# Le Beat Route review, 23 February 1987

> A typed fanzine page with a review headed “New English - La Beatroute 23.2.87”. The writer calls the band the liveliest of the night, notes wrong opening chords on “Sixteen” and says it was their tenth gig since October. A grainy photograph of three people by a doorway is captioned to say that Joz, the one in the middle, is no longer with the band, and a small competition box asks readers to name the band, where it comes from and who left it without a bassist. The same page holds reviews of another band and a notice for a zine called Fight Back.

- Type: Fanzine review
- Date: 23.2.87
- Subjects: The New English, Shareef C, Joz
- Also named: Le Beat Route, Lost Chord, Bonaparte’s, Fight Back, Amebix, Sacrilege, Concrete Sox, Ripcord
- Image credit: Page signed off “Nik”.
- Web copy: Private contact details are masked on this web copy. One passage is covered on this web copy. The original document is unchanged.
- Canonical page: https://thenewenglish.org/archive/le-beat-route-review/
- Image: https://thenewenglish.org/media/le-beat-route-review-848.jpg (848 x 1168 px)

Excerpt: “the liveliest band out on the night” (Fanzine review, 23 February 1987.)

## Related performances

- **23 February 1987**, Le Beat Route, London. (Sources: [A09](https://thenewenglish.org/archive/le-beat-route-review/))

## Source note

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## Cite this item

Le Beat Route review, 23 February 1987. The New English Archive. Last substantive revision 5 November 2026. https://thenewenglish.org/archive/le-beat-route-review/