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The Beat
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The Beat were all about inclusion, rather than exclusion, and this showed in their personnel and their music influences. The six member band consisted of Dave Wakeling on vocals and guitar, Andy Cox on guitar, David Steele on bass, Everett Morton on drums, Ranking Roger on vocals and toasting, and foundational first wave ska legend Saxa on saxophone. Shortly after the release of their first album, Dave Wright aka Blockhead joined the band on keyboard. The band crossed over fluidly between soul, reggae, pop and punk, and from these disparate pieces they created an infectious dance rhythm. Along with their contemporaries The Specials, The Selecter, and Madness, The Beat became an overnight sensation and one of the most popular and influential bands of the British ska movement.
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Keeping The Beat is a music service which focuses on improving children's ability to learn, through introducing them to songs and rhymes which will capture their interest and give them a solid foundation for future learning. The company’s philosophy and approach is firmly rooted in educational research about how children learn best and how early experience impacts on later achievement.
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Having re-established The Beat in the UK, the band has had continued success with their tours of the UK, Ireland, Europe and Australia. At long last Roger and the boys have recorded the first album for The Beat since the early 1980..s. Currently being mixed by Adrian Sherwood the album is once again a work of pure brilliance by a band whose musical prowess has lasted 3 decades.
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Formed in May 2005 The Beat Poets have had an exceptional rise in the unsigned music scene world wide. With radio play from K-Rock in America to Triple J in Australia the band have been Rising Artist on Tom Dunne's Pet Sounds (Today FM)and won Virgin Radio Xtreme and X-FM unsigned awards in the UK. Having supported acts such as The Chemical Brothers, Sonic Youth and Nine Black Alps the band have gained celebrity fans such as Kiefer Sutherland and now endorsement deals with GIO GOI and Hi Watt. Having released their debut double A side single via Manchester based Pronoia Records at Christmas 2006 the band has went on to play Canadian Music Week in March 2007 with Paolo Nutini and Public Enemy landing a major MTV deal in America and recently recorded in Stir Studios (Wales) with Manic Street Preachers and Lost Prophets producer Greg Haver. The band have announced their debut Album due out in October 2008 with two singles this summer!
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The roots of The Beat lie in The Nerves, a seminal power pop combo featuring Paul Collins, Peter Case (the future frontman of The Plimsouls), and Jack Lee. Collins played the drums; all three members composed and sang. Collins contributed one song, "Working Too Hard", to the group's only release, a 1976 self-titled four-song EP distributed by independent Bomp! Records. The Nerves are most famous for Lee's "Hanging on the Telephone"; though it went unnoticed when it was originally released, Blondie turned the song into a UK top 5 single off their breakthrough album Parallel Lines. After The Nerves' demise, Collins and Case formed The Breakaways with Pat Stengl.
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The Beat the Streets wrestling organization started its 2007/2008 season off with a history-making turnout when it hosted its first Champions Wrestling Clinic at Grand Street Campus on Saturday, December 1. Read More.
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