Paul Collins Beat

Rock icon and cult favorite Paul Collins got his start with Peter Case and Jack Lee in 1974. Their band The Nerves toured extensively with The Ramones and recorded a song called Hanging On The Telephone. The song would later become a hit when covered by Deborah Harry and Blondie on the Parallel Lines album.
Paul Collins formed The Beat in 1977, recruiting members of various rock bands including Steven Huff, Larry Whitman, Dennis Conway and Michael Ruiz. The result was The Beat, a high energy rock group in the style of The Ramones, Blondie and The Dictators. As the story goes, Collins was awarded a record deal with CBS thanks to his friend Eddie Money and Bill Graham Management. The Beat played with many bands, including The Jam, The Cure, Pere Ubu, The Police, Eddie Money, The Plimsouls and Huey Lewis.
The Beat appeared on television shows throughout the world, including Dick Clark's American Bandstand. Most notably, Paul Collins' Beat appeared with Journey and Kenny Loggins on the Caddyshack original motion picture soundtrack.
Paul Collins' Beat continued to tour and record albums throughout the 80s, with "The Kids Are The Same," "To Beat Or Not To Beat," "Long Time Gone," "Live At Universal" and their final album "One Night," released in 1989. Paul Collins set out on a solo career, before re-forming The Beat as Paul Collins' Beat during the 1990s.