Bored (band)

Bored!
GenresPunk rock
Years active1987 (1987)–1993 (1993)
LabelsGrown Up Wrong, Dog Meat Records, Rattlesnake, Survival, Full Toss
Past membersGrant Gardner
Adrian Hann
Justin Munday
John Nolan
Dave Thomas

Bored (stylised as Bored!) were an Australian punk band formed in Geelong in 1987. The original line-up was Grant Gardner on bass guitar, Adrian Hann on keyboards, Justin Munday on drums, John Nolan on guitar (ex-Behind the Magnolia Curtain) and Dave Thomas on guitar and vocals (ex-Bodies, Slaughter House). In 1989 Gardner was replaced by Tim Hemensley (ex-Royal Flush, God). Both Hemensley and Nolan left in 1991 to form Powder Monkeys. Bored! released five studio albums by 1993 and disbanded later that year. Thomas briefly joined Magic Dirt and subsequently enlisted various line-ups for reformed versions of Bored! in 1998, 1999 and 2000.