calvinbrujeria's Artist Review for The Plimsouls
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The Plimsouls not The Nerves
Peter Case, Paul Collins and Jack Lee formed The Nerves. The Nerves split, forming The Plimsouls and Paul Collins Beat. Paul Collins' Beat toured with The Ramones, The Police, The Jam, Joe Jackson and The Beat appeared on the Caddyshack official movie soundtrack. Paul Collins Beat used to be known as The Beat and are still together, performing, writing and recording as Paul Collins' Beat. I found the official Paul Collins' Beat website www.paulcollinsbeat.com and he looks incredibly young for his age. The Paul Collins' Beat website even includes some live music videos of Paul Collins' Beat performing live on The Ramones Rock and Roll High School tour from back around 1979. I suppose in a lot of ways, Paul Collins' Beat is very similar in writing and sound to The Ramones. They should be, because Paul Collins knew The Ramones from back when he lived on the east coast and they both got their starts in dark, smokey punk bars around 1975.
For the folks who may not remember, Paul Collins' first band was called The Nerves with Jack Lee and Peter Case. They were a combination of r&b punk and 60s rock, but with a bit more class than your typical punk bands of that time. The Nerves wrote and recorded "Hanging on the telephone," which became a huge hit for Deborah Harry's Blondie shortly thereafter. When The Nerves split, Peter Case formed The Plimsouls and Paul Collins formed The Beat which became The Paul Collins' Beat.
Paul Collins wrote "Let Me into Your Life" with Eddie Money, who was initially responsible for The Beat's success, helping them to land a record deal. This comes to show that good friends come in all shapes, sizes and from all genres. I remember when Paul Collins' Beat did a series of US tour dates with The Jam and The Police, primarily hitting bigger clubs, punk bars and concert halls on the east and west coasts. I remember driving in a van with three of my buddies. At that point, we must have seen Paul Collins' Beat five or six times. Those were the good times, but I am just happy to see that a band as good as Paul Collins' Beat is still around after everything life can throw in your direction.
For the folks who may not remember, Paul Collins' first band was called The Nerves with Jack Lee and Peter Case. They were a combination of r&b punk and 60s rock, but with a bit more class than your typical punk bands of that time. The Nerves wrote and recorded "Hanging on the telephone," which became a huge hit for Deborah Harry's Blondie shortly thereafter. When The Nerves split, Peter Case formed The Plimsouls and Paul Collins formed The Beat which became The Paul Collins' Beat.
Paul Collins wrote "Let Me into Your Life" with Eddie Money, who was initially responsible for The Beat's success, helping them to land a record deal. This comes to show that good friends come in all shapes, sizes and from all genres. I remember when Paul Collins' Beat did a series of US tour dates with The Jam and The Police, primarily hitting bigger clubs, punk bars and concert halls on the east and west coasts. I remember driving in a van with three of my buddies. At that point, we must have seen Paul Collins' Beat five or six times. Those were the good times, but I am just happy to see that a band as good as Paul Collins' Beat is still around after everything life can throw in your direction.
posted May 11, 2005
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