The Gadflys

The Gadflys
The Gadflys
Origin	Canberra, Australia
Genres	Roots rock
Years active	1982–1985; 1989–2001; 2017–present;
Labels	Phantom; Ravenswood; Larrikin/Festival; Mongrel Jazz;
Spinoff of	The Plunderers
Members	Mick Moriarity; Phil Moriarity;
Past members	Elmo Reid; Pete Velzen; Nic Dalton; Anthony Hayes; Andy Lewis;
Website	thegadflys.com.au

The Gadflys are an Australian roots rock group, formed by brothers Mick on guitar and vocals and Phil Moriarty on clarinet in Canberra in 1982. Splitting in 1985 they reformed in 1989 as an acoustic group with Andy Lewis joining on double bass. Adding violin to their sound in 1992 the band performed original tunes and issued three studio albums Take Your Medicine (1992), Dimitri's Bungalow (1996) and Out of the Bag (1998). The group spent three years (1997–1999) on Paul McDermott's TV show Good News Week and backed Neil Finn, Steve Harley, Glen Tilbrook, Diesel and Yothu Yindi.^[1] Lewis died in February 2000 while they were recording their fourth album Many Happy Returns (November 2000) and they broke up in the following year. In 2017 the group reformed and released their fifth album, Love and Despair (November 2019).^[1] They followed with a compilation album in 2022.

^ ^a ^b McKnight, Albert (7 November 2019). "The Gadflys: A Heart Attack, Their Legacy and First Album in 19 years". Bega District News. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

[bega-1] McKnight, Albert (7 November 2019). "The Gadflys: A Heart Attack, Their Legacy and First Album in 19 years". Bega District News. Archived from the original on 8 November 2019. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

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