Biography
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Years Active
1981 – 1985 (4 years)
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Founded In
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Members
- Johnny Batchelor
1. DropBears is a post-hardcore band from Perth, Australia. They got an EP out called "We Are Not Seen By Others".
Rhys Gahan (Vocals)
Joel Dalton (Drums)
Mario Thaung (Guitar)
Ray Lewis (Bass)
Levi Gallagher (Guitar)
2. The Dropbears were a band who played in the Sydney live music scene in the early 1980s who also had a couple of national chart hits and received national airplay. They had a minor charting hit with Shall We Go in 1985. Band was formed in Darlinghurst Sydney 1981 consisted on Johnny Batchelor, Simon Rudlin and Chris Toms (Chris Cross) - Chris coined the name Dropbears - prior to this Johnny and Simon were jamming with bass player Rod Brunel (from Sydney band "The Singles"), but it wasn't happening, Chris lived downstairs and Johnny asked him to join the, as then, unnamed band.
They formed in 1981 until 1985, with members New Zealander Johnny Batchelor, Chris Toms (aka Chris Cross), James Elliot, Phil Hall, Robert (Bert) Hearn, Mike (Snapper) Knapp and Simon Rudlin.
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