The Beat (aka Paul Collins' Beat)

The Beat released their first album around the time that The Knack first got big. Now, I don't want to slam The Knack, because I like them....but nothing they did ever approached that first Beat album. Paul Collins was a former member of The Nerves (with Peter Case and Jack Lee). The album was shot through with pure adrenaline from beginning to end.


Below are a couple of live clips from The Beat in their prime . "Rock and Roll Girl" and "Walking Out on Love". The third video is "Will You Be A Woman" from the brand new Paul Collins' Beat CD, "Flying High". The style is quite different from the classic Beat sound, but Paul still sounds great.