MTV The Lair is a live television show aired on MTV Australia

MTV Australia

MTV Australia is 24 hour general entertainment channel specialising in music and youth culture programming which serves Australia and New Zealand. It is operated by Viacom International Media Networks Australia owned by Viacom and primarily features imported shows as well as locally produced...

 which showcases unsigned and breaking artists as well as high profile international acts.

History

It was announced at the end of 2006 that MTV would launch a new live show in 2007 called MTV's The Lair which will air live every Thursday at the Metro Theatre in Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

 . The show launched on 26 January 2007.

Episode 2

1 February 2007

• Die! Die! Die!
  Die! Die! Die!
  Die! Die! Die! is a noise pop/punk three-piece from Dunedin, New Zealand, formed in late 2003 and signed to Flying Nun Records.Their self-titled album Die! Die! Die! was released in 2005 in New Zealand, with an international release soon after. It was recorded in Chicago's Electrical Audio by...
  
  
• Dappled Cities Fly
  Dappled Cities Fly
  Dappled Cities are a five-piece indie rock band from Sydney, Australia.-History:The band, originally called Periwinkle, first came together in the leafy, northern Sydney suburb of Pymble in 1997. Dave Rennick and original drummer Hugh Boyce were soon joined by Alex Moore on bass and Tim Derricourt...
  
  
• Pomomofo
• The Tongue
  The Tongue
  The Tongue is a Sydney music artist signed to Australian independent label Elefant Traks. He has recorded with Dudley Perkins, Ozi Batla, DJ Diaz, Urthboy, Bertie Blackman, The Bag Raiders, Gift Of Gab , Katalyst, Braintax, Georgia Anne Muldrow, and Muph & Plutonic.He has released an EP , two LPs...
  
  
• Little Birdy
  Little Birdy
  Little Birdy are an Australian indie rock band formed in Perth, Western Australia in 2002 by singer and guitarist Katy Steele, drummer Matt Chequer, guitarist and keyboardist Simon Leach, and bass guitarist Scott O'Donoghue...
  
  

Episode 4

15 February 2007

• Something for Kate
  Something for Kate
  Something for Kate are a rock band from Melbourne, Australia. Members include songwriter, vocalist and guitarist Paul Dempsey, drummer Clint Hyndman and bassist Stephanie Ashworth...
  
  
• Children Collide
  Children Collide
  Children Collide is an Australian indie rock band from Melbourne, Australia. The band consists of drummer Ryan Caesar, bassist Heath Crawley, and vocalist/guitarist John Mackay...
  
  
• Bliss n Eso
  Bliss n Eso
  Bliss n Eso are an ARIA Award-winning Australian hip hop band based in Sydney, and were originally known as Bliss N' Esoterikizm for their debut EP The Arrival...
  
  
• Fait Accompli
  Fait Accompli
  Fait accompli is a French phrase which means literally "an accomplished deed". It is commonly used to describe an action which is completed before those affected by it are in a position to query or reverse it...
  
  

Episode 5

22 February 2007

• Juliette Lewis and the Licks
• Behind Crimson Eyes
  Behind Crimson Eyes
  Behind Crimson Eyes is a band based in Australia. The band formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 2004. Their line up currently consists of vocalist Josh Stuart, bassist Garth Buchanan, guitarist/back up vocalist Aaron Schultz and Dan Kerby as drummer....
  
  
• Expatriate
  Expatriate
  An expatriate is a person temporarily or permanently residing in a country and culture other than that of the person's upbringing...
  
  
• Bob Log III
  Bob Log III
  Bob Log III is an American slide guitar one-man band. During performances, he plays old Silvertone archtop guitars, wears a full body human cannonball suit, and a pilot's helmet wired to a telephone receiver, which allows him to devote his hands and feet to guitar and drums. The spectacle has been...
  
  

Episode 2

26 June 2008

• The Mess Hall
  The Mess Hall
  The Mess Hall are a two-piece drums and guitar combo based in Sydney, Australia specialising in "raw, edgy bluesy rock." The band consists of Jed Kurzel and Cec Condon ....
  
  
• Youth Group
• Van She
  Van She
  Van She is an electropop band formed in 2005 in Sydney, Australia, with Matt Van Schie on bass guitar/vocals, Tomek Archer on drums/sequencer, Michael Di Francesco on synth/guitar and Nicholas Routledge on vocals/guitar...
  
  
• Snob Scrilla
  Snob Scrilla
  Sean Ray is an American rapper, producer and musician.- Biography :Sean Ray known by his alias Snob Scrilla was born in Clovis, California. He went to Buchanan High School. He moved to Australia to study and while living in Newcastle began making music before later moving to Sydney. His hometown...
  
  

Episode 5

17 July 2008

• The Grates
  The Grates
  The Grates are a two-piece band from Brisbane, Australia, comprising Patience Hodgson and John Patterson . They have been lauded for their catchy songs and enthusiastic and energetic live shows, as Patience spends much of the time bouncing around, even while singing...
  
  
• Cog
  Cog (band)
  Cog are an Australian progressive rock band that formed in 1998. Their debut album The New Normal was nominated for Triple J's 2005 J Award. The band's music draws influences from Tool, Isis, Nina Simone, Bob Marley, Leftfield, Deftones and Helmet...
  
  
• Killaqueenz
• The Sweatshop Boys
• Streetparty

External links

• MTV's The Lair Official Website