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Origin | Redland Bay, Queensland, Australia |
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Years active | 2017–present |
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Beddy Rays are an Australian rock band from the outer Brisbane suburb of Redland Bay, Queensland. With music described as "rollicking coastal punk rock", they are best known for their 2020 single "Sobercoaster". [1] The band have supported Tones and I on tour, [1] as well as Dune Rats and Hockey Dad. [2]
The four band members—Jacko, Lewy, Brad, and Benny—met in 2002 as young children at primary school. [3] [4] Their band name is derived from a spoonerism of "Reddy Bay", which is a common abbreviation for Redland Bay.
In primary school the entire band's favourite band was Green Day. [5] In high school they went through a phase of loving hardcore music and would attend shows at the youth centre shows. [5]
The band was started after the members left high school. [6]
Their first show they played was at a party at vocalist-guitarist Jackson's house while his parents were away. [6]
All four band members are from Redland Bay, including Jacko who is a Woppaburra man, [7] and work as tradesmen. [2] Beddy Rays came to play some of their first shows by networking at various Brisbane venues for which they worked as tradies. [1]
Beddy Rays released their first EP Lost Found Beat Around in 2017. [2] Their 2020 single "Sobercoaster" led the band to be featured as a Triple J Unearthed Feature Artist in mid-2020. [1]
In 2021, Beddy Rays covered Thelma Plum's "Better In Blak" for Triple J's Like A Version segment. [8] [9]
On 19 November 2021, the band released "On My Own". [10]
Their self-titled, debut studio album was announced on 2 June 2022 and was released on 29 July 2022. [11] It peaked at number 8 on the ARIA Charts. The Beddy Rays album cover art was inspired by Green Day’s Dookie cover. [5]
In September 2022, it was reported that there was a sexual assault in the mosh pit at a Beddy Ray's concert. The band drove the woman that had been assaulted home and had the perpetrator kicked out of the Hobart venue and banned for life. [12]
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Beddy Rays |
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Lost Found Beat Around |
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Title | Year | Certifications | Album |
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"Coming Home" [15] | 2017 | Lost Found Beat Around | |
"Fool Around" [16] | |||
"Bloodhound" [17] | 2019 | Non-album singles | |
"Kicked" [18] | |||
"Sobercoaster" [19] | 2020 | Beddy Rays | |
"Better Weather" [21] | Non-album single | ||
"Wait a While" [22] | 2021 | Beddy Rays | |
"Week on Repeat" [23] | |||
"On My Own" [10] | |||
"Milk" [24] | 2022 | ||
"Sort It Out" [25] [26] | |||
"Handful" [27] | |||
"Rhythms" [28] | 2023 | TBA | |
"Bored" [29] | |||
"Too Much (Is Too Much)" [30] | |||
The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony that recognises excellence, innovation, and achievement across all genres of Australian music. They commenced in 1987.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2022 | Beddy Rays | Michael Gudinski Breakthrough Artist | Nominated | [31] |
The National Indigenous Music Awards recognise excellence, innovation and leadership among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander musicians from throughout Australia. They commenced in 2004.
Year | Nominee / work | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2021 | Beddy Rays | New Artist of the Year | Nominated | [32] [33] |
2023 | Beddy Rays | Album of the Year | Nominated | [34] |
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