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Ranking Roger
Ranking Roger
British musician, songwriter
1
Dave Wakeling
Dave Wakeling
British musician
2
David Steele
David Steele
English musician, songwriter
3
Everett Morton
Everett Morton
British drummer, songwriter
4
The Donkey Show
The Donkey Show
5
The Specials
The Specials
British 2-Tone ska band
6
Roddy Radiation
Roddy Radiation
British musician
7
Neville Staple
Neville Staple
English rock musician
8
Madness
Madness
English ska band
9
Mustard Plug
Mustard Plug
Ska punk band
10
The Planet Smashers
The Planet Smashers
band
11
Strawbs
Strawbs
English rock band
12
Supertramp
Supertramp
British band
13
Deal's Gone Bad
Deal's Gone Bad
American band
14
The Chinkees
The Chinkees
musical artist
15
Foghat
Foghat
British band
16
The Rough Kutz
The Rough Kutz
17
Paul Collins
Paul Collins
musician
18
Sublime
Sublime
American ska punk band
19
The Pretenders
The Pretenders
English-American rock band
20
Angry Samoans
Angry Samoans
American punk rock band
21
Spring Heeled Jack
Spring Heeled Jack
third wave ska band based out of New Haven, Connecticut
22
Fairport Convention
Fairport Convention
British folk rock group
23
The Skatalites
The Skatalites
Jamaican ska band
24
Horace Panter
Horace Panter
bassist of The Specials and professional artist
25
Suburban Studs
Suburban Studs
26
The Toasters
The Toasters
American ska band
27
Dave Mason
Dave Mason
British recording artist; singer-songwriter and guitarist from Worcester
28
The Aggrolites
The Aggrolites
band
29
The Beat
The Beat
band
30
The Lords of the New Church
The Lords of the New Church
English/American gothic rock supergroup
31
Let's Go Bowling
Let's Go Bowling
32
Inner Circle
Inner Circle
Jamaican reggae group
33
Pennywise
Pennywise
American punk rock band
34
Howards Alias
Howards Alias
punk band
35
Blondie
Blondie
American rock band
36
Dave Morgan
Dave Morgan
British musician
37
The Tremeloes
The Tremeloes
rock band
38
999
999
English band
39
The Surfaris
The Surfaris
American surf rock band
40
The Ordinary Boys
The Ordinary Boys
band
41
The Boomtown Rats
The Boomtown Rats
band
42
Ian Gillan Band
Ian Gillan Band
band fronted by Ian Gillan
43
The Cat Empire
The Cat Empire
Australian rock band
44
Survivor
Survivor
American rock band
45
Inspiral Carpets
Inspiral Carpets
British alternative rock band
46
The Kingpins
The Kingpins
47
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
American ska-core band from Boston
48
The Jam
The Jam
English rock band
49
Agnostic Front
Agnostic Front
American Hardcore/Thrash Band
50
The Count Bishops
The Count Bishops
51
Save Ferris
Save Ferris
American ska punk band from Orange County, California
52
London
London
British punk band
53
Paul Young
Paul Young
English pop musician
54
Operation Ivy
Operation Ivy
American ska punk band
55
Less Than Jake
Less Than Jake
ska punk band from Gainesville, Florida
56
Punishment of Luxury
Punishment of Luxury
band
57
Traffic
Traffic
English rock band
58
Geordie
Geordie
English rock band
59
The Suicide Machines
The Suicide Machines
American ska punk band
60
The Selecter
The Selecter
British new wave band
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British band
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Ranking Roger and Everett Morton's reformation of The Beat in London in 2006

The Beat (known in the United States and Canada as the English Beat and in Australia as the British Beat) are a band founded in Birmingham, England, in 1978. Their music fuses Latin, ska, pop, soul, reggae and punk rock.

The Beat, consisting of Dave Wakeling (vocals, guitar), Ranking Roger (vocals), Andy Cox (guitar), David Steele (bass), Everett Morton (drums), and Saxa a.k.a. Lionel Augustus Martin (saxophone), released three studio albums in the early 1980s: I Just Can't Stop It (1980), Wha'ppen? (1981) and Special Beat Service (1982), and a string of singles, including "Mirror in the Bathroom", "Save It for Later", "I Confess", "Too Nice to Talk To", "Can't Get Used to Losing You", "Hands Off...She's Mine", and "All Out to Get You".