English ex-pat Dave Burnett and Melburnian Lee Cutelle began working together in Melbourne (Australia) in the 1960s, releasing the single I Can See The Colours Of A Butterfly b/w Love Is A Million Miles Away in 1969 as Dave ‘n’ Lee on Festival.
Aiming to move into the teenybopper/power pop scene, they added bassist Gordon Harran and drummer Mick Kelly in 1973 and began performing as Beaut.
The group supported The Bay City Rollers on their Australian tour in 1976 and were signed by Festival.
They recorded two singles on Festival’s Infinity imprint – Goodbye Judy b/w Paper Chains (1976) and Why Baby Why? b/w Over And Out (1977).
Despite heavy TV promotion, neither single was successful, and with punk and new wave on the rise, the band morphed into the tougher-sounding Branded.
The new band (minus Gordon Harran, with Burnett moving from guitar to bass) released the 7-inch single You Been Branded b/w Generation Breakout in 1978 on the Infinity label through Festival Records.
1980 saw another name change – to British Jets – and the single Another Day in the City b/w No News.
Dave Burnett
Vocals, guitar, bass Lee Cutelle
Guitar Gordon Harran
Bass Mick Kelly
Drums
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