The Badloves

The Badloves
Also known asDC3
OriginMelbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres
Years active
  • 1990 (1990)–1997 (1997)
  • 2008 (2008)–2010 (2010)
  • 2014 (2014)–present
Labels
Members
  • Michael Spiby
  • James Ryan
  • Kit Riley
  • Samuel Cope
  • Jeff Consi
  • Susie Ahern
Past members
  • John "Jak" Housden
  • Stephen "Irish" O'Prey
  • John Spiby
  • Tony Featherstone
  • John Favaro
  • Chris Tabone
  • Robbie Ragg
  • David Hibbard
Websitethebadloves.com.au

The Badloves are an Australian R&B, soul band that formed as DC3 in 1990 by founding mainstay member Michael Spiby on guitar and lead vocals. They changed their name after a year. Their debut studio album, Get on Board, was issued in July 1993, which peaked at No. 5 on the ARIA Albums Chart. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1994 they won Best New Talent and Breakthrough Artist – Album for Get on Board and Breakthrough Artist – Single for its first single, "Lost" (1993). The Badloves' second album, Holy Roadside (October 1995), reached the top 20. Their highest-charting single, "The Weight" (1993), is a cover version of the Band's 1968 single and features Jimmy Barnes on co-lead vocals. It reached the ARIA singles chart top 10.