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Rock Family Trees

Series 1

Episode 6: The New Merseybeat

Duration: 50 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four

A series using family trees compiled by music journalist Pete Frame to explore the dramas that lie behind some of the best-known bands. Fifteen years after the original Mersey beat sound, Liverpool again became the breeding ground for many top bands, and they all started out in a damp basement club called Eric's. The bands include Echo and the Bunnymen, the Teardrop Explodes, OMD, the Lightning Seeds and the KLF. Show less

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