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For a full and detailed bio, visit the Texas Radio and the Big Beat page. 

Texas Radio and the Big Beat have been together for some time. In the beginning, after playing at most venues in Newcastle NSW and spending time in studios in both Newcastle and Sydney, their tune Wasteaway was featured on the 'Cat in A Hat' compilation album. The compilation was released in 1995 here in Australia and played on college radio in the United States. Since then, Texas Radio and the Big Beat have released two albums. Their first full-length venture was in 1997, released on the independent label, PMP Records. This self-titled album was well received by the critics with Wayne Hindson from Concrete Press saying that "their pop melodies were refreshing in this age of heavy guitar rock." Greg Cormack from the same music magazine declared that, "Texas Radio bring relatively simple arrangements to life with terrific energy. Highlights are many. It has lots of fun, a lot of feeling and I could only be more impressed if there was actually someone who didn't like something about this record. Seek this album out." Chad Watson from The Herald wrote, "it was a relief to hear sublime pop instrumentation from solid players. The album opens with Wasteaway, a haunting song that smacks of urban reggae. Hope and Glory oozes with gorgeous keyboards while my favourite, Temptation, was built on moving lyrics and a diverse base of splendid guitar work. An impressive debut album!" After the album release the band undertook a few short tours from Sydney through to the North Coast to promote it, as well as landing support slots with bands like the Saints and Dave Graney and the Coral Snakes. With this album in hand, The Radios, as they became affectionately known, accumulated an extensive media file, including press clippings, television stories with Prime TV, as well as radio interviews and live to air performances (2NURFM, Austereo station NXFM, 2BOBFM and NEW FM). 2BOBFM made it "album of the week!" Songs from that first album also received regular airplay on internet based ILR radio during 2004 with tracks being played in Europe, the USA and Australia. This airplay pushed Paris Island, a song from that first Texas Radio album, to number one on the ILR Radio ‘Aussie’ charts. After releasing NASA (Be Informed) as a Christmas single and video in 2002, they took a hiatus, accumulating a wide range of experiences (screen writing, games designing, producing and engineering other artists recordings, and playing studio sessions). Then in 2018 they released 'Everything's Okay', their second album. Karen, one of the band's biggest fans, exclaimed - “It’s in my car all the time - sounds like the Beatles – well not the Beatles but like you – it’s the Beatles! – every song is different but every song is just as catchy as the others - I love it! – You’ve got to let everybody know about it – have you let everybody know about it?!!”  Famed mastering engineer, Don Bartley, who worked on the post-production of the album, simply said, “Good Record!” 

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Supersonic were together for five remarkable years. In that time the same line-up of Mark Wells on guitar and vocals, Xanders on bass guitar and vocals, Matt Plummer on guitar and vocals and Tim Russell on drums, remained at the core of their hard-working crew. Supersonic played to large audiences at innumerable gigs up and down the East Coast of Australia, including many all ages venues, as well as appearing on bills at the Newcastle and Sydney Entertainments Centres. While their own shows were always highly anticipated affairs they also supported bands like Motor Ace, Pacifier (formerly Shihad), Lo-Tel, the Screaming Jets, Waikiki and the Whitlams.

While they were together Supersonic released three EPs and an album of original tunes. They sold out the first two pressings of their debut CD with the second one cementing their position as a great recording as well as live act. Their music and live performances garnered them a batch of highly favourable press reviews and they had a television news story and feature broadcast about them. Supersonic appeared on Channel 9's Cool Room show and were guests on a number of network radio shows. They made personal appearances on NXFM, 2NURFM and 2NC as well as flying to Melbourne for an interview with Francis Leach and a live performance on Triple J. They had a number of tunes on general programming on ZZZ in Brisbane and their show stopping tune, ‘Grey Skies End’, went to number one on KaosFM, an internet based radio narrowcaster with a global reach. Their first two videos were aired nationally on RAGE on ABC TV with a third shown a year after that. George Davias from the Sound World record retail group, like a lot of other music industry notables at the time, was very enthusiastic about Supersonic saying that they “are definitely one of the biggest selling local acts. They are always playing and promoting so they are selling a lot more than other local acts and when they do in-stores for us their sales are often more than current singles.”

In their time together Supersonic also won five significant competitions, including the prestigious National youthweek.com RockIT song competition as well as the Future Rock 2002 band comp. After winning Future Rock 2002, a national band competition run through the Hard Rock Café chain, the band entered Sony Music Studios with Paul Begaud, noted for his production work with Human Nature, and engineer Todd Deeley, who had worked with Midnight Oil. The album that resulted, Waking Hour, was released that year and Supersonic undertook a tour of South-Eastern Australia, through to Melbourne and back to Newcastle, to promote the Waking Hour album. They then ventured north to Brisbane. Their music was getting them attention from notable music industry players. Music journalist Jeff Apter, who had been writing for Rolling Stone - Australia, caught the band performing live in Sydney and was bowled over by them. He was convinced of their broad appeal and said so in the press. He was particularly enthusiastic about the song ‘Rock n Roll’. At the same time a music video director from Los Angeles, Keir McFarlane, offered to make a video of the song ‘Sucker Punch’ while he was in Australia. McFarlane had been selected for the Cannes New Director Showcase and had won an MTV Video Award for his work on Tom Petty’s ‘Mary Jane’s Last Dance’.

To cap off a very successful period in Supersonic’s brief musical life the highly exciting single, ‘When You Fall’, was heard right across the country on high rotation on national broadcaster Triple J. After being named as finalists in both the pop and rock categories, they were awarded Group of the Year at the ABC 1233 Newcastle Music Awards in 2002.

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Newcastle’s Rum Jungle, Benny McIntyre (vocals and guitar), Josh Giles (guitar), Michael Kolmajer (bass guitar), and Frazer McDonald (drums), emerged in a very short space of time as serious players in one of the country’s most lively music scenes. Their inventive mix of rock, pop and reggae with an experimental edge saw them write and record songs that are both popular and innovative – a hard balancing act that Rum Jungle has achieved with confidence. In the process they built a devoted audience out of the two EPS they delivered in their early days signed to PMP Records,  Crazy Days (2017) and Sun and Smoke (2018).

After building a loyal and large following in Newcastle, where the four-piece shared various stages at all new music venues across the city with the likes of Boo Seeka, These New South Wales, Thundamentals and many, many more, the band went on to sell out their hometown release show at the legendary Cambridge Hotel, further cementing themselves as a mainstay in the Newcastle scene.

The Newcastle Star wrote that Rum Jungle "wasted little time creating an impact. Last year they released their debut EP Crazy Days and two weeks ago it was followed by the seven-track Sun & Smoke, a collection of reggae-rock… Benny McIntyre said Sun & Smoke feels like Rum Jungle’s true debut. “We love the first EP, but this one’s had a lot more put into it creatively from all four of us,” McIntyre said. “All four of us have become far better at music in general and writing. Playing live as well, has really helped with writing and figuring out what’s fun to play and for people to listen to.”

The first single, The Void, reached the top ten on the Triple J’s Unearthed overall charts. Not a group to rest on their laurels Rum Jungle released a new single, I See Red (2019), where they’ve took their unique sound to new heights with roaring vocal melodies and dynamic guitar runs, while keeping the reggae-rock-pop fusion that their fan base has come to love. Comments included: “Once the vocal started I was trapped. Unclassifiable. Flows straight from the source. Sick!”; “This is a killer of a track! Rum Jungle get better and better with each new release. Can't wait to see them when they're touring soon on their East Coast Safari”; “These boys just can't help pumping out bangers, and I think this might be the best one they've cranked out yet. Keep 'em coming lads”; “Such a great reggae vibe behind this track, definitely feels like you've hit the right mix of sounds that can get people bouncing. Can't wait for more!”

And then they were off and running!

They moved on from PMP Records, were signed to an independent Sydney record label, Sureshaker, home of their heroes, Sticky Fingers. Managed by Isaac Lewis from Ripple Effect and booked by Cult Artists, who are affiliated with Live Nation, Rum Jungle broke into the national festival circuit with a successful showing at the Byron Bay Falls Festival. While they were out on the road headlining a countrywide tour, one of their older tunes Keep reached over 2 million hits on Spotify and their then single, one of a number of them, was premiered on national broadcaster Triple J. Having released the video for Did The Morning Let You Down on Youtube, their highly rated Triple J Like a Version live recording Stay surprised quite a few. Then, their all-vinyl double EP release hit #3 on the ARIA vinyl chart, sandwiched between Taylor Swift and The Beatles. On the back of a very long flight, Rum Jungle then headed off on their first ever major international tour. Benny, Josh, Maje and Frazer played to heaps of sold out shows as they stacked up the gigs on that successful EU/UK tour. The London show, in particular, went so well they were booked by the promoter for bigger venues the next time they were in town. Highlights from that tour were many. UK band Absolutely Anytime were the perfect support act. Manchester, Leeds and Brighton warmed both bands up well and after playing Berlin, they all headed for Hamburg, where they played in the dodgy end of town just around the corner from the old Star Club where The Beatles slogged it out in their early days. Rum Jungle played great sets in Cologne and Paris. The crowd in London knew all their songs and were singing along in full voice all night long as only British crowds can. Reviews were five star treats for the band. When they came back to London from Europe, via Newcastle and Glasgow, they found their flat was just around the corner from the world-famous Abbey Road studios. And they got to see all the sights as they travelled from gig to gig. After coming home from that sold out tour across Europe and the UK, they immediately launched into a 22 date Nationwide tour. As part of that, they sold out their hometown gig, the first time a local Newy band had done that at the Cambo/King St band room for quite a number of years. Between gigs, they then went straight into the studio to record their next full-length album, Recency Bias, with indie rock/pop/punk producer Simon Dobson. Then they released their next single Chauffeur (backed with the most gorgeous song on the B-side Move to Cali) which got them a whack of five-star reviews on Triple J, with the J’s declaring on their website that “the next generation of aus indie music is in v v good hands!” And if that’s not enough they turned around again and got on board that big jet plane and headed back to a series of gigs already booked in Europe. Their highly anticipated album, Recency Bias, was released in February 2025 and then they headed off for tours of New Zealand, Australia and North America to promote it. Check what they're currently up to at rumjungleband.com.

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Rum Jungle Socials

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