Paul Gildea

Paul Gildea (born November 1957) is an Australian musician, music educator and talent manager. He is best known as the guitarist and backing vocalist for the band Icehouse.

Paul Gildea
Gildea in 2017
Background information
Born	November 1957 (age 66) Coburg, Victoria, Australia
Occupation(s)	Musician, music educator, talent manager
Member of	Icehouse
Formerly of	Little River Band
Website	pgam.com.au

Early life

Gildea was born in Coburg, Victoria in November 1957,^{[citation needed]} one of four children. He initially wanted to play drums, but received his first guitar at age 12. He completed his secondary education at Melbourne High School and went on to complete a Bachelor of Business degree majoring in Sociology.^[1]

Musician

Gildea played in numerous bands from age 15. In 1990 Gildea was invited to join Icehouse to replace Bob Kretschmer. He took a break from the band in 2004, rejoining in 2007.^[2]

From 1998 to 2000, Gildea was also a touring member of Little River Band, replacing Peter Beckett. That was the last occasion that Little River Band would consist entirely of Australian members.^[3]

Gildea was also the lead guitarist for James Reyne, Vika and Linda Bull and Rick Price.

Music educator

Gildea is the Academic Course Manager in the Bachelor of Applied Business in Music Industry course at Box Hill Institute.^[4]

He was previously the Senior Coordinator, Entertainment & Arts Management at the Melbourne campus of the Australian Institute of Music.^[5]

Talent manager

Through his company Paul Gildea Artist Management, Gildea is the manager of sisters' band Stonefield^[6] and The Voice finalist and current Icehouse band member Michael Paynter. Gildea previously managed defunct band Motor Ace.^[7]

References

1. "Love vs. Money". spellbound-icehouse.org. 13 July 1995. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
2. "Icehouse (formerly Flowers) member Paul Gildea". australianmusicdatabase.com. Archived from the original on 14 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
3. Au, Frankie. "The History of Little River Band". lrb.net. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
4. "Bushfire Relief Concert". Box Hill Institute. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2021.
5. "Paul Gildea". aim.edu.au. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
6. Te Koha, Nui (26 June 2011). "Stonefield sisters top of the world". heraldsun.com.au. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
7. Murfett, Andrew (11 April 2008). "The beat goes on..." theage.com.au. Archived from the original on 26 October 2015. Retrieved 14 February 2015.