"British Beefcake" are band of British origin who formed in 2001, consisting of Lead Guitarist Neil Wyatt and British Blues

Blues

Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

 veteran Tom Broxup, utilising his skills as a talented multi-instrumentalist. The two met in the toilets of a late seventies punk rock

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 concert, where they quickly became friends and decided to form a band. They began to rehearse soon after, under the name of 'The Broxup Big Blues Bonanza Band featuring Horns', playing a style of energetic Jump Blues

Jump blues

Jump blues is an up-tempo blues usually played by small groups and featuring horns. It was very popular in the 1940s, and the movement was a precursor to the arrival of rhythm and blues and rock and roll...

, featuring a local brass band, The Cold Blowers, adding sultry and smooth horns to their gritty and uptempo blues rock. After a successful stint touring the pubs and clubs of Southern England, the brass section were fired (allegedly after an argument between The Cold Blowers and Broxup over road transport). A new name, British Beefcake, was chosen to reflect the duo's patriotic beliefs.

The duo recorded an album in the Summer of 2004, The Instrumental Album, featuring a noticeably changed style from their rough and ready blues, displaying a soft Shadows inspired guitar style. Critic Brian Sewell

Brian Sewell

Brian Sewell is an English art critic and media personality. He writes for the London Evening Standard and is noted for artistic conservatism and his acerbic view of the Turner Prize and conceptual art...

 raved about the album stating, "The Instrumental Album is a a powerful work, communicating a calming and reassuring power through the subtle and wholly sensual guitarwork of Neil Wyatt, a retro styled guitarist worthy of Hank Marvin

Hank Marvin

Hank Brian Marvin is an English guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist for The Shadows. The group, which primarily performed instrumentals, was formed as a backing band for vocalist Cliff Richard...

." Various local papers speculated that Topper Headon

Topper Headon

Headon was extensively interviewed for the Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten documentary film about the late Clash frontman. He related his experiences during this period, how he became addicted to heroin and how there were problems before his dismissal...

, formerly of The Clash

The Clash

The Clash were an English punk rock band that formed in 1976 as part of the original wave of British punk. Along with punk, their music incorporated elements of reggae, ska, dub, funk, rap, dance, and rockabilly...

, played drums on the album, however both Wyatt and Broxup deny these claims.

Further praise came from renowned drummer Bev Bevan

Bev Bevan

Bev Bevan is an English rock musician, who was the drummer and one of the original members of The Move and Electric Light Orchestra...

, who has played with the likes of ELO

ELO

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 and Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...

, who stated in a 2004 interview that "British Beefcake are a bloody good band, with bloody good tunes and two bloody good blokes manning the instruments. Bands in Britain just aren't this good anymore". Due to popular demand, the band will touring America

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in the coming year.