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Dreamkillers
12+ albums
hard rockheavy metalpunkmetalcrossover
about
1990 was the year Dreamkillers busted their way onto the Aussie underground scene via the culmination of two local Brisbane punk outfits; “Mystery of Sixes” and “Insane Hombres”. The name Dreamkillers came after a conversation regarding the 1957 Williams Burrows classic, The Red Planet, where he refers to the “dream killers”. Disillusioned with the inferior commercial offerings of the time, Dreamkillers soon channelled this angst into a raunchy punk-inspired, hardrock / heavy-metal tour-de-force that became their trademark sound. Initially the band struggled to find a reliable drummer until coming across heavy-metal enthusiast Paul McCullam. Vocalist Les Jobson and Bassist Terry McDougal took on Sid Roberts and Sean Witcher as rhythm guitar and lead guitar, respectively. Paul McCullam would later be replaced by legendary, double-kick merchant, Lindsay Beasley. With the help of agent, visual artist and manager Paul Curtis, Dreamkillers smashed everyone with their debut EP “Poison in the Soup”. A favourite staple of non-commercial radio, Dreamkillers found their music feature in the charts and also saw their single “Sarah” on a compilation album from popular radio station Triple J. In describing the trials and tribulations from the success during this time Les Jobson has recently recalled the wild ride Dreamkillers’ took through “riots, adulation, heroin addiction, homelessness, court trials, violence, rolling the tour van, getting mobbed in Adelaide, mid performance arr
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