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Bio:
Paul Collins' Beat have been making music for more than 30 years and are often called "The Godfathers Of Power Pop." Power Pop is a form of punk rock that combines rythm and blues and 60s rock sounds such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Byrds with the raw energy of notable punk and garage rock acts such as MC5 and Iggy Pop & The Stooges.
With encouragement from his longtime friend Dee Dee Ramone of The Ramones, lead singer Paul Collins began work on new material for a future Paul Collins' Beat album nearly 12 years ago. This year, Paul Collins' Beat have released the all-new studio album entitled "Flying High." Paul Collins' Beat offer tons of FREE mp3 songs and music videos downloads on their official website.
Paul Collins' Beat has been touring the world for over 30 years and has played with The Jam, The Police (with Sting), The Cure, The Specials, Huey Lewis & The News, Joe Jackson and Eddie Money amongst many others.
Paul Collins' Beat originally formed in 1977 and appeared on the Caddyshack motion picture soundtrack. The Beat changed their name to Paul Collins' Beat to avoid confusion when a British Ska Band (The English Beat) were at one point using the same moniker. Paul Collins and The Beat have released 10 albums worldwide and continue to tour the continents, concentrating primarily on USA, Europe, Japan and Mexico.
Paul Collins was a founding member of The Nerves, a legendary underground rock group from 1974-77. (Other legendary rock groups formed in 1974, including Blondie, The Ramones, Radio Birdman and The Dictators). The Nerves were a 3-piece band featuring the talents of Jack Lee, Peter Case (The Plimsouls) and Paul Collins (The Beat). Aside from touring with The Ramones, The Nerves funded their own recordings without a record deal. The Nerves originally recorded the song Hanging On The Telephone, which was leter covered by Deborah Harry and Blondie on the chart topping "Parallel Lines" album.
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Members:
Paul Collins: lead vocals, rhythm guitar - Octavio Vinck: lead guitar & backing vocals - Ginés Martinez: drums, tambourine & backing vocals - Carlos Guardado: bass guitar Juancho Bummer: bass guitar
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Influences:
In no particular order: Ray Charles, Sex Pistols, Johnny Thunders & The Heartbreakers, The Ramones, Iggy Pop, The Stooges, The Nerves, The Dictators, Social Distortion, MC5, The Damned, Stray Cats, Stiv Bators, Dead Boys, Henry Rollins, The Misfits, John Wicks And The Records, New York Dolls, MDC, David Johansen, Black Flag, FEAR, Lee Ving, Kursaal Flyers, Dee Dee Ramone, The Rich Kids, The Spectres, TSOL, The Protones, Jimy Sohns, Shadows Of Knight, The Stranglers, Willie Nile, Patti Smith Band, Velvet Underground, Lou Reed, Wreckless Eric, The Rezillos, The Revillos
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Gear:
Fender Guitars, Rickenbacker Guitars, Ludwig Drums, Remo Heads, Zildjan Cymbals, Wuhan Cymbals, Hartke bass rig, Mapex Drums, DW Pedals, Marshall Stack
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