The Beat
1 record in the archive · 1981
About the artist
The Beat (billed The English Beat in North America) were a British 2 Tone ska revival band formed in Birmingham, England in 1978 - Dave Wakeling, Ranking Roger, Andy Cox, David Steele, Everett Morton and Saxa, with David Wright added in 1980. "I Am Your Flag" is track 4 on their second album "Wha'ppen?" (1981), a song attacking jingoism; the band split in 1983 into General Public and Fine Young Cannibals. A Soviet-era bootleg flexi of the track also exists. Date fact: 1981. [Source: Wikipedia; Discogs]
Records
- The Beat – I Am Your Flag (1981)