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= Thamesbeat = Thamesbeat (after Merseybeat) is a musical style influenced by folk, British Indie Rock, traditional Irish and Scottish Celtic music, and Skiffle. The sound is most commonly associated with bands formed in South West London and nearby areas along the Thames estuary in the early 2000s, including Mystery Jets, Larrikin Love, Jamie T and Good Shoes.

Origin
The first recorded usage of the term 'Thamesbeat' was during an interview on BBC Radio 1 by English Power Pop group The Pleasers in 1978, as a jovial reference to their sound often being alined to that of The Beatles and Merseybeat. In 2007, The Pleasers re-released their retrospective album entitled "Thamesbeat". The British indie band The Times would also satirise the movement in their 1983 song "Whatever Happened to Thamesbeat?".

Eel Pie Island and The White Cross Revival 2004-2006
In June 2004, Mystery Jets held the first in a series of parties dubbed 'The White Cross Revival' on Eel Pie Island, an inhabited islet in the London suburb of Twickenham on the River Thames. Previously in the 1960s and 1970s, the Island had been the location of a famous Jazz and Blues venue which played host to early performances from The Rolling Stones, The Who, Rod Stewart, The Yardbirds, Pink Floyd, John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, Jimi Hendrix and many other stars of the day.

Mystery Jets' 'White Cross Revival' parties were in part a celebration of the Island's musical heritage, and also an opportunity to stage concerts by friend's bands in the surrounding artistic community, many of whom had young fanbases attending nearby Richmond College and Kingston University. The parties were held in a boat shed belonging to band member Blaine Harrison's dad, Henry Harrison (also a member of the band). The parties were free entry, had a BYOB policy and often featured between anywhere between five to ten performances in an evening.

Mystery Jets, Larrikin love, Jamie T, Good Shoes, Jeremy Warmsley, LadyFuzz, The Noisettes, Known, Dustin's Bar Mitzva, Les Incompetents, Restlesslist, Acoustic Ladyland, Dr Filth, Away the Star,

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