LOCAL MUSIC
surf rock kings GERRINGONG-BORN BAND THE TERRYS CAN’T WAIT TO GET BACK ON STAGE Words Emma Smith Image Adelaide Amourd
Local indie rock band The Terrys have recently celebrated one million streams on their iconic track Our Paradise! Born and bred in Gerringong, it all began when three mates Lukas Anderson (lead guitar), Jacob Finch (vocals) and Ben Salvo (rhythm guitar) moved into a shared trailer house and began jamming together. It wasn’t long before the boys roped in Cameron Cooper (drums) and Trent Cooper (bass) and the five-piece was complete.
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As an ode to where it all began, the band was named after their legendary landlord ‘Terry.’ The Terrys released their debut single Video Games in June 2020 and by December that year, they already had over 62 thousand streams – and they haven’t slowed down since. Lead guitarist Lukas jokes that it was probably 10 of their friends alone who were responsible for getting the streams up, but that can’t be true. Since then, they’ve featured on triple j, headlined local festivals, sold out interstate tours, played alongside some of their music idols like Dune Rats, Skeggs and Hockey Dad and launched their Oddpast podcast. One of their first local shows ‘The Tezzfest’ at the Towradgi Beach Hotel sold out in two days. Lukas says Tezzfest is, to this day, his favourite event that the band has ever played. “All of our mates bought a ticket to come and support us and it was so much fun,” he recalls.
