Doc Neeson

Doc Neeson
Doc Neeson's Angels The Forum, November 2008
Background information
Birth name	Bernard Patrick Neeson
Also known as	Doc Talbot
Born	(1947-01-04)4 January 1947 Belfast, Northern Ireland
Origin	Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
Died	4 June 2014(2014-06-04) (aged 67) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Genres	Hard rock, blues rock, rock and roll, pub rock
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, musician
Instruments	Vocals, bass guitar, guitar
Years active	1971-2014
Associated acts	The Innocents, Moonshine Jug and String Band, The Keystone Angels, The Angels, Doc Neeson's Angels, Red Phoenix

Bernard Patrick "Doc" Neeson OAM (4 January 1947 – 4 June 2014) was an Australian singer-songwriter and musician. He was the front man for the hard rock band The Angels from its formation in February 1976 to their disbandment in December 1999. For the group Neeson was the main lyricist with brothers, John and Rick Brewster, as the music composers. Their top 20 studio albums on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart are Face to Face (June 1978), No Exit (June 1979), Dark Room (June 1980), Night Attack (November 1981), Watch the Red (May 1983), Two Minute Warning (November 1984) and Howling (October 1986). Their number-one album, Beyond Salvation, on the ARIA Albums Chart appeared in February 1990 and was followed by another top 20 album, Red Back Fever (November 1991). The group's top 20 singles on the related Australian charts are "No Secrets" (1980), "Into the Heat" (1981), "Never so Live" (1981), "We Gotta Get out of This Place" (1987), "Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again" (live, 1988), "Let the Night Roll On" (1990) and "Dogs Are Talking" (1990).

On 20 October 1998 at the ARIA Awards the group were inducted into the Hall of Fame. In early December 1999, three weeks prior to his performance at the Tour of Duty - Concert for the Troops in East Timor, Neeson had a car accident on the Sydney M4 motorway; later that month The Angels disbanded.