Deadbeat Explained

Deadbeat, deadbeats or dead-beat may refer to:

• Deadbeat escapement, a type of escapement used in pendulum clocks
• Dead-beat control, a problem in discrete control theory of finding an optimal input sequence that will bring the system output to a given setpoint in a finite number of time steps
• Deadbeat parent, pejorative term referring to parents who do not fulfill their parental responsibilities
• Dead Beat, a 1992 novel by Val McDermid
• Dead Beat (The Dresden Files), a 2005 book of the Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher

Film and television

• Deadbeats, a 1977 film, starring Chris Mulkey
• Dead Beat, a 1994 film based on the life of real-life serial killer Charles Schmid
• Deadbeat (TV series), a 2014 Hulu original TV series
• Deadbeat Films, a British film and TV production company

Music

• Deadbeat, the stage name of Canadian electronica musician Scott Montieth
• The Deadbeats, an art punk band formed in 1977 in Los Angeles, California
• Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats, an English rock band formed in 2009
• Deadbeats, a record label launched by Canadian electronic music duo Zeds Dead
• Deadbeat Club, a song by the B-52's from their 1989 album Cosmic Thing
• "Dead-Beat", a song by King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard from the 2011 EP Willoughby's Beach