"Beaver Patrol" is a single released by the band
Pop Will Eat Itself
Pop Will Eat Itself are an English alternative rock band formed in 1986 in Stourbridge in the West Midlands of England with members from Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country. Initially known as a grebo act, they changed style to incorpor ...
in 1987. It appears on the album
Box Frenzy
''Box Frenzy'' is the debut studio album by English rock band Pop Will Eat Itself. It was released on 26 October 1987 in the United Kingdom by Chapter 22 Records and in the United States by Rough Trade Records.
At the end of 1987, the ''NME'' ...
in a slightly edited version. The song was originally recorded by the sixties band
The Wilde Knights
The Wilde Knights were an American garage rock band from Longview, Washington, who were active in the 1960s. They emerged from a group known as the Furys and later the Pipers VI, who recorded several frat rock records. After becoming the Wilde ...
.
Beaver Patrol is the point where Pop Will Eat Itself's musical style drastically changed with the loss of live drums due to Graham converting to lead vocals. Beaver Patrol is far more electronic than anything previously released by the band, with a drum machine replacing the live drumkit and the prominent use of various vocal samples. This new style would persist for the next six years, until the introduction of a new live drummer, Fuzz Townshend.
The b-side of the 7" version, Bubbles – as well as the other b-sides found on the 12" version – still retains the guitar-driven, live drumming
grebo style of PWEI's early releases. All three of these tracks are also on the compilation Now For A Feast!.
The music video recorded for the song features the band performing on stage with a manikin.
Track listing
7" Version
Side One
# "Beaver Patrol (12" Version)" 3:35
Side Two
# "Bubbles" 3:07
12" Version
Side One
# "Beaver Patrol (12" Version)" 3:35
Side Two
# "Bubbles" 3:07
# "Oh Grebo, I Think I Love You (New Version)" 1:53
# "Ugly" 1:34
References
* http://www.popwilleatitself.co.uk/beaver-patrol/#.VO586zGUeSo
* http://pweination.com/pwei/
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1987 songs
Pop Will Eat Itself songs