Tripod
Pitch-perfect three-part harmony repeatedly interrupted by petty squabbling.
2 specials · 1999–2001
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The visual is simple: three guys standing in a row, accompanied by a single acoustic guitar. They drop into a tight vocal blend, letting the audience admire the chords. Then they undercut the singing with a lyric about something entirely mundane, or they stop the music completely so they can bicker about who missed a cue.
Specials
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Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala 2001 with Jimeoin, Chris Addison & 10 more
A rapid-fire 2001 charity showcase of Australian and international stand-up.
Network Ten
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Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala 1999 with Rove McManus, Jeff Green & 20 more
A massive showcase of late-nineties comedians doing four minutes each.
Network Ten
On stage
For more than twenty-five years, they have been a fixture of the Australian comedy circuit. They grew from mid-90s Melbourne pub acts into a group that mounts symphonic stage shows and writes music for video games. But their default mode is always a return to the basics: standing on stage in a festival tent, picking on each other with fraternal glee.
They write precise pastiches of jazz, folk, and a cappella. They will arrange a complex vocal bridge just to set up a punchline about a hotdog, or spend five minutes earnestly belting out a happy-clappy gospel tribute to atheism. They lean heavily into geek culture, happily devoting entire sets to dragons and console gaming. If a dense nerd reference occasionally leaves a casual crowd behind, the actual musicianship usually keeps the room engaged.
Scott Edgar, Simon Hall, and Steven Gates formed the trio in 1996. They built much of their early following by writing and arranging full songs in under an hour for Triple J radio, a drill that gave them the ability to build a catchy pop hook out of almost any premise.