Backbeat


 * ''Backbeat is an Autobot in the IDW portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.



Backbeat was a member of Hot Rod's unit to Ki-Aleta and was the team's explosives expert. His alternate mode was a hover-crane.

IDW comics continuity


Upon arriving at the Omega Bunker, Backbeat reported that the local weather conditions played havoc with his instrumentation. He, Gizmo and Dealer set up a diversion involving a holomatter generation and low-yield explosives to keep the ancient structure's Omega Guardians busy while Hot Rod and Download tunneled their way into the Magnificence's chamber. He presumably died when Gizmo's holomatter generator exploded and exposed them to the Omega Guardians.