Thirsty Merc
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Thirsty Merc are an Australia
n pop rock
band
formed in 2002 in Sydney, Australia. The band consists of Rai Thistlethwayte
(vocals, guitar, keyboards), Phil Stack
(bass guitar
), Karl Robertson
(drum
s), 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.
" achieved radio airplay on Australian Radio stations Triple J and Nova but failed to chart. The self funded music video to the single became the 'ripe clip of the week' on Channel V. After extensive gigging around Sydney's pubs, reps from Warner Music approached the band after watching the band perform live at the Hopetoun Hotel in Surry Hills, and soon after at the Annandale Hotel.
was the self titled Thirsty Merc
, released on 16 August 2004. The band again chose to work with Warner Music Australia. The album spent 48 weeks on the ARIA Albums Chart, peaking at #15, and launched the band in the Australian mainstream. The album reached #29 on New Zealand's RIANZ chart. The band worked with producer
Lindsay Gravina on the album, who had been producing Australian bands over the past 15 years or so, notably The Living End
and Magic Dirt
. The band's debut was entirely recorded and mixed on 2 inch tape, and mixed by Gravina himself at his Melbourne studio, Birdland Studios.
Five singles were released from Thirsty Merc: "Emancipate Myself
", "My Completeness
", "Someday, Someday
", "In the Summertime", and "When the Weather Is Fine
". All of the singles charted in Australia, with "Someday, Someday" reaching #19, while only "In the Summertime" charted in New Zealand, where it peaked higher than in Australia. "In the Summertime" was nominated for the 2005
ARIA Award for "Best Video", while "Someday, Someday" was nominated for "Single Of The Year", "Best Group", and "Best Pop Release".
In interviews after the album's release, Thistlethwayte stated that the album was the band trying to "Just be yourself", and that the album was "just about being young and living in Australia".
", "The Hard Way
", and "Those Eyes
", achieved chart success, with "20 Good Reasons" reaching #4 in Australia and #17 in New Zealand. The album's fourth single, "Homesick", was released digitally, peaking at #57 in Australia.
After the release of Slideshows, Thirsty Merc toured extensively around Australia, playing an album tour in theatres nationally and then regional tours, the biggest of which had 38 shows booked across seven weeks.
which was recorded mostly in LA with producer Matt Wallace, and two tracks produced in Melbourne with longtime Thirsty Merc producer Lindsay Gravina. Prior to the recording of Mousetrap Heart, lead guitarist Sean left the band indefinitely and this was formally announced on 14 January 2010. Sean was replaced by Matt Smith, who also plays with afrobeat and reggae band The Strides.
The band toured nationally in July 2010 to support the new album. The lead single is the title track, which reached top 15 airplay in Australia. and charted Top 30 on the ARIA Singles Chart. The band's next single, "All My Life", was featured in the promotional clips for the AFL grand final in 2010. The music video for "All My Life" was shot in early October 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand, and follows a narrative of 'heroic love' set on a Thailand military base. The video features Russian model/actress Maria Mazikova, 50 Thai army troops, an Iroquois helicopter and a Chinook helicopter. The video was directed by Adrian Van de Velde, who also directed the bands ARIA-nominated clip "In the Summertime".
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n pop rock
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
band
Band (music)
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formed in 2002 in Sydney, Australia. The band consists of Rai Thistlethwayte
Rai Thistlethwayte
Rai Thistlethwayte is an Australian rock and jazz musician and songwriter. Rai is an accomplished pianist, guitarist, and vocalist. He is most widely known as the lead singer and primary songwriter in the Australian rock pop band Thirsty Merc...
(vocals, guitar, keyboards), Phil Stack
Phil Stack
Phil Stack is the bassist and one of the founding members of the Australian band, Thirsty Merc. Born in 1977, Stack grew up with his three older sisters in the New South Wales city of Dubbo. Stack is an accomplished jazz and rock musician within Australia. He is also a regular performer, playing...
(bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
), Karl Robertson
Karl Robertson
Karl Robertson is the drummer for Australian rock group Thirsty Merc as a founding member from 2002, he has performed on all their releases from First Work in September 2003 to the single "The Whole World Reminds Me of You" in December 2008.-Biography:...
(drum
Drum
The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments, which is technically classified as the membranophones. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a shell and struck, either directly with the player's hands, or with a...
s), and Matt Smith
Matt Smith (guitarist)
Matt Smith is an Australian jazz guitarist. He is most widely known as the guitarist in the Australian rock pop band Thirsty Merc but also plays guitar for Sydney afrobeat/reggae band The Strides...
(guitar).
Thirsty Merc have released one EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
entitled First Work
First Work
First Work is the debut EP release by Australia rock band Thirsty Merc released in 2003. It features early versions of songs that the band re-recorded for their studio album Thirsty Merc.-Track listing:All songs written by Rai Thistlethwayte....
, and 3 studio albums; Thirsty Merc
Thirsty Merc (album)
Thirsty Merc is the debut studio album release by Australia rock band Thirsty Merc released in 2004.-History:In 2004, Lindsay Gravina, who has produced albums for The Living End and Magic Dirt produced the Thirsty Merc's first full length eponymous album...
, Slideshows
Slideshows (album)
Slideshows is the second studio album release by Australian rock band Thirsty Merc. It was released on 21 April 2007, through Warner Music Australia. Six singles were released from the album. The first single "20 Good Reasons", became Thirsty Merc's first single to peak in the Top 10 on the...
, and Mousetrap Heart
Mousetrap Heart (album)
Mousetrap Heart is the third studio album release by Australian rock band Thirsty Merc. It was released on 18 June 2010, through Warner Music Australia. The title track was released as the first single on 21 May 2010...
. 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
ARIA Music Awards of 2005
The 19th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards were held on 23 October 2005 at the Sydney Superdome at the Sydney Olympic Park complex, thus continuing the previous year's innovation of televising the awards on Sunday evening...
and Rai was nominated for Song of the Year at the APRA Awards
APRA Awards
The APRA Music Awards are several award ceremonies run in Australia and New Zealand by Australasian Performing Right Association to recognise songwriting skills, sales and airplay performance by its members annually....
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
Bondi Rescue
Bondi Rescue is an Australian factual television program which is broadcast on Channel Ten. The programme, which has aired for six seasons, follows the daily lives of the lifeguards who patrol Bondi Beach....
and has been the theme song for seven consecutive seasons.
History
Three of the founding members of Thirsty Merc - Karl Robertson, Matthew Baker and Phil Stack - had played together in bands in Dubbo in regional NSW. In 2002 they teamed up with Sydney-sider Rai Thistlethwayte to form a band called "Thirsty"; soon after, they moved to Sydney and renamed themselves "Thirsty Merc". The band's name comes from a gas guzzling Mercedes Benz which belonged to lead singer Rai when the band was first rehearsing. The name also is a play on the phrase 'Thirsty Work:' The band members used to say that it was 'thirsty work' being in a rock band.First Work
Thirsty Merc's first EP, First Work, was released on 8 September 2003 on the band's own label Don't Music. The EP had been recorded independently during downtime at a studio that lead singer Rai worked during the days. The EP's only single "Wasting TimeWasting Time (Thirsty Merc song)
"Wasting Time" is a song by Thirsty Merc, released as their debut single in 2003. It was featured on their debut EP, First Work. Its radio success led to release of the band's debut self-titled album, Thirsty Merc, on which the track was featured. The track's accompanying one-shot video was also a...
" achieved radio airplay on Australian Radio stations Triple J and Nova but failed to chart. The self funded music video to the single became the 'ripe clip of the week' on Channel V. After extensive gigging around Sydney's pubs, reps from Warner Music approached the band after watching the band perform live at the Hopetoun Hotel in Surry Hills, and soon after at the Annandale Hotel.
Thirsty Merc
Thirsty Merc's debut studio albumStudio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
was the self titled Thirsty Merc
Thirsty Merc (album)
Thirsty Merc is the debut studio album release by Australia rock band Thirsty Merc released in 2004.-History:In 2004, Lindsay Gravina, who has produced albums for The Living End and Magic Dirt produced the Thirsty Merc's first full length eponymous album...
, released on 16 August 2004. The band again chose to work with Warner Music Australia. The album spent 48 weeks on the ARIA Albums Chart, peaking at #15, and launched the band in the Australian mainstream. The album reached #29 on New Zealand's RIANZ chart. The band worked with producer
Record producer
A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...
Lindsay Gravina on the album, who had been producing Australian bands over the past 15 years or so, notably The Living End
The Living End
The Living End are an Australian rock band from Melbourne, Victoria, formed in 1994. The current lineup consists of Chris Cheney , Scott Owen and Andy Strachan...
and Magic Dirt
Magic Dirt
Magic Dirt are an Australian rock band, which formed in 1991 in Geelong, Victoria, with Daniel Herring on guitar, Adam Robertson on drums, Adalita Srsen on vocals and guitar, and Dean Turner on bass guitar. Initially known as Deer Bubbles and then The Jim Jims, they were renamed as Magic Dirt in...
. The band's debut was entirely recorded and mixed on 2 inch tape, and mixed by Gravina himself at his Melbourne studio, Birdland Studios.
Five singles were released from Thirsty Merc: "Emancipate Myself
Emancipate Myself
"Emancipate Myself" is a song by Australian pop rock band Thirsty Merc. It was released as the second track from the band’s debut EP, First Work, and as the band's first official commercial single from their debut self-titled album, Thirsty Merc. It achieved mainstream success, earning healthy...
", "My Completeness
My Completeness
"My Completeness" was the second single released from Thirsty Merc's debut album Thirsty Merc. Reaching number two on the Australian Airplay Chart, the single was the most successful single for the band at the time of its release...
", "Someday, Someday
Someday, Someday
"Someday, Someday" is the third single released from Thirsty Merc's debut album Thirsty Merc.-Music video:The music video features Thirsty Merc frontman Rai Thistlethwayte walking into a hotel and in the hotel lift singing the song, crossing the shot to his girlfriend, the two appear to be...
", "In the Summertime", and "When the Weather Is Fine
When the Weather Is Fine
"When the Weather Is Fine" is the fourth and final single released from Thirsty Merc's debut album Thirsty Merc. The song only appears on the 2005 re-packaged version of the album.-Music video:...
". All of the singles charted in Australia, with "Someday, Someday" reaching #19, while only "In the Summertime" charted in New Zealand, where it peaked higher than in Australia. "In the Summertime" was nominated for the 2005
ARIA Music Awards of 2005
The 19th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards were held on 23 October 2005 at the Sydney Superdome at the Sydney Olympic Park complex, thus continuing the previous year's innovation of televising the awards on Sunday evening...
ARIA Award for "Best Video", while "Someday, Someday" was nominated for "Single Of The Year", "Best Group", and "Best Pop Release".
In interviews after the album's release, Thistlethwayte stated that the album was the band trying to "Just be yourself", and that the album was "just about being young and living in Australia".
Slideshows
Prior to the touring of Thirsty Merc's Debut album, guitarist Matt Baker left the band, and was replaced by Carey, whom the band had met when they played a support slot to Carey's band at Kings Cross venue/club 'Club 77.' Slideshows, was released on 21 April 2007 via Warner Music Australia. The album was the band's most successful release yet, peaking at #4 in Australia, although it was less successful in New Zealand, only reaching #38. The album's first three singles, "20 Good Reasons20 Good Reasons
"20 Good Reasons" was the first single from Thirsty Merc's second album Slideshows. It was released on 17 March 2007 and is to date the band's highest charting single, reaching number four on the Australian Singles Chart and number seventeen on the New Zealand Singles Chart. The song was nominated...
", "The Hard Way
The Hard Way (song)
"The Hard Way" was the second single from Thirsty Merc's second album Slideshows. It was released on 15 September 2007, charting at a disappointing sixty-three on the Australian Singles Chart...
", and "Those Eyes
Those Eyes
"Those Eyes" was the third single from Thirsty Merc's second album Slideshows. It was initially only released as a digital download on December 8, 2007, but, due to overwhelming request, was released as a limited edition CD single on April 5, 2008....
", achieved chart success, with "20 Good Reasons" reaching #4 in Australia and #17 in New Zealand. The album's fourth single, "Homesick", was released digitally, peaking at #57 in Australia.
After the release of Slideshows, Thirsty Merc toured extensively around Australia, playing an album tour in theatres nationally and then regional tours, the biggest of which had 38 shows booked across seven weeks.
Mousetrap Heart
On 18 June 2010, Thirsty Merc released their third album, entitled Mousetrap HeartMousetrap Heart (album)
Mousetrap Heart is the third studio album release by Australian rock band Thirsty Merc. It was released on 18 June 2010, through Warner Music Australia. The title track was released as the first single on 21 May 2010...
which was recorded mostly in LA with producer Matt Wallace, and two tracks produced in Melbourne with longtime Thirsty Merc producer Lindsay Gravina. Prior to the recording of Mousetrap Heart, lead guitarist Sean left the band indefinitely and this was formally announced on 14 January 2010. Sean was replaced by Matt Smith, who also plays with afrobeat and reggae band The Strides.
The band toured nationally in July 2010 to support the new album. The lead single is the title track, which reached top 15 airplay in Australia. and charted Top 30 on the ARIA Singles Chart. The band's next single, "All My Life", was featured in the promotional clips for the AFL grand final in 2010. The music video for "All My Life" was shot in early October 2010 in Bangkok, Thailand, and follows a narrative of 'heroic love' set on a Thailand military base. The video features Russian model/actress Maria Mazikova, 50 Thai army troops, an Iroquois helicopter and a Chinook helicopter. The video was directed by Adrian Van de Velde, who also directed the bands ARIA-nominated clip "In the Summertime".
Current members
- Rai ThistlethwayteRai ThistlethwayteRai Thistlethwayte is an Australian rock and jazz musician and songwriter. Rai is an accomplished pianist, guitarist, and vocalist. He is most widely known as the lead singer and primary songwriter in the Australian rock pop band Thirsty Merc...
; GuitarGuitaristA guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, singer-songwriterSinger-songwriterSinger-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
(2002 – present) - Phil StackPhil StackPhil Stack is the bassist and one of the founding members of the Australian band, Thirsty Merc. Born in 1977, Stack grew up with his three older sisters in the New South Wales city of Dubbo. Stack is an accomplished jazz and rock musician within Australia. He is also a regular performer, playing...
; Bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, backing vocals (2002 – present) - Karl RobertsonKarl RobertsonKarl Robertson is the drummer for Australian rock group Thirsty Merc as a founding member from 2002, he has performed on all their releases from First Work in September 2003 to the single "The Whole World Reminds Me of You" in December 2008.-Biography:...
; DrumsDrummerA drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
, percussion (2002 – present) - Matt Smith; GuitarGuitaristA guitarist is a musician who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselves on the guitar while singing.- Versatility :The guitarist controls an extremely...
(2010 – present)
Former members
- Matt Baker; Guitar, backing vocals (2002–2005)
- Sean Carey; Guitar, backing vocals (2005–2009)
Albums
| Name | Notes | Singles released Includes promotional singles |
Charts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... |
NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
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| Thirsty Merc Thirsty Merc (album) Thirsty Merc is the debut studio album release by Australia rock band Thirsty Merc released in 2004.-History:In 2004, Lindsay Gravina, who has produced albums for The Living End and Magic Dirt produced the Thirsty Merc's first full length eponymous album... |
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Wasting Time (Thirsty Merc song) "Wasting Time" is a song by Thirsty Merc, released as their debut single in 2003. It was featured on their debut EP, First Work. Its radio success led to release of the band's debut self-titled album, Thirsty Merc, on which the track was featured. The track's accompanying one-shot video was also a... " Emancipate Myself "Emancipate Myself" is a song by Australian pop rock band Thirsty Merc. It was released as the second track from the band’s debut EP, First Work, and as the band's first official commercial single from their debut self-titled album, Thirsty Merc. It achieved mainstream success, earning healthy... " My Completeness "My Completeness" was the second single released from Thirsty Merc's debut album Thirsty Merc. Reaching number two on the Australian Airplay Chart, the single was the most successful single for the band at the time of its release... " Someday, Someday "Someday, Someday" is the third single released from Thirsty Merc's debut album Thirsty Merc.-Music video:The music video features Thirsty Merc frontman Rai Thistlethwayte walking into a hotel and in the hotel lift singing the song, crossing the shot to his girlfriend, the two appear to be... " When the Weather Is Fine "When the Weather Is Fine" is the fourth and final single released from Thirsty Merc's debut album Thirsty Merc. The song only appears on the 2005 re-packaged version of the album.-Music video:... " |
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| Slideshows Slideshows (album) Slideshows is the second studio album release by Australian rock band Thirsty Merc. It was released on 21 April 2007, through Warner Music Australia. Six singles were released from the album. The first single "20 Good Reasons", became Thirsty Merc's first single to peak in the Top 10 on the... |
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20 Good Reasons "20 Good Reasons" was the first single from Thirsty Merc's second album Slideshows. It was released on 17 March 2007 and is to date the band's highest charting single, reaching number four on the Australian Singles Chart and number seventeen on the New Zealand Singles Chart. The song was nominated... " The Hard Way The Hard Way may refer to:* The Hart Way , a silent British film directed by Walter West* The Hard Way , an American showbiz drama starring Ida Lupino* The Hard Way , an American comedy with Michael J... " Those Eyes "Those Eyes" was the third single from Thirsty Merc's second album Slideshows. It was initially only released as a digital download on December 8, 2007, but, due to overwhelming request, was released as a limited edition CD single on April 5, 2008.... " |
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| Mousetrap Heart Mousetrap Heart (album) Mousetrap Heart is the third studio album release by Australian rock band Thirsty Merc. It was released on 18 June 2010, through Warner Music Australia. The title track was released as the first single on 21 May 2010... |
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Mousetrap Heart (song) "Mousetrap Heart" is the first single from Thirsty Merc's third album Mousetrap Heart. It was released as a digital download on 21 May 2010.... " |
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EPs
| Name | Notes | Singles released Includes promotional singles |
Charts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... |
NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
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| First Work First Work First Work is the debut EP release by Australia rock band Thirsty Merc released in 2003. It features early versions of songs that the band re-recorded for their studio album Thirsty Merc.-Track listing:All songs written by Rai Thistlethwayte.... |
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Wasting Time (Thirsty Merc song) "Wasting Time" is a song by Thirsty Merc, released as their debut single in 2003. It was featured on their debut EP, First Work. Its radio success led to release of the band's debut self-titled album, Thirsty Merc, on which the track was featured. The track's accompanying one-shot video was also a... " |
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Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June... |
NZ Recording Industry Association of New Zealand The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and recording artists who sell music in New Zealand... |
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| 2003 | "Wasting Time Wasting Time (Thirsty Merc song) "Wasting Time" is a song by Thirsty Merc, released as their debut single in 2003. It was featured on their debut EP, First Work. Its radio success led to release of the band's debut self-titled album, Thirsty Merc, on which the track was featured. The track's accompanying one-shot video was also a... " (Radio-Only Single) |
— | — | First Work - EP First Work First Work is the debut EP release by Australia rock band Thirsty Merc released in 2003. It features early versions of songs that the band re-recorded for their studio album Thirsty Merc.-Track listing:All songs written by Rai Thistlethwayte.... / Thirsty Merc Thirsty Merc (album) Thirsty Merc is the debut studio album release by Australia rock band Thirsty Merc released in 2004.-History:In 2004, Lindsay Gravina, who has produced albums for The Living End and Magic Dirt produced the Thirsty Merc's first full length eponymous album... |
| 2004 | "Emancipate Myself Emancipate Myself "Emancipate Myself" is a song by Australian pop rock band Thirsty Merc. It was released as the second track from the band’s debut EP, First Work, and as the band's first official commercial single from their debut self-titled album, Thirsty Merc. It achieved mainstream success, earning healthy... " |
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| "My Completeness My Completeness "My Completeness" was the second single released from Thirsty Merc's debut album Thirsty Merc. Reaching number two on the Australian Airplay Chart, the single was the most successful single for the band at the time of its release... " |
26 | 34 | Thirsty Merc Thirsty Merc (album) Thirsty Merc is the debut studio album release by Australia rock band Thirsty Merc released in 2004.-History:In 2004, Lindsay Gravina, who has produced albums for The Living End and Magic Dirt produced the Thirsty Merc's first full length eponymous album... |
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| "Someday, Someday Someday, Someday "Someday, Someday" is the third single released from Thirsty Merc's debut album Thirsty Merc.-Music video:The music video features Thirsty Merc frontman Rai Thistlethwayte walking into a hotel and in the hotel lift singing the song, crossing the shot to his girlfriend, the two appear to be... " |
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| "In the Summertime" | 43 | 12 | ||
| 2005 | "When the Weather Is Fine When the Weather Is Fine "When the Weather Is Fine" is the fourth and final single released from Thirsty Merc's debut album Thirsty Merc. The song only appears on the 2005 re-packaged version of the album.-Music video:... " |
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| 2007 | "20 Good Reasons 20 Good Reasons "20 Good Reasons" was the first single from Thirsty Merc's second album Slideshows. It was released on 17 March 2007 and is to date the band's highest charting single, reaching number four on the Australian Singles Chart and number seventeen on the New Zealand Singles Chart. The song was nominated... " |
4 | 17 | Slideshows Slideshows (album) Slideshows is the second studio album release by Australian rock band Thirsty Merc. It was released on 21 April 2007, through Warner Music Australia. Six singles were released from the album. The first single "20 Good Reasons", became Thirsty Merc's first single to peak in the Top 10 on the... |
| "The Hard Way The Hard Way (song) "The Hard Way" was the second single from Thirsty Merc's second album Slideshows. It was released on 15 September 2007, charting at a disappointing sixty-three on the Australian Singles Chart... " |
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| "Those Eyes Those Eyes "Those Eyes" was the third single from Thirsty Merc's second album Slideshows. It was initially only released as a digital download on December 8, 2007, but, due to overwhelming request, was released as a limited edition CD single on April 5, 2008.... " |
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| 2008 | "Homesick" | 57 | — | |
| 2010 | "Mousetrap Heart Mousetrap Heart (song) "Mousetrap Heart" is the first single from Thirsty Merc's third album Mousetrap Heart. It was released as a digital download on 21 May 2010.... " |
30 | — | Mousetrap Heart Mousetrap Heart (album) Mousetrap Heart is the third studio album release by Australian rock band Thirsty Merc. It was released on 18 June 2010, through Warner Music Australia. The title track was released as the first single on 21 May 2010... |
| "Tommy and Krista" | 84 | 10 | ||
Awards and nominations
| Year | Ceremony | Nominated work | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 ARIA Music Awards of 2005 The 19th Annual Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards were held on 23 October 2005 at the Sydney Superdome at the Sydney Olympic Park complex, thus continuing the previous year's innovation of televising the awards on Sunday evening... |
ARIA Music Awards ARIA Music Awards The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Australian Recording Industry Association... |
"Someday, Someday" | Single of the Year | |
| Best Group | ||||
| Best Pop Release | ||||
| "In The Summertime" | Best Video |