Doc Neeson

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Bernard "Doc" Neeson
Doc Neeson's Angels 10/27/2007
Background information
Born	4 January, 1947
Origin	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Genre(s)	Hard rock Blues rock Rock and roll
Instrument(s)	Vocals, Bass guitar
Years active	1971—present
Associated acts	The Angels Red Phoenix

Bernard "Doc" Neeson (born 4 January, 1947 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is an Australian rock singer. Neeson is known as the lead singer and frontman for Australian hard rock band The Angels.

1 Early Life
2 Career
3 References
4 External links

[edit] Early Life

Before his music career became serious, Neeson was an education corps sergeant who served in Papua New Guinea in the late 1960s.^[1]

[edit] Career

Since the '70s, Neeson has been known as the lead singer and frontman for The Angels.

He was part of the Tour of Duty - Concert for the Troops held for the InterFET Troops in East Timor during December 1999. He performed a number of Angels songs and duets with John Farnham and The Living End^[2]. On New Year's Eve, 1999, Neeson announced his departure from The Angels at the MGM Grand Darwin Millennium Concert, following a major car accident^[3].

In February 2001, Neeson performed at the Tour of Duty Encore! concert at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra^[4]^[5]. In the same year the ABC had featured Doc Neeson and The Angels in the music TV series Long Way To The Top which was an insight to 50 years of Australian rock 'n' roll^[6]

In December 2003, he formed the band Doc Neeson's Angels^[7].

In May 2005, Neeson formed the band Red Phoenix ^[8] and released a self-titled album^[9].

In 2006, The Angels and Doc Neeson were featured on a postage stamp for Australia Post as part of their "Australian Rock Posters The Stamps" collection^[10].

In August and September 2007^[11] Neeson appeared and toured with the Doc Neeson’s Angels for the Countdown Spectacular 2 tour^[12].

During October and November 2007, Doc Neeson's Angels was on the "Tour de Force" tour of Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait, supporting the Australian Troops. Neeson was presented with two military medals in Baghdad while touring across the Middle East as part of a morale-boosting concert series for Australian troops known as 'Tour de Force.'^[13]