Dominic Killalea is an Australian musician who was a Sydney-based
indie rock
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singer-songwriter and guitarist who played in different bands during the 1980s and 1990s including The Upbeat,
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The Mexican Spitfires
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during their 1989 tour of Sydney and Canberra with
The Proclaimers
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. Killalea also played during the early 1990s in the cover band The Dilburys and in the late 1990s, in The New Dilburys, with many new members. The other original member being saxophonist Michael Goy, who also played with Zoo Story. In 2006, Killalea recorded a CD with a group called
Riandom but it remained unreleased. The CD, Turn it On! was released in April 2018 on streaming services and as a digital download.
Mr Killalea currently lives in New Zealand and is the principal of
Wellington High School.
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Living people
New Zealand musicians
Year of birth missing (living people)
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