The Angels are an Australian rock band that formed in 1974 in Adelaide as the Keystone Angels with 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, and Peter "Charlie" King on drums. 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'. Their studio albums that peaked in the Australian top 10 are No Exit (1979), Dark Room (1980), Night Attack (1981), Two Minute Warning (1984), Howling (1986) and Beyond Salvation (1990). 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", "Let the Night Roll On" and "Dogs Are Talking".
Beyond Salvation is the ninth studio album by the Australian hard rock band The Angels, produced and recorded in Memphis by Terry Manning. It was released in the US in November 1989 and in Australia in June 1990. The album peaked at No. 1 on the ARIA Albums Chart and it also peaked at number 3 on the Recorded Music NZ.
Night Attack is the fifth studio album by Australian band The Angels, it was released in November 1981 through Epic Records. The album peaked at No. 11 on the National albums chart. For the 1982 American release of Night Attack by Epic Records, they used the band name Angel City.
Two Minute Warning is the seventh studio album by Australian rock band The Angels, released on 28 November 1984. It was subsequently released in the United States in January 1985, under the alias Angel City. The album peaked at number 5 in Australia and number 31 in New Zealand.
Skin & Bone is the eleventh studio album by The Angels, released in March 1998 and reached No. 29 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
Howling is the eighth studio album by Australian hard rock band The Angels, released in October 1986. The album charted at number 6 in Australia and it peaked at number 10 in New Zealand.
Live Line is double live album by Australian hard rock band The Angels originally released in December 1987. It reached No. 3 in Australia and No.14 in New Zealand.
Dark Room is the fourth studio album by Australian band The Angels, released in June 1980. It was their first album for CBS/Epic and was co-produced by the group's John and Richard Brewster (brothers). It peaked at number five on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart. It reached number 37 on the New Zealand Albums Chart in July 1980.
Red Back Fever is the tenth studio album by hard rock band The Angels and reached No. 14 on the ARIA Albums Chart and No. 41 in New Zealand.
"No Secrets" is a song by Australian hard rock group, the Angels, released in April 1980 from their fourth studio album, Dark Room. "No Secrets" peaked at number 8 on the Kent Music Report Singles Chart. It was co-written by band members, Graham "Buzz" Bidstrup and Bernard "Doc" Neeson. In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the most Australian songs of all time, "No Secrets" was ranked number 50.
40 Years of Rock – Vol 1: 40 Greatest Studio Hits is a three-disc greatest hits album by Australian hard rock group, the Angels, released on 2 May 2014. The album includes 40 songs from The Angels career spanning the years 1974–2014. It reached No. 20 on the ARIA Albums Chart.
Greatest Hits is a compilation album by Australian hard rock band The Angels, released in November 2011. Greatest Hits peaked at number 26 on the ARIA Charts. It was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association in 2015.
Red Back Fever/Left Hand Drive is a double album by Australian hard rock band The Angels, released in July 1992. The album is a re-issue of 1991's Red Back Fever with a disc, titled Left Hand Drivewhich is a disc of remixes, rarities, unreleased and deleted songs and B-Sides. This was later released as the second disc of Greatest Hits - the Mushroom Years with the addition of the track "Blue Light" from the deleted Hard Evidence Tour E.P..
"Don't Waste My Time" is a song by Australian hard rock band the Angels, released in October 1986 as the second single from their eighth studio album Howling. The song peaked at number 40 on the Kent Music Report and number 38 on the Recorded Music NZ chart.
Never So Live is the third EP by Australian hard rock band the Angels, released in 1981. The EP peaked at number 17 on the Kent Music Report.
"Back Street Pickup" is a song by Australian hard rock band, the Angels, released in July 1990 as the third single from their ninth studio album Beyond Salvation. The song peaked at number 23 on the ARIA Charts and reached number 29 on the Recorded Music NZ chart.
"Can't Take Any More" is a song by Australian hard rock band the Angels, released in April 1987 as the fourth and final single from their eighth studio album Howling. "Can't Take Any More" peaked at number 63 on the Kent Music Report.
"Let the Night Roll On" is a song by Australian hard rock band the Angels, released in January 1990 as the lead single from The Angels ninth studio album Beyond Salvation. "Let the Night Roll On" peaked at number 17 on the ARIA Charts.
"Finger on the Trigger" is a song by Australian hard rock band The Angels. Released as a non-album single in November 1988, it peaked at number 34 on the ARIA Charts.
Richard Brewster-Jones, who performs as Rick Brewster, is an Australian guitarist who has played in a number of Australian rock bands, including the Angels. That group were inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 1998. As a songwriter Brewster was inducted into the Australian Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2008.
