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