Rail (Australian band)
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Rail was an Australia
n band from Melbourne
in the late 1990s. Dan Vertessy was the lead singer and songwriter. They featured Ashley Naylor
from Even
on guitar and released two albums of guitar pop. Their first album was titled Bad Hair Life, and contained the single "Immune Deficiency". "Immune Deficiency" received a lot of radio and TV airplay on the ABC
, specifically Triple J
. The second album was titled Goodbye Surfing, Hello God, after a Beach Boys reference. They split sometime around 1998. Drummer Ian Williams drowned in 1999.
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 band from Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
in the late 1990s. Dan Vertessy was the lead singer and songwriter. They featured Ashley Naylor
Ashley Naylor
Ashley Naylor is an Australian musician, best known for his guitar and vocals in Melbourne-based band Even.In 1987 at the age seventeen, Naylor fronted an indie rock band called The Swarm. He occasionally played guitar with Melbourne band Pray TV on studio recordings and also live...
from Even
Even (band)
Even are an Australian indie rock three-piece fronted by singer/songwriter/guitarist Ashley Naylor, with Matthew Cotter on drums and Wally Kempton on bass and backing vocals...
on guitar and released two albums of guitar pop. Their first album was titled Bad Hair Life, and contained the single "Immune Deficiency". "Immune Deficiency" received a lot of radio and TV airplay on the ABC
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation, commonly referred to as "the ABC" , is Australia's national public broadcaster...
, specifically Triple J
Triple J
triple j is a nationally networked Australian radio station intended to appeal to listeners between the ages of 18 and 30. The government-funded station is a division of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation...
. The second album was titled Goodbye Surfing, Hello God, after a Beach Boys reference. They split sometime around 1998. Drummer Ian Williams drowned in 1999.