Dreamkillers

Band members

• Final line-up
  • Les Jobson (vocals)
  • Lindsay Beasley (drums)
  • Sean Witcher (guitar)
  • Dave Smith (bass)

• Former members
  • Terry McDougall (bass) (1991 - 1996)
  • Sid Roberts (guitar) (1991 - 1996)
  • Paul McCullum (drums) (1991 - 1994)

Website

myspace.com/jobsonsdreamkillers

Formed

Brisbane, QLD, 1991

Band information

The Dreamkillers is a raw and fast, larrikin metalcore unit 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 reappeared with a new Dreamkillers line-up, billed now as either Jobson’s Dreamkillers or simply Dreamkillers.

Discography

Albums:

	1995	Scorched Earth Policy	Siren
	1998	Character Building Hell Trip	Roadrunner
	1999	Poison Carnival	Roadrunner

Single:

	1995	Sara	Siren

EPs:

	1992	Poison in the Soup	Velvet Urge
	1993	Carnival of Skin	Velvet Urge
	1993	Fairgrounds for Insanity	Velvet Urge

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