The Beards (Australian band)
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The Beards are a comedy, folk rock band who play music based on the virtues of having a beard
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, South Australia, to play a one off show The Beards rose in popularity and soon found they had developed a local cult following with the release of their first album The Beards in July 2007.
The band followed this up by being selected to play the Adelaide Big Day Out
in 2008 & 2009.
In 2009 the band traveled to Alaska
to perform at the opening ceremony of the World Beard & Moustache Championships.
The band has gone on to extensively tour Australia, they have produced a film clip for their song "If Your Dad Doesn’t Have a Beard You’ve Got Two Mums" and released a live DVD
. A third album titled Having a Beard is the New Not Having a Beard is to be released early 2012.
Beard
A beard is the collection of hair that grows on the chin, cheeks and neck of human beings. Usually, only pubescent or adult males are able to grow beards. However, women with hirsutism may develop a beard...
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Career
Forming in 2005 in AdelaideAdelaide
Adelaide is the capital city of South Australia and the fifth-largest city in Australia. Adelaide has an estimated population of more than 1.2 million...
, South Australia, to play a one off show The Beards rose in popularity and soon found they had developed a local cult following with the release of their first album The Beards in July 2007.
The band followed this up by being selected to play the Adelaide Big Day Out
Big Day Out
The Big Day Out is an annual music festival held in several cities in Australia and New Zealand in late January. It started in Sydney in 1992, spread to Adelaide, Melbourne and Perth by 1993, with the Gold Coast and Auckland joining in 1994...
in 2008 & 2009.
In 2009 the band traveled to Alaska
Alaska
Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...
to perform at the opening ceremony of the World Beard & Moustache Championships.
The band has gone on to extensively tour Australia, they have produced a film clip for their song "If Your Dad Doesn’t Have a Beard You’ve Got Two Mums" and released a live DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
. A third album titled Having a Beard is the New Not Having a Beard is to be released early 2012.
Albums
- The Beards (21 July 2007, Spare Room Audio)
- Beards, Beards, Beards (07 May 2010, The Beards)
- Having a Beard is the New Not Having a Beard (release in early 2012)