(c’87-88) Jason Applin (vocals), Ric Testa (Guitar), Paul Harle (Bass), and Dominic Coles (Drums).
The Dead Beats formed in late ’87 and were included in The Buzz Club‘s local band night, at the West End Centre, Aldershot, on 26 November ’87, along with The Aurbisons, The Gathering, The Caretaker, and Drink Britain Dry. They and The Aurbisons returned to the venue and The Buzz Club to support McCarthy on 9 January ’88.
The Dead Beats split in March ’88, returning later in the year in a number of guises, eventually becoming Sugar Mountain.
Applin and Harle went on to The Ha Ha Men. Applin was then a founding member of Bennet and ran an indie record label. Coles would also become a member of and Something Religious, The Outcast Band, and The Four.
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