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Background information
Birth Name Azriel Richard Shekowski Born 25 February 1949, Orem, Utah Occupation Rhythm Guitarist • musician • serial summoner Years active 1960s-1983 Parents Diana Godebert Shekowski  • Bert Shekowski Musical Career Genres Alternative rock • pop rock • pop punk • punk rock • pop • britpop • techno • funk Instruments Electric Guitar Labels A&M Records • I.R.S. Associated acts Batless

Derek Shannon Leto is an American musician and actor. He'd go on to act in a handful of films, such as "30 Days In" (1965) and "Artifact" (1966). He was set to play in "Dry Heels" in 1968 but dropped out for unknown reasons. People have rumored he'd go on to start a war cult in between his time in Dry Heels and the formation of Batless, where he and Richard Allman (rhythm guitar) would go on to form along with Berry McCree (lead vocals) , Grim (drums, percussion) and Rex Trisket (lead guitar). The band put out four albums in it's run, including the late chart hitter Mount Nevermore (1976). They later broke off in 1983 due to "Financial issues." He'd go under the radar until reports found his dead body on The October Express two years later.

Early Life

Derek was born in Rio Linda, California, before moving to Sacramento a few months later. His father, Sean, was serving in the army, meaning they'd move around often. He'd later kill himself when Derek was 8 years old, leaving him completely to his mother to settle once again in Sacramento. He describes her in an interview as "Negligent," "Unaccepting," and most infamously "Unfavorable." Fans have been theorizing what he'd meant by that for decades.

He'd get into acting and theatre when he was just 15 years old, landing himself a spot as a minor, antagonistic character in the horror thriller 30 Days In, He explains that "It wasn't much, but there was something in acting in that role that made me feel...good, in a sense." He would go on to try for more roles in both film and theatre, He'd later meet his crush, 

The overworld

It is unknown why Rían left hell. Some say he also escaped Hell for one reason or another, most saying its because he couldn't do his theatre where he was. Others say he was going to track down Mona Lisa himself. People even say that his dad had sent him to earth, as a spy or otherwise. Whatever the case, he first shown up in the books in Sacramento, California in 1966 as a bartender. He'd only keep that job for about 5 months before picking up a role in the film Dry Heels in 1967. This is where he'd find future band member Derek Leto, who would eventually drop his role to go further into his research of a Horseman sighting. The movie would be released in October 16, 1968, with average reception. According to an interview with The Rolling Stone in 1976, this is also where he'd gotten his circus aesthetic. 

Music career

1971-1983: Batless

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He'd later help small artists, such as The Boogiemen and Bart Novaselic with their music videos, specifically Feverdream (1969), F.B.I. (1969) and Dead Hands (1970) before eventually being invited by Leto to sing for his new band Batless, at the time only being joined by serial summoner Richard Allman. After also inviting guitarist Rex Trisket after seeing him in a local music competition, where he'd get 4th, they began recording demos for their first album Brand New Face. Eventually, they'd need a drummer, and posted a calling around the city. They'd eventually pick up the Horseman of Death to complete their lineup, and eventually put out their album in 1972 independently. 

Controversy

During the 80's in what was called the satanic panic, people had started to get suspicious of demonic activities, with the rock band themselves being no exception to this. People, including fellow musician Felix Osborne, have looked the singer through thick lens and determined that something was up with him. In 1982, he'd say to the press, "Man, wouldn't that be cool? You know, not getting a whole mob up your ass because of a false statement made because some people didn't like the way you walked onto the stage on tour a few days ago. Here's something, go for Felix's ass, it's fucking tight!"

People have found more proof to go with the claim that something was up, the most agreed upon being his resistance to fire, his lack of fatigue, even after a year of touring, and not much information about his life before the band outside of his strange looking high school friends and him claiming that his mother, named Imagination, is currently dead. Eventually the record label would grow increasingly more distrusting of McCree in particular, claiming that he was in charge of a demonic cult who was trying to poison the minds of the youth. Despite the split public stance on his identity, he and his band continued finding success under a new label, I.R.S.

However, in August 3rd, 1983, seemingly after meeting a blue hair woman who was called Mona Lisa, he'd grown so frustrated he'd shapeshift into a demonic form out in public. This caused a public outcry amongst the rock scene. The band would eventually break up, however rather than allegations, they stated it was because "financial reasons."

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