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HISTORY:The Beat were formed in Birmingham in 1978. Soon after, they had to change their name to The ENGLISH Beat to avoid confusion with another band. They are known as one of the leaders of the Ska revivalist movement along with fellow Brits The Specials, Madness, The Selecter and The Body Snatchers.The British ska groups were of course multiracial and were formed by kids who lived in the same areas. Much like the poor kids of Jamaica, they didnt have much money so they ... MORE
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The English Beat, one of the pre-eminent second-wave ska bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s, are touring again this summer, hitting a few spots in the US and a bunch in the UK and more or less taking up residence at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach (CA?). If you were around for the first few years of MTV, songs like "Mirror in the Bathroom," "I Confess" and "Save It for Later" are, most likely, embedded somewhere in the limbic section of your brain, along with sim... MORE
