Coolboys and the Frontman

The band wearing their traditional outfits. (Post,Blake,Lee)

Coolboys And The Frontman are an Australian rock music band formed in 2015.

The band was formed by the members of the Hamish & Andy radio show in late 2015, after a request for Rob Thomas to play live on the show during an interview was knocked back, due to his backing band not travelling with him. After Thomas, promised that the members of the radio show could perform instead, the band was created.

2015: Rob Thomas Performance

In late 2015, the members of the Hamish & Andy radio show had Rob Thomas, on the show for an interview, after a request for a live performance was knocked back due to his backing band, not travelling with him, the hosts of the radio show, promised that they could be the backing band. Thomas accepted this, and the band was formed. At the time, the band had no name, and was not meant to be more than a one off performance. Hamish Blake, who has "natural percussive talent" and had previously bought and sold 2 electronic drum kits, became the drummer, Andy Lee, who learnt the trumpet, at high school, became the trumpeter, while the shows on air, sound producer, Jack Post, who played in a punk-rock group called "Last Chance" while in high school, became the band's guitarist. The song chosen was Smooth, due to the use of trumpet, drums and guitar, while also being a famous Rob Thomas song. After much difficulty, the song was eventually performed live on air, on November 16, 2015.^[1] After this performance, there was little talk of furthur performances.

2016: Conrad Sewell Performance

In 2016, the band was recalled, as a promise was made to perform with Conrad Sewell in the same manner, as the Rob Thomas performance. Instead this time, the band would learn and perform the INXS song, Never Tear Us Apart. The song title was seen as fairly humorous, due to the large number of fights and insults, that are traded between the members of the band. After learning the song, it was eventually performed, on the rooftop of the Melbourne Southern Cross Austereo studios, to a live audience.^[2] After this performance, the band still did not have a name. It was again dormant. Only slightly rising, when The Veronicas, asked for drummer, Hamish Blake to perform as their drummer for a live performance on the radio show, in July 2016.^[3]

2016: Half Way To The Top Tour

In October 2016, Blake and Lee, announced that they were reforming the band and would be performing a tour, in late November.^[4] After receiving news, that they would be able to hire a tour bus that had been used by One Direction, and owned by friend of the show, Shane Jacobson. Lee sought out and received his Bus license, in order to be the bus driver for the tour. He would later grow a moustache, that would be died grey, in order to have a ''bustache", as it was said by the members of the radio show, that bus drivers ussually had grey moustaches. After deciding to tour, Blake and Lee, decided that the name of the band was ''Coolboys and the Frontman'', as they were "Coolboys" and there would be a guest frontman, for each show. The show decided on learning and performing Uptown Funk, a Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars song. After realising that they would require a bassist, an anonymous bassist was recruited, to perform under a black tarp, as the ''hidden agenda". Eventually the song proved too difficult for the trumpeter Lee and incredibly unpopular with the shows listeners, so the song was changed to Long Way to the Top, by AC/DC. In late November, the band will travel from Melbourne to Byron Bay, performing, in Wodonga, Rankins Springs and Newcastle, before finishing at the Beach Hotel in Byron Bay.

Half Way To The Top Tour Dates

Personnel

Listed in order of instrument prowess

Current members

• Hamish Blake – electronic drums, insults, team player, natural percussionist (2015–present)
• Jack Post – electronic guitar, insults, low stage prescence (2015–present)
• Andy Lee – trumpet, bagpipes, insults, keyboards, backing vocals, other novelty instruments, birthdays (2015–present)
• Front Person - Vocals (2016–present)
• Hidden Agenda – bass, guitar (2016–present)

References

External links

• www.hamishandandy.com