Today one of Australia’s most loved and respected rock bands, The Screaming Jets, releases their the eighth full-length album GOTCHA COVERED.
GOTCHA COVERED was largely inspired by the band’s favourite radio hits of the last 50+ years, and songs that evoke nostalgic reference to the past. The Screaming Jets salute an eclectic collection of Aussie artists with their own trademark interpretation of songs from The Easybeats, Men At Work, Paul Kelly, The Angels, You Am I, Hoodoo Gurus, INXS and AC/DC, just to name a few.
Produced by longtime collaborator Steve James (All For One, Living in England EP, Tear of Thought, World Gone Crazy and the band’s most recent release from 2016, Chrome), the selection of tracks were recorded raw and live at Sing Sing Studios in Melbourne earlier in the year. What came out of the studio was a collection of 15 iconic Aussie songs spanning the mid 1960’s to late 1990’s, paying homage to a cross-section of Australian music history.
Singer and front man Dave Gleeson muses, “What we came up with was a great Aussie party album. Covering songs that have shaped us; songs from our youth; songs that have been written and performed by contemporaries and songs that will make even the most loyal fan go “what the” … I can’t wait to get out with the boys and belt these songs out with the rest of Australia…”
Catch the Screaming Jets on the Rock Radio Riot Tour, with special guests
Boom Crash Opera
Presented by Triple M
Tickets: www.thescreamingjets.com.au
Friday 3 August Bridge Hotel, Sydney – The Screaming Jets only*
Saturday 4 August Bridge Hotel, Sydney – The Screaming Jets only*
Sunday 5 August
Friday 10 August Shoppingtown Hotel, Doncaster, VIC
Saturday 11 August Village Green Hotel, Mulgrave, VIC
Friday 17 August Kingsford Juniors, Sydney NSW
Saturday 18 August Rooty Hill RSL, NSW
Friday 24 August Parkwood Tavern, Gold Coast, QLD
Saturday 25 August Hamilton Hotel, Brisbane, QLD
Friday 31 August The Gov, Adelaide, SA
Saturday 1 September The Gov, Adelaide, SA
Friday 7 September Ravenswood Hotel, WA
Saturday 8 September Charles Hotel, Perth WA
Friday 14 September
Saturday 15 September Revesby Workers, Sydney NSW
*GOTCHA COVERED album launch – playing 2 sets, the new album in full + the hits and fan favourites