Coolboys and the Frontman

In late 2015, the members of the Hamish & Andy radio show had Rob Thomas on the show for an interview. After a request for a live performance was knocked back due to his backing band not travelling with him, the hosts of the radio show jokingly offered to be his backing band, to which Thomas accepted not knowing it was in fact a joke. A few months later in early November, Thomas contacted the radio show, notifying them that he would be coming out to Australia in less than a week. The band was then hastily formed. At the time, the band had no name and was not meant to be continue past the one performance. Hamish Blake, who claimed to have "natural percussive talent" (and had previously bought and sold two electronic drum kits) became the drummer; Andy Lee, who learnt the trumpet at high school, became the trumpeter; and, while the show is on air, sound producer Jack Post, who played in a punk-rock group called Last Chance while in high school, became the band's guitarist. The song chosen was "Smooth" due to the use of trumpet, drums and guitar while also being a famous Rob Thomas song. Due to such short notice from Thomas and it being their first time playing together, the band initially had trouble performing the song at a competent standard and getting through any practice without severe "in-fighting". After much difficulty, the song was eventually performed live on air to much success on 16 November 2015.[1] After this performance, there was little talk of further performances.

In 2016, the band was recalled, as a promise was made to perform with Conrad Sewell in the same manner as the Rob Thomas performance. This time, the band would learn and perform the INXS song "Never Tear Us Apart". The song title was seen as fairly humorous due to the large number of fights and insults that are traded between the members of the band. After learning the song, it was eventually performed at Cruise Bar in Darling Harbour, Sydney, NSW, to a live audience.[2] After the performance, the band still did not have a name and again fell dormant. The Veronicas later asked Hamish Blake to perform as their drummer for a live performance on the radio show in July 2016.[3]

In October 2016, Blake and Lee announced that they were reforming the band and would be performing a tour in late November.[4] After receiving news that they would be able to hire a tour bus that had been used by One Direction owned by friend of the show, Shane Jacobson, Lee received his bus license, to be the bus driver for the tour. He later grew a moustache that was dyed grey and crowned the ''bustache", as it was said by the members of the radio show that bus drivers usually had grey moustaches. Because of the bus' capabilities to have beer on tap, Post was crowned "keg monkey" and was made to wear a monkey costume and ensure there was always a keg hooked up to the bar. After deciding to tour, Blake and Lee named the band ''Coolboys and the Frontman'', where they were "Coolboys" and there would be a guest frontman for each show. The show decided on learning and performing "Uptown Funk", a Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars song. After realising that they would require a bassist, an anonymous bassist was recruited to perform under a black tarp and be known as the ''hidden agenda". Eventually the song proved too difficult for the trumpeter Lee and incredibly unpopular with the shows listeners, so the song was changed to "Long Way to the Top", by AC/DC, which required Lee to learn to play the bagpipes. In late November, the band travelled from Melbourne to Byron Bay, performing in Wodonga, Rankins Springs and Newcastle, before finishing at the Beach Hotel in Byron Bay.

Listed in ascending order of instrument prowess

Current members

• Hamish Blake – Electronic drums, insults, team player, natural percussionist, vibe-ing it out, soft jacket lapels (2015–present)
• Jack Post – Electronic guitar, insults, low stage presence, cackling, sponsored, slow guitar (2015–present)
• Andy Lee – Trumpet, bagpipes, insults, keyboards, backing vocals, piano, keyboard, keytar, other novelty instruments, birthdays (2015–present)
• Front Person – Vocals (2016–present)
• Hidden Agenda – Bass, guitar (2016–present)

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