The Medics

The Medics
Origin Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Genres Rock
Years active 2007-
Labels Starving Kids
Members
Jhindu Lawrie
Charles Thomas
Kahl Wallace
Andrew Thomson
Past members
Emma Andrews

The Medics is an Australian rock band formed in Cairns, Queensland in 2007.[1] In April 2010 they moved to Brisbane.[2] The band was formed by made up of Jhindu Lawrie, Charles Thomas, Kahl Wallace and Emma Andrews, later expanding to a five piece band with Andrew Thomson.[3] Andrews left the band reducing it back to four members. They are mentored by Lawrie's father, Coloured Stone's Bunna Lawrie.[4] They released their debut ep in 2008[5] and followed it up with a second in 2010.[6]

The Medics won a Deadly award in 2010 for Band Of The Year.[7] They won a Triple J Unearthed competition, getting a spot at the Groovin' The Moo festival in Townsville.[8] The band were featured in the Foxtel documentary "Who We Are" broadcast during NAIDOC Week.[9]

Discography

References

  1. ^ "Boys are back with a dose of fame", The Cairns Post, 15 September 2010 
  2. ^ Kuch, Jesse (16 September 2010), "Homeward bound", The Cairns Post 
  3. ^ Grant, Tony (29 October 2008), "Band on the run", The Cairns Post 
  4. ^ Kuch, Jesse (29 September 2010), "A killer night", The Cairns Post 
  5. ^ Stace, Laura (31 July 2008), "the right medicine", The Cairns Post 
  6. ^ Kuch, Jesse (11 March 2010), "CD Review", The Cairns Post 
  7. ^ Shedden, Iain (28 September 2010), "Musical cousins a Deadly combination", The Australian 
  8. ^ Mengel, Noel (10 June 2010), "Strong Medicine", The Courier Mail 
  9. ^ Lill, Jasmine; Robertson, Josh (24 June 2010), "Medics are fully sick", The Courier Mail