Dave Gleeson

David Sean Gleeso Gleeson born 3 June 1968 is the lead singer of Australian hard rock group The Screaming Jets He was born in Newcastle New South Wales and currently resides in Adelaide Hills South Australia David Sean Gleeson was born in 1968 and grew up in Newcastle 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 Workers Club singing Monsters 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 The Screaming Jets 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 Triple Js National Band Competition They signed a recording deal with the leading independent label rooArt The Screaming Jets moved from their hometown Newcastle to Sydneys 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 Kate Fischer in the televised celebrity singing competition It Takes Two He returned to the show in 2007 and partnered with TV presenter Julia Zemiro In early 2011 Gleeson was offered a radio show with the Triple M network By midyear he was hosting two shows Access All Areas and Rock of Ages interviewing artists including Jimmy Barnes and Don McLean and giving an inside view of the music industry Late that year Gleeson recorded an album Take It to the Streets 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 710pm nightly slot with his new show Triple M nights with Dave Gleeson broadcasting across Australia from Triple M Adelaide studio