They had switched to electric instruments and began playing 1950s rock and roll on the pub circuit. Charlie King) on drums and Laurie Lever on keyboards. In mid-1974 Moonshine Jug and String Band changed their name to the Keystone Angels, with the line up of John Brewster on lead vocals and bass guitar, Rick on guitar, Neeson on bass guitar and vocals, Peter Christopolous (a.k.a. In 2015 the group were inducted into the Adelaide Music Collective Hall of Fame. Both releases were on the Sphere Organisation label owned by John Woodruff, who later became the Angels' talent manager for two decades. It was followed in 1974 by a single, "That's All Right with Me". It contained a cover version of Canned Heat's " On the Road Again" and three original tracks: one written by John, one by John and Rick, and one by Neeson. They released their debut four-track extended play, Keep You on the Move, which made the top 5 in Adelaide. In 1973 Spencer Tregloan joined Moonshine Jug and String Band on banjo, kazoo, jug, tuba and backing vocals. The folk band gigged at local university campuses and cafes. In 1971 they were joined by Belfast-born immigrant, Bernard "Doc" Neeson, on guitar and lead vocals (ex-the Innocents), an arts student and former army sergeant, who already performed locally as Doc Talbot. Fellow members were Craig Holden on guitar, Bob Petchell on banjo and harp, and Pete Thorpe on tea chest bass, bass guitar, wash tub and backing vocals. In November 1970 future member of the Angels, John Brewster on guitar, banjo, harp, backing vocals and washboard, and his brother Rick on violin, washboard, jug, backing vocals and percussion formed the Moonshine Jug and String Band, an acoustic ensemble, in Adelaide. 1.6 2010s: Neeson solo to Gleeson on lead vocals.1.4 1990s: Beyond Salvation to Doc Neeson's departure.1.3 1980s: Face to Face overseas version to Beyond Salvation.Doc Neeson died on 4 June 2014, aged 67, of a brain tumour. After 20 years on the road, the band showed little sign of easing up on the hard rock fever." Chris Bailey died on 4 April 2013, aged 62, after being diagnosed with throat cancer. In turn, The Angels' shows raised the standard expected of live music. brand of no-frills, hard-driving boogie rock attracted pub goers in unprecedented numbers. helped redefine the Australian pub rock tradition. Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, declared that "The Angels had a profound effect on the Australian live music scene of the late 1970s/early 1980s. The Angels were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in October 1998 with the line-up of Bailey, John and Rick Brewster, Eccles and Neeson. Alternative versions continued with new members, the current line up featuring the founding Brewster Brothers on lead and rhythm guitar and Screaming Jets vocalist Dave Gleeson.
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Subsequently, competing versions of the group performed using the Angels name, until April 2008 when the original 1970s line-up reformed for a series of tours until 2011, when Neeson and Bidstrup left again. Neeson left the group in 1999 due to spinal injuries sustained in a car accident and they disbanded in the following year. The Angels have been cited by Guns N' Roses and Cheap Trick who became friends and touring buddies, Great White who have covered two of their songs, and Seattle grunge band Pearl Jam among many others, as having influenced their music. In the international market, to avoid legal problems with similarly named acts, their records have been released under the names, Angel City and later The Angels from Angel City, yet the band has said numerous times that they dislike these names.
Their top 20 singles are " No Secrets" (1980), " Into the Heat" (1981), " We Gotta Get out of This Place" (1987), " Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again" (live, 1988), " Let the Night Roll On" and " Dogs Are Talking" (both 1990). Their studio albums on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart top 10 are No Exit (July 1979), Dark Room (June 1980), Night Attack (November 1981), Two Minute Warning (November 1984), Howling (October 1986) and Beyond Salvation (February 1990).
In 1976, King was replaced by Graham "Buzz" Bidstrup on drums, Chris Bailey took over bass duties so Neeson could focus solely on vocals, and they changed their name to just 'The Angels'. The Angels are an Australian rock band which formed in Taperoo, a small beachside suburb in Adelaide in 1974 as The Keystone Angels by Bernard "Doc" Neeson on lead vocals and bass guitar, John Brewster on rhythm guitar and backing vocals, his brother Rick Brewster on lead guitar and backing vocals, Charlie King on drums.