45. The Beat, 2004
Heritage acts to can suddenly find an unexpected tail wind amid Glastonbury’s wilds. When Eighties ska band The Beat played to 30,000 revellers amid the Wild West burlesque of Lost Vagueness the dynamic gelled, then exploded.
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Liz chats to Ranking Roger, front man of British Ska revivalist legends The Beat. They enjoyed success at the end of the 70’s into the early 80’s before splitting up. This UK version of the band have been active since 2006.
NEW SONG FEATURED ‘Return of the Dread-I’ Produced by The Dopegrinders
Ranking Roger will be hosting a Question & Answer session over on The Beat’s Facebook Page this Wednesday 2nd April at 8PM (UK BST)
The Beat will be releasing their first live album in the UK of their 229 The Venue, London gig instantly after the live set! Friday’s, 13th December 2013 live performance in London will be recorded live on the night and be available to collect just minutes after the show as an exclusive 2 disc set.…
The Return Of The Dread-I (AleXannA Remix)(Featuring Ranking Roger & Ranking Jnr)
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Check out the new Dopegrinders EP – ‘Home Taping Is Killing Music’ Featuring Ranking Roger
On the eve of the re-release of The Beat’s Wha’appen on Demon Records Vinyl Louder than War’s Martin Copland-Gray had a chat with the band’s front-man (and fellow Brummie) Ranking Roger. For those of you too (much too) young to remember, Birmingham in the late 1970’s & early 1980’s was not the nice, clean & shiny…
Ranking Rogers “Muscle Ska / Civilization” 7″ pre-order is up now! 1st #TightenUp release; out Aug 16 –> http://t.co/qbJdT1Vi9u
Return Of The Dread-I is a new project from Father & Son combo Ranking Roger & Ranking Jnr. These songs are a little taster of what Roger & Murphy have been cooking up for the Dread-i project. There will be more tracks to follow soon… new compositions & new versions of old favorites. “RETURN OF…
