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Paul Collins Beat

About Me

I edited my profile with Thomas' Myspace Editor V4.4 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," in addition to the new live album "Live In Europe," currently available as a FREE mp3 download album CD on the band's website.Paul Collins' Beat have toured the world, playing with acts such as The Cure, The Jam (with Paul Weller), The Police (with Sting), Huey Lewis & The News, Stray Cats, 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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Member Since: 8/9/2005
Band Website: http://www.thepaulcollinsbeat.com
Band Members: Paul Collins: lead vocals, rhythm guitar - Manolo "The Tele Kid" Espinosa: lead guitar & backing vocals - Chris Bongers: drums - Juancho Lopez: bass guitar
Influences: rock, garage, delta blues, country, punk, calypso, rockabilly, motown, surf, jazz & big band, reggae, oldies, ska, western swing------- Ray Charles, Hank Williams Sr, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Buck Owens, The Byrds, Carl Perkins, Link Wray, Skip James, Jerry Lee Lewis, Robert Johnson, The Standells, Steve Earle, Rolling Stones, Eddie Cochran, The Ramones, Johnny Cash, The Who, Pete Townshend, The Jayhawks, John Lee Hooker, Bob Dylan, Charlie Walker, The Kinks, Ray Davies, Elmore James, The Zombies, Dick Dale, The Searchers, Sex Pistols, Herman's Hermits, Ernest Tubb, Santo & Johnny, Duane Eddy, Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys, The Jam, Jack Lee, The Ventures, Willie Nile, Tommy James, James Cotton, Paul Weller, John Wicks & The Records, Gin Blossoms, Stray Cats, Brian Setzer, Big Joe Williams, The Smithereens, Pat Dinizio, Buzzcocks, Stevie Wonder, Merle Haggard, Chris Isaak, The Knack, David Honeyboy Edwards, Doug Fieger, Davie Allan & The Arrows, Willie Nelson, Flamin Groovies, Howlin Wolf, Lefty Frizzell, Wynn Stewart, The Flashcubes, The Troggs, Ray Price, Jimmy Reed, John Hiatt, The Plimsouls, Peter Case, Roy Orbison, Bobby Vee, Paul Revere & The Raiders, Mark Lindsay, Charley Pride, Hank Thompson, Question Mark & The Mysterians, Stoneground, Beau Brummels, The Shadows, Waylon Jennings, The Surfaris, Charlie Rich, Dead Boys, Stiv Bators, Lords Of The New Church, Jason Ringenberg, Badfinger, Pete Hamm, Tommy Evans, Joey Molland, Mike Gibbins, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, The Monkees, Strawberry Alarm Clock
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Record Label: RockIndiana/Get Hip Recordings
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

SXSW 2008

Hello folks, it’s been one heck of a week at SXSW 2008. We flew in and the week just flew by and now I am back home again. I did not think it was possible, but this year was even better for us t...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:33:00 GMT

Paul Collins Beat SXSW!

Paul Collins Beat SXSW! Hello folks, PC here, it's Saturday Night in Madrid I am gearing up for our trip to Austin. This will be our second time to SXSW and we are hoping it will be eve...
Posted by on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 12:51:00 GMT

RIP CBGB NY club founder Hilly Kristal

Paul Collins' Beat wish to send their condolences to the family of Hilly Kristal, the father of punk rock. Scroll below to read the full story. NEW YORK - Hilly Kristal, whose dank Bowery rock club C...
Posted by on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 23:45:00 GMT

FREE DOWNLOAD NEW LIVE ALBUM CD

FREE MP3 CD ALBUM DOWNLOAD WITH FREE DVD VIDEO DOWNLOADS: PAUL COLLINS'  BEAT LIVE IN EUROPE Click on the LINK below to visit the FREE download page on www.paulcollinsbeat.com   
Posted by on Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:33:00 GMT

Click Here to Buy CDs

..> ITEM #1 FLYING HIGH CD PRICE $15.00 ITEM #2 FLYING HIGH (Autographed) PRICE $20.00 ITEM #3..>
Posted by on Thu, 08 Feb 2007 16:47:00 GMT

GET HIP RELEASES FLYING HIGH

Get Hip releases Flying High February 27 CD and Vinyl Paul Collins Beat to play South by South West March 16th Austin Tx www.gethip.com
Posted by on Mon, 29 Jan 2007 13:27:00 GMT

Blog.1

Ok folks here it is my first blog...we'll see how it goes. Right now I'm at home playing my guitar trying to write new songs and keeping in shape by playin the old ones. Todays #1 is a new song called...
Posted by on Sat, 28 Oct 2006 14:32:00 GMT