The Beat (English Beat בארה"ב) - Ska + Reggae + New Wave מBirmingham. Dave Wakeling ו-Ranking Roger (Black + White - 2 Tone Ethos). Mirror in the Bathroom (#4 UK), Tears of a Clown (Smokey Robinson cover), Too Nice to Talk to, Stand Down Margaret. 2 Tone Records (Specials). Cox ו-Steele עזבו ל-Fine Young Cannibals.
Stand Down Margaret (1980) - על Margaret Thatcher. BBC סירבו לנגן. The Beat: 'לא מפחדים לומר את השם.' Specials, Madness - כולם ב-2 Tone. The Beat: הכי Multi-Racial.
Dave Wakeling ו-Ranking Roger פגשו ב-Birmingham 1978. 2 Tone Records (Jerry Dammers/Specials). I Just Can't Stop It (1980): Mirror in the Bathroom, Tears of a Clown. Stand Down Margaret - BBC Ban. Wha'ppen? (1981). Cox + Steele עזבו 1983 ל-Fine Young Cannibals. Wakeling + Roger: General Public.
2 Tone Records (Jerry Dammers, The Specials) - The Beat, Madness, Selecter, Bodysnatchers. Black + White Musicians + Checkerboard Aesthetic = Anti-Racism כ-Music. The Beat: 'The most Multi-Racial Band on 2 Tone.'
Cox + Steele עזבו 1983, גייסו Roland Gift - Fine Young Cannibals (She Drives Me Crazy, 1989). Wakeling + Roger: General Public (Tenderness, 1984). The Beat Split = 2 להקות הצלחה.