yes, its only wakeling..still he's pretty much the key ingredient... ranking rodger tours as "the beat" in europe.
Well the band was always called the beat in europe. The English thing was only for the US. You sure like to think that one member of the band makes it legite. This isnt the beat or the engish beat. It is Dave Wakeling. He was alternately calling the band general public or english beat depending on what he thought could sell more tickets. Obviously when you are missing the guitarist, the drummer, the bass player, the sax player and a singer you don't have the real thing. If you want to see Dave perform beat songs that is fine but don't pretend you are seeing the beat. You are not. And the guitarist and bass player had some massive hits outside the beat so it's not like they were just along for the ride.