Dreamkillers

Band members

• Line-up
  • Ross Cobb (guitar)
  • Krist Hellboy (drums)
  • Les Jobson (vocals)
  • Kev Lemming (guitar)

• Former members
  • Antz Palmer (bass) (2009 - 2010)
  • Chopper (drums) (2006 - 2008)
  • Dean Meataxe (bass) (2006 - 2008)
  • Sean Witcher (guitar) (1991 - 1999)
  • Dave Smith (bass) (1996 - 1999)
  • Lindsay Beasley (drums) (1994 - 1999)
  • Terry McDougall (bass) (1991 - 1996)
  • Sid Roberts (guitar) (1991 - 1996)
  • Paul McCullum (drums) (1991 - 1994)

Website

myspace.com/dreamkillersoz

Formed

Brisbane, QLD, 1991

Band information

The Dreamkillers is a raw and fast, larrikin punk/metal band with socially-aware lyrics from Brisbane with a history stretching back to a combination of members from Insane Hombres and a band called the Mystery of Sixes that featured Jobson and was famous as the only Australian act ever to be signed to the Alternative Tentacles label.

While the Dreamkillers sound lurched closer to hardcore than to metal the band nonetheless gained a sizeable following among the metal crowd, particularly in their home state although forays across the border always proved successful.

The Dreamkillers' music was often aggressive, often humourous and live shows were energetic with displays of full frontal nudity from Jobson a common feature. The band formed in 1991 with Paul McCullum on drums, Terry McDougall playing bass and Sid Roberts as second guitarist along with Jobson and Witcher and recorded a brace of scorching EPs. They supported the likes of Body Count and Sepultura before undergoing numerous line-up changes which saw Beasley and Smith enter the picture.

The Dreamkillers had all but officially disbanded when they were picked up by Roadrunner Records, then recovened as a four piece for the Character Building Hell Trip album, only to split for good shortly afterward. Poison Carnival is a re-release of the first two EPs.

In 2006, Jobson reformed the band with members of Brisbane punk band Psychotic Lemmings and under the name Jobson's Dreamkillers made a one-off appearance at the annual 4ZZZ Market Day. Reaction was so strong that guitarist Ross Cobb was recruited and the Dreamkillers has subsequently continued. Scratching at the Windows is a compilation of older songs and The Dark Years was a one-take studio recording of new tracks. A new EP emerged in mid-2010 featuring Antz Palmer (Post Life Disorder) although he has since left.

Discography

Albums:

	1995	Scorched Earth Policy	Siren
	1998	Character Building Hell Trip	Roadrunner
	1999	Poison Carnival	Roadrunner
	2008	Scratching at the Windows	Rare Collectable
	2008	The Dark Years	Rare Collectable

Singles:

	1995	Sara	Siren
	1996	Dry Reach	Roadrunner

EPs:

	1992	Poison in the Soup	Velvet Urge
	1993	Carnival of Skin	Velvet Urge
	1993	Fairgrounds for Insanity	Velvet Urge
	2010	Pockets of Water	Rare Collectable

Compilation tracks:

Year	Track Title	Album Title	Label
1995	"Sara"	This is Twelve	ABC
1995	"On the Night"	Vulgar Tongue	Shock
2000	"Dreamkillers"	Behind the Banana Curtain	WEA