Bio

With encouragement from longtime friend Dee Dee Ramone of The Ramones, Paul Collins re-formed The Beat as Paul Collins' Beat. This year, Paul Collins' Beat have released several new studio albums in addition to the new greatest hits concert album "Live In Europe," currently available as a FREE full mp3 download album CD on the band's official website. http://www.thepaulcollinsbeat.com Paul Collins' Beat have toured the world, playing with acts such as The Cure, The Jam (with Paul Weller), The Police (with Sting), Devo, Huey Lewis & The News, Joe Jackson and Eddie Money amongst many others. Paul Collins' Beat originally formed in 1977 and appeared on the Caddyshack motion picture soundtrack. During the 1980s, Paul Collins' Beat were music video pioneers on the early MTV. Their videos continue to be aired on MTV2. The music of Paul Collins' Beat has been cited an influence by artists including Nirvana, Jet, Everclear, The Muffs and Green Day. Paul Collins and The Beat continue to tour the world, performing hundreds of shows each year in USA, Japan, Brazil, Canada, Italy, France, UK, Spain, Sweden and throughout Europe. Paul Collins was a founding member of The Nerves, a legendary underground rock group from 1974-77. The Nerves were a 3-piece band featuring the talents of Jack Lee, future Grammy-award winning artist Peter Case (The Plimsouls) and Paul Collins (The Beat). Aside from touring with The Ramones, The Nerves funded their own recordings without a record deal and opened their own punk rock club in Hollywood. The Nerves are best known for their song Hanging On The Telephone, which has been covered by Cat Power, Def Leppard and Blondie on the chart topping "Parallel Lines" album. Paul Collins' Beat are often called "The Godfathers Of Power Pop." Power Pop is a form of punk rock that combines rythm and blues and 60s rock sounds such as The Beatles, The Rolling Stones and The Byrds with the raw energy of notable punk and garage rock acts such as MC5 and Iggy Pop & The Stooges.[b]