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The Beta Band

Report and Interview by Chris Campion, Ray Gun, 1998

THE BETA BAND are an awkward bunch of ne'er-do-wells. It takes roughly thirty seconds after sitting down with the acclaimed London-based four-piece to discover this.  ...

The Beta Band: Moody, Groovy, Big and Bouncy

Profile and Interview by Jim Irvin, MOJO, 1998

Line-up: Robin Jones (drums/percussion), Steve Mason (Vocals/guitars/percusssion), John McLean (samplers, percussion), Richard Greenstreet (bass). ...

The Beta Band: Letter Men Show

Interview by Andy Crysell, New Musical Express, 7 March 1998

The music biz may be salivating over THE BETA BAND'S thrilling musical pot-pourri but the music biz can go whistle as far as the Beta ...

The Beta Band: International Student House, London

Live Review by Neil Mason, Melody Maker, 23 May 1998

THEY'RE THE ONE FOR US ...

The Beta Band: Gringo Stars

Report and Interview by Neil Mason, Melody Maker, 25 July 1998

Take an explosive mix of the Primals, The Verve and Billy Smart and, voila!, THE BETA BAND: proof that UK music is fighting fit and up ...

Things can only get Beta

Interview by Ben Thompson, The Independent, 18 September 1998

Where the four-piece pop group goes to die, there lurks the Beta Band. ...

Beta Band: Space Jammers

Profile and Interview by Craig McLean, Spin, June 1999

THEY PLAY SNIPPETS OF BONNIE TYLER HITS. THEY WORK POTTED PLANTS INTO THEIR LIVE SHOW. MEET THE BETA BAND — THE WEIRDEST GROUP IN ENGLAND ...

The Beta Band: Ramble On

Interview by Tom Doyle, Q, July 1999

Lace up some gaiters and uncork a flask of weak lemon drink, as uncompromising art bods the Beta Band take us to a rugged dell ...

The Beta Band

Interview by Ben Thompson, Daily Telegraph, July 2001

ON ENCOUNTERING a would-be interviewer who'd just been robbed of all his pound coins by a renegade parking meter, the Beta Band of a couple ...

The Beta Band: Hot Shots II

Readers' Letters by Simon Reynolds, Uncut, August 2001

Both Barrels Blazing - Follow-up to 1999's notoriously disowned eponymous debut ...

Steve Mason: 'I've Had Enough'

Report and Interview by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 8 May 2006

Steve Mason, the former Beta Band frontman, should have been on tour this week. Instead, he's quit music — and disappeared. By Dave Simpson ...

An Interview with Steve Mason

Interview by Daryl Easlea, Record Collector, November 2010

DE: Tell us about your latest projects. ...

see also Steve Mason

see also King Biscuit Time

see also Lone Pigeon

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