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Thirsty Merc
Biography
Thirsty Merc are an Australian pop rock band formed in 2002 in Sydney, Australia. The band consists of Rai Thistlethwayte (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Phil Stack, Karl Robertson, and Matt Smith (guitar). Thirsty Merc have released one EP entitled First Work, and 3 studio albums; Thirsty Merc, Slideshows, and Mousetrap Heart. The band has sold over 200,000 albums, has toured extensively around Australia, and have received heavy airplay in Australia on an impressive number of songs. After breaking through onto the Australian music scene they were nominated for four ARIA Awards in 2005 and Rai was nominated for Song of the Year at the APRA Awards in 2008 for Thirsty Merc's top 2 airplay hit "20 Good Reasons". Their song "In the Summertime" was selected as the theme song for the Australian TV reality show Bondi Rescue and has been the theme song for seven consecutive seasons.
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Discography
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- Mousetrap Heart, 2010
- Slideshows, 2007
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- YouTube Thirsty merc In the summer time 4:12
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On the ABC
- r a g e | playlist - Saturday, 25 September 2010
- r a g e | playlist - Saturday, 30 October 2010
- r a g e | playlist - Saturday, 11 September 2010
- r a g e | playlist - Saturday, 6 November 2010
- Thirsty for more as rockers come home - ABC Western Plains ...
- 50 Years of Australian Rock N Roll - 3 CD Set - ABC Shop
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- ABC Western Plains NSW - Explore by Topic - Australian ...
- DIG Internet Radio - News - ARIA Nominations: Higgins 7, B ...
- Bush Telegraph - 31/05/2005: Music
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Comments
Not just a superb performer but also explains modern music with such insight and so articulately. What a pleasure this has been. He deserves to have his own weekly slot.
Thank You for introducing me to Donny Hathway "Someday We All Be Free " : )
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