The Beater

The Beater was the axe hero in the band the Macc Lads. Born in Goa, India in November 1964 and smuggled into the UK via the Asian Relocation Service of England while still a baby, Beater grew up in Macclesfield with his father Abdul, mother Mazerezpl and 18 brothers and sisters.He proved to be as adept at playing the guitar as the sitar and after being outcast by his family in 1981 for walking into the house with his shoes on, he joined the Macc Lads .The Beater (he beats around the bush) raised whinging ingratitude to an art form. At a gig in St.Andrews Uni in 1988 he won the £20 jackpot on the fruit machine in the SU and after scooping up the coins went "Fuckin 'ell, is that all". He left the band so many times it was proposed that a revolving door be named after him. Finally in 1991 he walked out during the 10 Years Lafter tour and has had nowt to do with the Lads since.He was the best axe man the band had but resented the success the Lads achieved peddling 3-chord punk when he himself was "a very good guitarist actually", even though in 1991 the ungrateful twat was making between £350 and £700 per gig.He returned to the folds of his bretheren after leaving in 91 and is now the proud father of Abdul Wazim Ben-Beater Jr.He still lives in Macclesfield and now works as a postman (and is undoubtedly a joy to work with around Xmas time).