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THE MEANIES
are on the move in
March

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Melbourne maniacs The Meanies are on the move in March with shows in Melbourne, Sydney, Newcastle, Woy Woy and Aireys Inlet. The shows include appearances at regional festivals Lawncore and the Aireys Music Festival.  The NSW shows came about thanks to Lawncore, the all-ages Punk, Metal, Rock ‘n’ Roll festival in the Newcastle inner suburb of Wickham.

Sez Wally Meanie, “The Lawncore folk asked us to play and we said yes cos it not only sounded like a fun thing to do but also it meant I could go to the SCG on the Thursday and see Curnow versus Carlton….. “It was also a good time of year to do a Sydney show and we’d been meaning to do a Link & Pin show for a while so it all made sense.
“Especially cos it fell right in the middle of two festivals in Victoria that wanted us…. “By the way, Link is halfway through writing our next album and a double album of long-lost recordings is in the pipeline.”

The shows will be The Meanies’ first since they launched the single “Shutdown” back in October. “Shutdown” was the first hint of the ‘double album of long-lost recordings’ that Wally mentioned; it was recorded 25 years ago by Shane O’Mara at Yikesville Studios for an album that was never released.

The single also features Frenzal Rhomb and Leeches! on the B-side, both covering Meanies tunes. Remaining copies of the single are available from Shutdown | The Meanies | Cheersquad Records & Tapes. Fans are also advised to put aside a few dollars for the band’s new t-shirt, featuring the fab art by Ben Brown-illustrated new poster image, which will be available at the shows.

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THE MEANIES
March 2026

Sun March 1 Brunswick Ballroom, VIC
Fri March 6 Botany View Hotel, Newtown, NSW here
Sat March 7 Lawncore, Newcastle, NSW here
Sun March 8 Link & Pin, Woy Woy, NSW here
Fri March 13 Aireys Music Festival, Aireys Inlet, VIC here

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About THE MEANIES

Starting out in ’88, following on from the late ’80s GOD/Bored scene and anticipating the subsequent successes of Spiderbait and Magic Dirt, the Meanies are genuine Melbourne icons and national treasures. Arriving at the same time as grunge, they defied the odds with a pop punk-meets-hardcore sound that preempted what was to come out of the US on labels like Epitaph and Fat Wreck Chords.  They became Triple J and Big Day Out faves (they did the BDO in 1992, 1993, 1994 and 1999!) and kings of the all-ages circuit, and they toured their arses off, playing with the likes of Nirvana, The Lemonheads, Redd Kross, Beastie Boys, Pearl Jam and Bad Brains along the way. They toured Europe, the US and Japan and retain an international following. And like their older and uglier brethren The Cosmic Psychos, The Meanies are now enjoying a late career revival, which begun with the release of their first album in 21 years, It’s Not Me It’s You in late 2015 on Poison City Records. Desperate Measures was released in July 2020. 

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Meanies | Photo by Jo Forster

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Follow THE MEANIES
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AMNPLIFY – DB