#dave wakeling

[musickickztoo]

Dave Wakeling *February 19, 1956

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Record Mirror

Dave Wakeling (The Beat) (1982-05)

[dms-a-jem]

🌈‘80s Pride - Part 3🌈

Part 1

Part 2

[kdo-three]

The Beat - Two Swords (1980) Lionel Augustus Martin (Saxa) / Andy Cox / David Steele / Everett Morton / Roger Charlery ( Ranking Roger) / Dave Wakeling from: "I Just Can't Stop It" (LP|CD) (Deluxe Edition | CD: Disc1) (2012)

Ska | Ska Revival | 2 Tone | New Wave | Anti-Nazi

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Album Personnel: Dave Wakeling: Lead Vocals / Rhythm Guitar Ranking Roger: Toasting / Vocals Andy Cox: Lead Guitar Saxa: Saxophone David Steele: Bass Everett Morton: Drums

Bob Sargeant: Keyboards

Produced by Bob Sargeant

Album Recorded: @ The Roundhouse Studios in London, England UK during 1980

Album Released: on May 22, 1980 Go-Feet Records (UK) Sire Records (US)

Reissues: I.R.S. Records | Edsel Classic Records | Shout! Factory Records

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"I've never been one for the punch-up But look, I really hate those Nazis A certain something starts to wind me up How could I hate them oh so violently" - 'Two Swords', The Beat (1980)

[superherokiller]

The Beat.

[bronskibeet]

From a 2023 interview with Dave Wakeling of the Beat (link) - I really like how he describes Terry Hall's stage presence here

[retropopcult]

"Tenderness" is a song by English new wave band General Public, released as a single from their debut studio album All the Rage (1984). It slowly climbed the charts in the US, peaking at #27 on the Billboard Hot 100.

[gregorygalloway]

General Public's debut studio album was released on 28 January 1984.

After the break up of the English Beat (known as the Beat in the UK) in 1983, Ranking Roger and Dave Wakeling form General Public, with Mick Jones (who had been fired from the Clash in September 1983), Mickey Billingham, Stoker Growcott, and Horace Panter. While Jones appears on more than half the songs on the album, he left before its release and does not appear on the album cover (his replacement, Kevin White, is pictured).

While selling poorly in the UK, All the Rage spent 39 weeks on the US Billboard chart, peaking at #26. The album's success was driven in part by the song "Tenderness," which appeared in Sixteen Candles (released in May 1984) and Weird Science (released in August 1985).