David Burnett and Lee Cutelle had worked together for many years in the music industry prior to forming Beaut. This included cutting a single, ”I Can See The Colours Of A Butterfly/Love Is A Million Miles Away” in 1969 as duo Dave ‘N’ Lee on the Festival label produced by Pat Aulton. Wanting to move into the teenybopper power pop scene they added bassist Gordon Harran and drummer Mick Kelly in 1973.
Starting out as Avery Lane they entered in TV show New Faces. The band came second and with it came a name change to Beaut after a magazine of the time. Beaut appeared on Countdown, Sound Unlimited, the Ernie Sigley Show, The Super Flying Fun Show and several TV telethons. They also supported The Bay City Rollers on their Australian tour of 1976. The band was signed by Festival and recorded two singles on the Infinity imprint, ”Goodbye Judy/Paper Chains” (1976) and ”Why Baby Why?/Over And Out” (1977). Both singles bombed and with new wave invading the charts the band morphed into the tougher sounding Branded, who also released a single on Infinity ”You Been Branded/Generation Breakout” (1978).
Members
David Burnett (vocals/guitar), Lee Cutelle (guitar), Gordon Harran (bass), Mick Kelly (drums)
