We are shakin’… everyone around us is going insane
Facing today with just one weapon
Wipe off that glum insipid expression
We can see the time has come to have some fun…
Zedforever is flippin’ the switch with a super special Friday night featuring a ONE OFF Australian exclusive appearance of SUNNYBOYS in celebration of the 45th anniversary of their prototypical debut masterpiece Sunnyboys.
Joining the Sunnyboys for this night of nights will be generational compadre’s THE CLOUDS heading out on their own singles tour; VSPY VSPY touring on behalf of a 40th anniversary of Harry’s Reasons and A.O. Mod. TV. Vers. Albums; and the orginal Screaming Tribesmen MICK MEDEW AND THE URSULA 4.
4ZZZ & ZEDFOREVER presents
FRIDAY 23 OCTOBER 2026
ROMA STREET PARKLAND
Albert St, Spring Hill, Brisbane
SUNNYBOYS
THE CLOUDS
VSPY VSPY
MICK MEDEW AND URSULA 4
Doors 5pm until late
Tickets from OZTIX –
https://tickets.oztix.com.au/outlet/event/457b827b-3925-4dc0-b11e-114657b9920a
4ZZZ Subscribers discount
SUNNYBOYS BOX SET RELEASE AND ONE-OFF AUSTRALIAN SHOW
45 years on since the release of their classic eponymous debut album Sunnyboys are excited to announce a 4LP vinyl only version of that same release. The 4LP box set brings together the original album, the demos that pre-date it, the 1981 remix of their eponymous 1980 ep, interview segments and the jewel in the crown; a live performance recorded at Sydney venue the Governors Pleasure in February 1981.
“At times, some shows crossed the threshold into magic. There were a few times, a handful at best, when it was so strong I would have sworn there were five of us on stage. I don’t know what that extra person was or what they played, I just felt an extra presence on stage that was playing a part in all we did, and that part was adding to the intensity, the strength, the joy and the moment. One of those shows was the JJJ live to air recording at the Governors Pleasure in February 1981”. Richard Burgman / Sunnyboys
Released in September 1981 Sunnyboys (the album) would go on to be one of the most celebrated Australian debuts of all time. Consistently charting on ‘Greatest Australian Album’ lists and containing the singles Happy Man and Alone With You (since covered by Jimmy Little and Paul Kelly among many others) Sunnyboys paired the high energy thrills of late seventies Sydney with an acute pop sensibility that owed as much to The Beatles as it did English new wave. Combined with 19yr old songwriter Jeremy Oxley’s passionate heart on the sleeve lyrics it provoked a fanatical live following and continues to inspire and resonate with folk of all ages even today.
“Something about this music hits youj in the guts, the heart and the head. It says it all you need to know about being young and alive, with all those doubts, joys, heartache and hope. And its rocks.” – Noel Mengel / Courier Mail
Also included in the box set are the contents of a scrapbook housed by the mother of drummer Bil Bilson, the original 1981 Mushroom records press release, 8” x 10” promo photo, Fan Club card and more surprises. A fantastic celebration of an album that never sounds dated or has ever gone out of style.
And in celebration of the box set release Sunnyboys, featuring founding members Jeremy and Peter Oxley, Richard Burgman and drummer Paul Larsen sitting in for the recently retired Bil Bilson, will reunite this October for a very special one-off performance at Brisbane’s Roma St. Parklands. The band that inspired a hundred garage bands, hook ups, road trips and surf sessions will bring their timeless songs to the stage one last time.
“We were always after world domination and Australia is the world to me.. so I’m grateful that we haven’t been forgotten !” – Jeremy Oxley / Sunnyboys
And joining Sunnyboys in celebration will be The Clouds, themselves celebrating the 35th anniversary of Penny Century, 80’s troubadours vSpy vSpy and Brisbane legend Mick Medew with Ursula 4.
Box set available Friday October 23rd via all good record stores and sunnyboysofficial.com
https://www.instagram.com/sunnyboys_fan_club
https://www.facebook.com/SunnyboysFanClub
THE CLOUDS
Those who remember the Clouds as one of the most exhilarating live acts of the heady 1990s have had their faith confirmed over half a dozen steadily escalating tours since they re-united in 2011.
With their immaculate explosion of interweaving guitars, delirious vocal harmonies of Jodi Phillis and Trish Young and breathtaking song-craft breaking barriers of sound and lyrical subject matter, one of the world’s great lost rock bands is back to claim theirinterrupted legacy.
Apart from ecstatic old fans, their recent tours have attracted a new generation transfixed by the focused power and technical precision of a bygone age where a band lived or died on the strength of live performance.
https://www.facebook.com/TheCloudsAustralia
https://www.instagram.com/thecloudsaustralia/?hl=en
vPSY vSPY – 40th Anniversary Tour
Harry’s Reasons & A.O. Mod. TV. Vers.
In 1986, vSpy vSpy did something almost no band manages: they released two albums in a single year, on different labels, and charted with both. Harry’s Reasons arrived on Midnight Oil’s Powderworks label in February – raw, political, and rooted in the inner-city Sydney squat scene the band called home. A.O. Mod. TV. Vers. followed in December on WEA, spawning the platinum-selling ‘Don’t Tear It Down’ and peaking at #12 nationally. Forty years on, those records sound less like nostalgia and more like the news.
To mark the occasion, vSpy vSpy are hitting the road for a national tour this October – five shows across Perth, Adelaide, Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne – celebrating the 40th anniversary of both albums with a night that’s as much a conversation as it is a concert.
https://www.facebook.com/p/VSPY-VSPY-100063754478511
MICK MEDEW AND URSULA 4
Mick Medew formed the Screaming Tribesmen in Brisbane in 1981. He’s now fronting his own band with his wife Ursula,a self proclaimed Punk Grandma on keyboards,Lois on bass and Stu on drums. They are excited to be doing an encore of their well received set on New Year’s Eve last year,consisting of Screaming Tribesmen songs and a couple of their hits as well.T hey’ve got a feeling you’re gonna dig it!
https://www.facebook.com/mickmedewandursula
https://www.instagram.com/mickmedew_and_ursula4
