Lavish is tagged as: rock, pop, indie pop, australian, south african
Lavish were a Brisbane band which started in 1993 by Gold Coast guitarists Nigel Lacey and Gary Beavis together with female drummer Michelle Wilson, bassist Matt Boulton and lead vocalist Richard. By 1995, Lacey and Beavis decided to head to Brisbane and they ditched the former band in favour of brothers Nathan and Luke Thomas on vocals and bass respectively, and drummer Justin Nelson. They became a successful live band on the Brisbane circuit with their music and style owing much to the American indie rock and Britpop scene that was the rage in the mid 90’s. Lavish were one of the first artists to sign to a briefly revitalised Festival Records in 1998 and their debut single “Trashed” became a favourite on both the commercial and indie radio stations alike, as well as being used in the movie “Buffy The Vampire Slayer”. It had a controversial video to go with it with much of it depicting a rape and murder scene in a dingy Sydney nightclub with snippets of the band done up as New Romantics playing against a white backdrop. Although the single failed to chart, their third single, a cover of Pete Shelley’s 1982 hit “Homosapien” made it to No.60 in 1999 and was used in the film “The Craic” featuring Irish comedian Jimeoi...
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