Iran. Before Prince formed The Time, he considered using his backing band as a side-project called The Rebels. The 1979 project was a group effort, with songs being written and sung by the various members. Andre Cymone and Dez Dickerson each contributed material and a few numbers were sung by Gayle Chapman. The project was eventually shelved but two of the songs composed by Prince were re-recorded and released much later: "If I Love U 2 Night" by Mica Paris (and later by Prince's wife-to-be Mayte Garcia) and "U" by Paula Abdul. The original Prince guide vocal for "If I Love U 2 Nite" appeared by mistake on the rare Mica Paris 'Stand For Love' EP, of which only a handful exist.

3) The Rebels were the Prague (Czech republic) group, founded in July 1967 Korn (vocals, guitar) and Svatopluk Cech, brother Frantisek Ringo Cech (vocals, bass guitar). The Rebels played in the "west-coast style" with elements of "Britain's Mersey sound". Cast: Jiří Korn - vocals, guitar Svatopluk Čech - vocals, bass guitar Josef Plíva - vocals, lead guitar Borek Kadlec - organ Jiří Schilder George - drums

In the 1. čs. beatový festival 1967, Best New Artist award away. With new drummer Anatolij Kohout recorded the first songs for Supraphon. In 1968 he issued the album Šípková Růženka with great acclaim. Cast (after 1968):Jiří Korn, A. Kohout, Borek Kadlec, Miroslav Helcl - organ, Zdeněk Juračka - vocals, lead guitar. Under the leadership of F. Janeček had a new repertoire, (where there was no trace of the old melody and singing style), and went on long tours - West Germany, Austria and PLR. At the end of 1968 left the band Kadlec and Kohout and coming new drummer Káša Jahn. Since the band spent most of his time abroad was not as popular as other groups of the time (Blue Effect, Flamengo and Framus Five). The band broke up early 1970.