FROM HOT DOG TO BIG LOG: ROBERT PLANT HITS THE ROAD
A SYSTEM TO LIVE BY: MODERN ELECTRONICS GET FUNKY
SPARKS WILL FLY, I PREDICT
THE BEAT GOES ON
CHRISTGAU CONSUMER GUIDE
The bad news for English Beat fans is that singers Dave Wakeling and Ranking Roger have left the band. The good news is that the pair have formed a new band called General Public, which’ll record for I.R.S. Records. Ranking Roger also recently joined the Clash in the studio to cut a “toasting” dub version of the boys’ “Rock The Casbah.”