The Beards were an Australian comic/rock/folk band with a focus on beards. In 2005 the band The Dairy Brothers performed for a single show as The Beards; this lead to local success and international exposure, and the band has played as The Beards at several Big Day Outs (an Australian music festival). There are quite a few videos of their work on YouTube. They disbanded after a highly successful farewell tour in 2016.
Members:
- Johann Beardraven - lead singer, piano, saxophone.
- John Beardman Jr - drums.
- Nathaniel Beard - bass, backing vocals.
- Facey McStubblington - guitar, backing vocals.
Studio and Live Discography:
Singles
- "You Should Consider Having Sex With a Bearded Man" (18 July 2011)
- "I'm in the Mood... For Beards" (16 January 2012)
- "All the Bearded Ladies" (11 April 2014)
Albums
- The Beards (21 July 2007)
- Beards, Beards, Beards (7 May 2010)
- Having a Beard is the New Not Having a Beard (9 March 2012)
- The Beard Album (9 May 2014)
Videos
- No Beard - No Good
- If Your Dad Doesn't Have A Beard, You've Got Two Mums
- You Should Consider Having Sex With A Bearded Man
- Beard Accessory Store
- Got Me A Beard
- Strokin' My Beard
They/Their work feature examples of:
- Ambiguously Bi: The video "You should consider having sex with a bearded man" is shot from first person ala Smack My Bitch Up, with the ending reveal that the POV character is a man.
- Beard of Barbarism: Natch, being Australians. Averted in the video "If your Dad doesn't have a beard, you've got two mums", where it is clear that one of the band members is wearing a falsie.
- Face on a Milk Carton: In the video "If your Dad doesn't have a beard, you've got two mums", the band is shows gleefully skipping away into the fields with their new young friend, visiting a circus, drinking, etc. Then a milk carton is set down showing the young boy's face, and the next scene is crying parents talking to a police officer. It's played for laughs, of course (the boy is implied to have run off with the band to grow a beard).
- Running Gag: 4 albums, 50+ songs, all about beards. Lamp Shaded by the final track on the third album, "Beard Related Song Number 38".
