Formed 1979 in Hastings and the quintet consisted of Huggy (vocals), Ken & Paul (guitars), Eddie (bass), Dave (drums) and they signed to Safari Records and released two singles. Neither of the singles made the UK charts but I Can't Control Myself was a hit in Canada. Info: The Teenbeats were one of the better bands on Britain's late Seventies mod revival scene. Their timing was impeccable and making their debut just as the mod revival was gathering steam, they further stoked the fires with a killer cover of the Troggs' 60's hit "I Can't Control Myself", and followed this up with the even better "Strength Of A Nation". They had the attitude, the look, and the sound (recalling but never, ever mimicking the Who, the Troggs at all) but somehow never rated cutting a complete album, at least in the eyes of the record companies of that era, but their songs made it onto many a mod revival compilation, most recently Castle Records' 2003 Mod Revival Generation: Time For Action. They broke up around 1981, and are fairly well memorialized on the March of the Mods website. (Bruce Eder) - Good record in my opinion.
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