Dave Wakeling

The English Beat Are Still the Big Shots of 2 Tone Ska

Front man Dave Wakeling Explains how a bunch of UK punks became kings of island riddim

In Print this Week: The English Beat, Strung Out, Wild Pack of Canaries, Ask Exene

[Editor's Note: Every Thursday, in addition to bombarding you with blog posts, this newspaper does something really crazy...we write a print version! Here's a taste of our top stories this week]1) Our lead story this week checks in on the English Beat, and their tireless frontman Dave Wakeling. Di ... More >>

Just How Many Times Did Ska Legends the English Beat Say 'Fellator' In One Song?

By the late 1980s ska was tired and in need of a heart and lung transplant. Orange County would, in fact, become home to the biggest and most influential of so-called third wave of ska revivals (there was also one in New York) because it had two things vital to the development of any such trend: inv ... More >>

The English Beat

House of Blues

Dave Wakeling From the English Beat: 'Charity Reminds You That What You Do Has Another Use Besides Paying the Bills'

​​Sometimes a party is the best remedy for a negative situation. And when you're throwing a party, you have to have music. The people behind the Love Hope Music Strength Foundation know this, which is why The English Beat (fronted by former Orange County resident Dave Wakeling) are playing Satur ... More >>

Free Ticket Tuesdays: The English Beat and Tiger Army

​Lilledeshan Bose​Why yes, Virginia, it is a Tuesday. And we're giving away tickets to the English Beat's show at the House of Blues on Friday and Tiger Army at the Grove of Anaheim on Saturday.Why? Because Dave Wakeling (pictured, left) is still at it, and because Tiger Army is perfor ... More >>

Dave Wakeling Hasn't Missed a Beat

The man in the 'Mirror In the Bathroom' still marches to his own . . . rhythm

The English Beat

The Coach House

OC Turns Brit as 'BritWeek' Begins

Is Tony Blair a Freemason? The video above seems to think so. Oddly, some evidence behind the claim is provided by Martin Short, although it is unclear if he was doing so as himself, Jiminy Glick, Ed Grimley, Katharine Hepburn or Jackie Rogers Jr. What is as clear as London fog is the freewheelin ... More >>

The English Beat at The Coach House

Last Night: English Beat, RX Bandits at The Grove

In the decades since the sounds of ska infiltrated Orange County, the local music scene has definitely gone through some changes. Live music junkies have been left to fend for themselves in a sea of emo, screamo, hardcore and other intricately titled audible slop. But last night at The Grove in An ... More >>

Beat Skank

The English Beat

From Tears to Smiles

How the English Beat goes on

The Plague of Ska

The English Beat have another go at America

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Whitey and War

Make Love, Not War

I confess . . .

Uncork the Dorks!

Buddy insults just about everybody!

Albino Brown

Social commentator, Radio Host/Producer (SP Radio One, The Ska Parade), Filmmaker, Breakdancer, Street Poet, Music Historian

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