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Bronski Beat

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Years Active
1983 – 1995 (12 years)
Founded In
Brixton, Lambeth, London, England, United Kingdom
Bronski Beat was a very popular Scottish synth pop trio of the 1980s. At their height, the band comprised distinctive and diminutive Scottish singer Jimmy Somerville, backed by fellow Scot Steve Bronski and Londoner Larry Steinbacheck, both of whom played keyboards and percussion. Formed in 1983, their debut hit came the following year - the striking tale of a boy who was cast away by his family and neighbours for being gay. Called Smalltown Boy, it peaked at Number 3 in the UK and was accompanied by a memorable video of Somerville leaving home, forlornly eating an apple on a train,… read more
Bronski Beat was a very popular Scottish synth pop trio of the 1980s. At their height, the band comprised distinctive and diminutive Scottish singer Jimmy Somerville, backed by fellow Scot Steve Bronski and Londoner Larry Steinbacheck, both of whom played keyboards and percussion. Formed in 1… read more
Bronski Beat was a very popular Scottish synth pop trio of the 1980s. At their height, the band comprised distinctive and diminutive Scottish singer Jimmy Somerville, backed by fellow Scot Steve Bronski and Londoner Larry Steinbacheck, both of whom played keyboards and percussion. Formed in 1983, their debut hit came the following year - the striking tale of a bo… read more

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Top Tracks

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1 Play track The Age of Consent Smalltown Boy
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 10,071 listeners
2 Play track The Very Best Of Jimmy Somerville, Bronski Beat & The Communards (Collector's Edition) Why ?
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 618 listeners
3 Play track Truthdare Doubledare Hit That Perfect Beat
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 263 listeners
4 Play track Trials of Eyeliner: Anthology 1979-2016 I Feel Love
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 195 listeners
5 Play track Smalltown Boy - 2018 Remaster Smalltown Boy - 2018 Remaster
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 193 listeners
6 Play track Smalltown Boy - 12" Version Smalltown Boy - 12" Version
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 180 listeners
7 Play track The Age of Consent It Ain't Necessarily So
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 129 listeners
8 Play track The Age of Consent Junk
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 81 listeners
9 Play track The Age of Consent Heatwave
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 68 listeners
10 Play track 120 Battements Par Minute - Original Soundtrack Smalltown Boy (Arnaud Rebotini Remix)
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 63 listeners

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Albums

  1. 413,333 listeners

    21 Dec 1984 · 10 tracks

    The Age of Consent
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  2. 35,546 listeners

    1 Jan 1986 · 11 tracks

    Truthdare Doubledare
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  3. 9,404 listeners

    1985 · 10 tracks

    Hundreds And Thousands
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  4. 5,750 listeners

    Mar 1984 · 2 tracks

    Smalltown Boy
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