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The Beat
...spielten am 06.10.04 im
Schicksaal!
Everett Morton (drums) Ranking Roger (vocals) Saxa (saxophone)
Blockhead (keyboards) Neil Deathridge (guitar) "Ranking Junior" aka
Mini Murphy (vocals) Andy Pearson (bass) and Mark Hamilton (saxophone).
After the split of 80's ska band The Beat, Everett, Saxa and Ranking
Roger worked on many other projects. Ranking Roger and Saxa along
with original Beat singer Dave Wakeling formed General public with
former Dexy's Midnight Runners keyboardist Micky Billingham. General
Public split in 1986 and 1988 saw the release of the solo album
Radical Departure by Ranking Roger. He then went on to form another
ska outfit, Special Beat.
In 1988 Everett and Saxa became part of the International Beat along
with Neil Deathridge and regular guest appearances by Ranking Roger
and Micky Billingham. The International Beat enjoyed success both in
the UK and in the USA. After the split of the International Beat in
1992, Neil met songwriter Tony O'Donnell and they performed together
at many venues throughout the UK.
Finally in 2001, Ranking Roger, Everett, Saxa and Neil got together
again along with Tony O'Donnell and Andy Pearson who had previously
worked with Roger. At the beginning of 2003, the band were joined by
Dave "Blockhead" Wright on keyboards and The Beat reunion gig at
London's Royal Festival Hall was a great success. In May 2003, after
the depature of Tony O'Donnell, Twist and Crawl were joined by Matt
aka "Ranking Junior" on vocals and Mark Hamilton aka "Chico" (son of
Jazz musician Andy Hamilton) on sax. The Beat is back. Even with
Dave Wakeling, David Steel and Andy Cox missing from the original
line-up for various reasons, The Beat are enjoying massive success
throughout the UK.
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