the Rage (1984), aided by the single "Tenderness". Three years later, they released Hand to Mouth (1986), which was less successful, and the band broke up. In 1995, Roger and Wakeling reformed General Public with a new supporting band, and released the album Rub It Better. The duo also worked on various projects and reunited for the 1994 Threesome soundtrack, recording a cover of "I'll Take You There". Roger released Radical Departure, his first solo album, in 1988 which included band members Panter and Fuzz Townshend. The single "So Excited" peaked at No. 23 on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart. On 2001's Inside My Head, Roger pursued a more dance/electronic sound. Collaborations In the early 1990s, Roger joined members of the Specials to form the new band Special Beat which released two live albums. In 1996, he sang back-up and toasting on the new version of the Police's "The Bed's Too Big Without You" on Sting's "Let Your Soul Be Your Pilot" CD-Maxi single. The American rock band Smash Mouth featured Roger on the song "You Are My Number One" from their album Get the Picture? (2003). He collaborated with Pato Banton in 1995 on "Bubbling Hot", which peaked at No. 15 on the UK single charts. In 2005, the Beat re-formed, with Roger and Everett Morton of the original line-up, with Roger's son, Ranking Junior also on vocals. Performing some new material, the Beat performed at Glastonbury the same year, where Roger was joined by Ranking Junior. Roger sang on "Roxanne" onstage with the Police on their 2007 reunion tour. He was a guest performer on Big Audio Dynamite's seventh album Higher Power in 1994 when the band were known as simply 'Big Audio'. He later became a member of Big Audio Dynamite for their final studio album Entering a New Ride (1997). Roger contributed to Walls Come Tumbling Down: The Music and Politics of Rock Against Racism, 2 Tone and Red Wedge, written by Daniel Rachel and published in 2016. Roger collaborated with Welsh ragga-metal band Dub War on a cover of the Upsetters' "War Ina Babylon" in what is claimed to be his last recording before his death, which will be included on their 2022 album Westgate Under Fire. Later work Roger continued to lead the Beat and tours throughout Europe as well as works on solo projects. In his last years he released a series