The Screaming Jets
| The Screaming Jets | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | The Love Bomb |
| Origin | Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genres | Hard rock, pub rock |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Labels | rooArt, Phonogram, Warners, Grudge, Universal, Independent, StockXChange, Atlantic |
| Website | 'thescreamingjets.com.au' |
| Members |
Dave Gleeson Paul Woseen Jimi "The Human" Hocking Mickl Sayers Scotty Kingman |
| Past members | Grant Walmsley Brad Heaney Richard Lara Craig Rosevear Ismet Osmanovic Steve Hicks Col Hatchman |
The Screaming Jets are an Australian hard rock band formed in Newcastle, Australia in 1989 by front man Dave Gleeson (vocals), Paul Woseen (bass guitar), Grant Walmsley (guitar), Richard Lara (guitar) and Brad Heaney (drums). The band has three albums that peaked in the top five on the Australian ARIA Charts, All for One (1991), Tear of Thought (1992) and The Screaming Jets (1995). Their 1991 single, "Better", reached No. 4 on the related singles chart. Walmsley left in 2007 and formed his own band. In 2013, bassist Paul Woseen released an acoustic solo album, Bombido.
Dave Gleeson and Grant Walmsley met at St Francis Xavier's College, Hamilton in 1981 and first performed together for a school dance at the Newcastle Town Hall. They formed the group Sudden Impact in 1985, which later became Aspect. Paul Woseen joined in 1988. and Richard Lara (guitar) and Brad Heaney shortly after. The band was renamed Screaming Jets in 1989. The group's first performance as The Screaming Jets was as The Love Bomb in a Newcastle pub in March 1989. and they won the inaugural National Band Competition run by youth radio broadcaster Triple J in November. The group relocated to Sydney in early 1990 and supported The Angels on a national tour. In May 1990, they signed with independent label, rooArt. Their debut extended play (EP), The Scorching Adventures of the Screaming Jets, was issued in December 1990.
Through late 1990, The Screaming Jets became infamous for a series of raucous, sometimes violent, live shows. During shows to launch the debut EP, fights often broke out as the band's faithful Newcastle fans mixed with the new Sydney fans. A show at The Kardomah Cafe in Sydney's red light district saw a string of casualties being ferried to the street outside with injuries including broken noses, a broken leg and numerous victims of heat exhaustion.
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