Dominic Killalea is an Australian musician who was a Sydney-based indie rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, playing in different bands during the 1980s and 1990s including The Upbeat,[1] The Go, and Zoo Story. He played with The Mexican Spitfires[1] during their 1989 tour of Sydney and Canberra with The Proclaimers. 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.[2]
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- ^ a b Spencer, Chris; Zbig Nowara; Paul McHenry (2002) [1987]. "Killalea, Dominic". The Who's Who of Australian Rock. Noble Park, Vic.: Five Mile Press. ISBN 1-86503-891-1. Archived from the original on 29 February 2012. Note: [on-line] version established at White Room Electronic Publishing Pty Ltd in 2007 and was expanded from the 2002 edition.
- ^ "Principal's Message". Wellington High School. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
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