Dominic Killalea is a New Zealand musician who was a Sydney-based indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 singer-songwriter and guitarist who played in different bands during the 1980s and 1990s including The Upbeat, The Go and Zoo Story. He played with The Mexican Spitfires

The Mexican Spitfires

The Mexican Spitfires were a Sydney, Australia-based indie rock–indie pop band formed in suburban Strathfield in the Strathfield Municipality in the mid 1980s...

 during their 1989 tour of Sydney and Canberra with The Proclaimers

The Proclaimers

The Proclaimers are a Scottish band composed of identical twin brothers, Charlie and Craig Reid . They are probably best known for the songs "Letter from America", "I'm On My Way" and "I'm Gonna Be ". The band tours extensively throughout Europe and other continents...

. Killalea also played during the early 1990s in the cover band The Dilburys and in the late 1990s, in The New Dilburys, with many new members. The other original member being saxophonist Michael Goy, who also played with Zoo Story.

As of 2006, he is a deputy principal at Wellington High School, New Zealand.