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The English Beat

The English Beat is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Big D And The Kids Table, Flogging Molly, Bad Manners, 311 and Prince Buster. Those roots explain a lot about how The English Beat arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Selecter, Bad Manners, Prince Buster, The Fixx and Joe Jackson, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Pearl Jam, Pete Townshend, The Who, Dexys Midnight Runners and Eddie Vedder, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 28 connections around The English Beat, reaching back through Big D And The Kids Table and forward to Pearl Jam. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.

Background

The Beat are an English band formed in Birmingham in 1978. Their music fuses Latin, ska, pop, soul, reggae and punk rock.

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Roots — what shaped themLegacy — who they shapedKindred — same orbit
The English BeatBig D And The Kids T…Flogging MollyBad Manners311Prince BusterLaurel AitkenDesmond DekkerSmokey Robinson and …Pearl JamPete TownshendThe WhoDexys Midnight RunnersEddie VedderFine Young Cannibals360The Ordinary BoysThe SelecterBad MannersPrince BusterThe FixxJoe JacksonThompson TwinsOingo BoingoFishbone

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The English Beat connections

The English Beat grew out of Big D And The Kids Table, Flogging Molly, Bad Manners and 311, shares an orbit with The Selecter, Bad Manners, Prince Buster and The Fixx, went on to shape Pearl Jam, Pete Townshend, The Who and Dexys Midnight Runners. 28 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.

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