David Sean "Gleeso" Gleeson (born 3 June 1968) is the lead singer of Australian hard rock group

The Screaming Jets The Screaming Jets are an Australian hard rock band formed in Newcastle, Australia, in 1989 by frontman Dave Gleeson (vocals), Paul Woseen (bass guitar), Grant Walmsley (guitar)Richard Lara(guitar), and Brad Heaney (drums). The band has three al ...

. He was born in

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and currently resides in Adelaide Hills, South Australia

Biography

David Sean Gleeson, Note: User may have to click 'Search again' and provide details at 'Enter a title:' e.g Body Bag; or at 'Performer:' Screaming Jets was born in 1968 and grew up in

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. He made his stage debut in 1978, with his school choir at the Abermain Eisteddfod. At 11 years old he won $10 in a talent contest at Cardiff Worker's Club singing "Monster's Holiday" with a friend. Gleeson formed his first rock band, Aspect, in 1985, with school pal, Grant Walmsley. In January 1989 Gleeson on lead vocals and Walmsley on guitar, were joined by Brad Heaney on drums, Richard Lara on guitar and Paul Woseen on bass guitar, to form

as a hard rock band in Newcastle. Within twelve months they had performed more than 280 live shows, they established a reputation for being one of the best young live bands in Australia, winning the praises and support slots of The Angels, The Choirboys and The Radiators. By late 1989, The Screaming Jets had won youth radio station

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's National Band Competition. They signed a recording deal with the leading independent label rooArt. The Screaming Jets moved from their hometown

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's notorious Kings Cross district in early 1990, and recorded their debut album All For One in mostly midnight to dawn sessions at a local studio, after playing live shows seven nights a week. In 2006, Gleeson appeared as the vocal coach for actress

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in the televised celebrity singing competition '' It Takes Two''. He returned to the show in 2007 and partnered with TV presenter,

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. In early 2011 Gleeson was offered a radio show with the

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network. By mid-year he was hosting two shows, ''Access All Areas'' and ''Rock of Ages'', interviewing artists including

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and

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, and giving an inside view of the music industry. Late that year Gleeson recorded an album, ''

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'' (31 August 2012), with his childhood idols, The Angels, as their new lead singer, and they completed a national tour. In 2014, he recorded a second album with them, called '' Talk The Talk'' On 19 June 2016 at the Governor Hindmarsh - Adelaide, Dave Gleeson was inducted into The South Australian Music Hall Of Fame, alongside The Angels. On 31 January 2022 he returned to Australian rock radio station Triple M filling the 7-10pm nightly slot with his new show Triple M nights with Dave Gleeson broadcasting across Australia from Triple M Adelaide studio.

References

External links

Access All Areas With Dave Gleeson

The Screaming Jets - Official Web Site
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