Lee Beato

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Name = Lee Beato


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Birth_name = Pete Luchter

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Instruments = drums
Genre = Heavy Metal Punk rock
Shock rock
Occupation = drums
Years_active =1989
Label = Metal Blade Records
DRT Entertainment
Slave Pit Inc.
Associated_acts = GWAR
URL = [http://www.GWAR.net GWAR official site]

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After the departure of Nippleus Erectus, Pete Luchter, aka Lee Beato (a play on words to sound like "libido") played drums with GWAR for about three months in 1989. According to Mind Control Monthly #8:

"And then there was Lee Beato, but once he was thawed out he began to fade into a phantom and eventually turned into a mist and drifted away"

Beato's costume was a cross between Nippleus and Jizmak, with Nippleus' crossbones headpiece and Jizmak's early jawbone. A version was worn at the 1989 New Music Seminar show which featured skeletal batwings as well. (note: confirmed by Bobby Gorman on 10/14/06 that Luchter/Beato was the drummer at the '89 New Music Seminar show)