The Beat

Country: USA

City: New York  Zip: 10011

Genre: Indie

Influences: the beatles

Description: Worshipped by new generations of hipsters, metal-heads, indie rockers and punk rockers, The Beat continue to record new material, playing hundreds of shows each year.

This year, The Beat have released the all-new studio album as a follow-up to the 2007 critically acclaimed album Flying High. In addition, The Beat are offering the new FREE CD and DVD combo mp3 video album audio download through their official website www.thepaulcollinsbeat.com

The Beat is an extension of another legendary band, The Nerves. Paul Collins formed The Nerves with Peter Case and Jack Lee at the age of 17. His legendary early band The Nerves continue to be worshipped by new generations of hipsters and music lovers worldwide. The Nerves funded their own recordings, toured with The Ramones and released Hanging On The Telephone, a hit song which has been covered by Cat Power, Def Leppard and Blondie, on the Parallel Lines album.

After The Nerves disbanded in 1977, Paul Collins formed The Beat, recruiting members of various rock bands. The Beat were music video pioneers, with several 80s music videos appearing on early MTV and touring the world, performing with major rock acts such as The Cure, The Police, The Jam, Devo, Huey Lewis and countless others.

Today, The Beat continue to play hundreds of concerts each year, touring USA, Japan, Canada, Brazil, Italy, Spain, Sweden, France, UK and throughout Europe.