Beginning in the late ’70s, The English Beat made ska music what it is today: energetic and fun.Not quite reggae, not quite straight pop, ska embodies a rhythm and consequence all it’s own. Dave ...

Joining Jones on the tour will be Wang Chung (known for hits like ”Everybody Have Fun Tonight” and “Let’s Go!”), the English Beat (“Mirror in the Bathroom”, “Save It for Later”) and Modern English (“I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ranking Roger with the English Beat in 1980. (Photo: Gie Knaeps/Getty Images) Ranking Roger, the British new wave/ska/reggae ...

LOS ANGELES (Variety.com) - Roger Charlery, aka Ranking Roger, the singer and toaster from the English Beat, General Public and Special Beat, died today after a battle with cancer, a rep for the band ...

This past weekend, Rancid wrapped up their touring festival The Bash (which we caught in NJ), which included Pennywise, Suicidal Tendencies, L7, Madball, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, H2O, and more.

The King of Ska, Dave Wakeling, was a founding member of pioneering 2-tone band the English Beat. Formed in Birmingham, England in 1978 as a response to the height of UK economic melt-down of the time ...

When the British ska movement launched in the late ‘70s, great ska/rocksteady acts such as the Skatalites, Prince Buster and Desmond Dekker were founding influences. Inspired by the rebellious nature ...

As mentioned, the unlikely pairing of The English Beat and Soul Asylum will be on the road together this summer and recently added a few more dates, including three in the NY-area: Montclair, NJ’s ...

The English Beat at Belly Up. (Photo by Donovan Roche/Special for Times of San Diego) On the first of two sold-out nights at Belly Up, The English Beat’s Dave Wakeling invited the crowd to forget the ...

Ranking Roger, one half of the vocalist pair who fronted the 1980s New Wave band, The Beat, died on Tuesday in England at the age of 56. The band was known in the United States as The English Beat and ...

Soul Salvation: A Gen X Love Letter to the English Beat Marc Wasserman 284 Pages ISBN: # 979-8990026421 DiWulf Publishing2024 Fans of the English Beat, devoted or casual, may be somewhat disappointed ...

Roger Charlery, best known as Ranking Roger, singer of the widely influential U.K. group The Beat — known as The English Beat in the U.S. — died Tuesday afternoon, at 56. The singer was diagnosed with ...