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Hello and welcome to the online home of Dundee and Arbroath based concert promoters Beat Generator.

We pride ourselves on trying to book a broad range of new up and coming bands from across a wide range of genres ranging from indie, rock, punk, ska - punk, metal, pop.

On this site you will find everything you need to know about the latest shows we have booked , including information on the artists performing , details on ticket outlets etc.

Scroll down for some Beat Generator History!

History

Over the years Beat Generator have played host to many fantastic shows in both Dundee and Arbroath promoting in such venues as The Reading Rooms, Fat Sams, The Westport Bar, The Viewfield Hotel.

Among the many bands who we have promoted in Dundee over the years they include Biffy Clyro, Franz Ferdinand, Kaiser Chiefs, The Twang, The Courteeners, We Are Scientists, The Futureheads, The Editors, Hundred Reasons, The Cribs, The Music, Mylo, The Subways, Brendan Benson, Kasabian, Ash, Frank Black, Supergrass, Oasis, Buzzcocks, The Rezillos and many, others.

We have also promoted some legendary shows at Arbroath's Viewfield Hotel with bands such as Fastlane, Adequate Seven, Yashin, Exit Ten, Enter Shikari, Sergeant, The Underground Heroes, Captain Everything!, Caffeine, R.X Bandits, The Suffrajets, Mendeed , No Comply, The Fratellis, Capdown, Hell is For Heroes, and The Freaks Union.

Beat Generator Fanzine History

The fanzine Beat Generator was launched in early 1993 with the aim of providing a good, well rounded account of the local Dundee music scene.

Much of the content of the 'zine consisted of local gig reviews, demo tape reviews and a gossip column to discuss the on goings happenings with local bands.

Every copy of the fanzine was distributed free of charge around the pubs and shops in Dundee-the costs of printing were covered by a few shops and pubs who took out regular adverts .considerable fun was had running the 'zine and running around at the last minute with new features before going to the printers for publication.

From the start of the first issue, we never considered ourselves budding journalists - part of the fun was that it did'int really matter if there was spelling mistakes as we were operating on a D.I.Y basis

Check out the offical Beat Generator web site for some long lost archives which will be of particular interest to those involved in the Dundee scene in the early 1990s.Enjoy your walk down memory lane.

Fast Eddie and Matt Vinyl.

P.S.

The name Matt Vinyl came from the Edinburgh punk band Matt Vinyl and the Decorators - a fantastic punk band who left a lasting impression upon me.