Occupation(s) Musician Role Musician Name Pete Freitas | Years active 1979–1989 | |
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Birth name Peter Louis Vincent de Freitas Born 2 August 1961Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago ( 1961-08-02 ) Died June 14, 1989, Longdon, Staffordshire, United Kingdom Music groups Echo & the Bunnymen (1980 – 1989), The Wild Swans (1982) Albums Ocean Rain, Songs to Learn & Sing, Heaven Up Here, Echo & the Bunnymen, Porcupine | ||
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Peter Louis "Pete" Vincent de Freitas (2 August 1961 – 14 June 1989) was a musician and producer. He was the drummer in Echo & the Bunnymen, and performed on their first five albums.
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De Freitas was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, and educated by the Benedictines at Downside School in Somerset, south-west England. His father, Denis, was a copyright lawyer. He joined the Bunnymen in 1979, replacing a drum machine.
In 1985, de Freitas temporarily absconded from the band. He spent several months drinking in New Orleans, while attempting to form a new group, The Sex Gods. By 1987 he returned to the Bunnymen to record their fifth album, though only as a part-time member. He was married in the same year and his daughter Lucie Marie was born in 1988.
He died in a motorcycle accident in 1989 at the age of 27, on his way to Liverpool from London. He was riding a 900cc Ducati motorcycle on the A51 road in Longdon Green, Staffordshire and was in collision with a motor vehicle at approximately 16:00. His ashes are buried in Goring-on-Thames.
His sisters Rose and Rachel were founding members of the band The Heart Throbs. His brother Frank is the bass player of The Woodentops.
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