Thirsty Merc is an Australian rock band formed in 2002 in Sydney, Australia. The band consists of Rai Thistlethwayte (vocals/guitar/keyboards), Phil Stack (bass guitar), Karl Robertson (drums), and Matt Smith (guitarist).
Thirsty Merc have released one EP entitled First Work, and 3 studio albums; Thirsty Merc, Slideshows, and Mousetrap Heart. The band has sold over 200,000 albums, has toured extensively around Australia, and have received heavy airplay in Australia on an impressive number of songs. After breaking through onto the Australian music scene they were nominated for four ARIA Awards in 2005 and Rai was nominated for Song of the Year at the APRA Awards in 2008 for Thirsty Merc's top 2 airplay hit 20 Good Reasons. Their song In the Summertime was selected as the theme song for the Australian TV reality show Bondi Rescue and has been the theme song for seven consecutive seasons.
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Stations that played Thirsty Merc in the last 30 days
- 10×
Channel X
New Zealand - 8×
Woolworths Radio
Australia · Rock - 4×
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Rebel FM - Gold Coast - 99.4 FM (AAC) [HQ]
Australia · Hard Rock - 4×
West Bremer Radio
Australia · Rock - 4×
Rebel FM - Wide Bay - 106.7 FM (AAC)
Australia · Hard Rock - 3×
Island FM Whitsundays 88.0MHz Airlie Beach Central Queensland
Australia · Rock - 3×
NEW FM 105.3
Australia · Pop - 3×
Rebel FM - 95.9 FM (AAC)
Australia · Hard Rock - 2×
Biloela 4BRZ 89.7MHz FM The Breeze Central Queensland
Australia · Rock - 2×
sa rock radio
Australia · Rock - 2×
Magic 105.9
Australia · Pop
![Rebel FM - Gold Coast - 99.4 FM (AAC) [HQ]](https://i.ibb.co/RptHhB4G/Rebel-99-4-Rocks-the-Gold-Coast-1.webp)
