Formed in Sydney’s inner west in late 2004, The Handsome Young Strangers (HYS) are a seven piece from Sydney who exploded onto the live scene in 2005 with their brand of colonial, bush rock madness.
They sing tunes about bushrangers, shearing, droving, convict hardship, sports heroes, war veterans and other iconic Australians .... and all delivered with the intensity of a runaway victa lawnmower !
HYS take their influences from such revered Australian acts as: The Bushwackers, Redgum, Roaring Jack and Weddings Parties Anything whilst displaying an originality that shines through in their own songs.
By mid 2005 they held residencies in two inner city venues and toured Melbourne for the first time including one chaotic set at Pony where they went onstage at 3.45am to a jam packed crowd who would not let them leave.
Recently HYS have appeared at such festivals as: Great Escape Festival, Peats Ridge Festival and Henry Lawson Festival, toured interstate 5 times and racked up coveted support slots with international acts such as Bob Log III (USA), Hayseed Dixie (USA), Hawksley Workman (CAN) & Joel Plaskett (CAN).
On the local front they have also had the honour of supporting such great acts as: The Kill Devil Hills, Mick Thomas & the Sure Thing, S C Trash, Custom Kings, The Re-Mains, John Schumann (Redgum) and Spurs For Jesus, as well as performing onstage with Roger Corbett from the Bushwackers (who gives the band two thumbs up !).
In 2006 the band signed to independent label Code One (also home to Hawksley Workman & Joel Plaskett from Canada) and their debut EP ’Shane Warne’ was released in Feb 2007 with significant airplay in Australia and England.
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BOOKINGS: (Geoff Trio) [email protected]
EMAIL BAND: [email protected]
