Biography

The Crawford and Minett brothers whose ages range from 14 to 18 have been performing in venues mainly around Newcastle and the Hunter Valley in Australia since early 2005. Boosted by stage-storming performances on the NRL Footy show at Sydney Entertainment Centre at their then very young ages ranging from 9 to 13, the band has continued to grow and move on to develop their own brand of 70's, 80's sounding classic rock which they have been performing since early 2008.

The band is based in Hinton, a little country town north of Newcastle. They have been together for over four years now, and are committed to writing catchy, kick arse rock songs and taking their music to the world. Not only that, but the band has continued to receive a huge amount of positive wraps wherever they play. Listen to our tunes and catch us live sometime.

Watch many LIVE performance videos on www.youtube.com/powerage9

The Powerage roll call includes;


• Winners of the NRL Footy Show’s No Talent Time Gold in 2005, performing at the Sydney Entertainment Centre

• Finalist in “Global Battle of the Bands” at Darling Harbour Sydney 2006

• Supports for Grinspoon, Screaming Jets, Angels,Matchbox 20,Thirsty Merc

• Maitland Bike and Hotrod Show 2007 and 2008

• Pre-match entertainment at Energy Australia stadium for the Newcastle Knights -2007 and 2008 and World Cup Rugby (ENG v NZ)2008

• Rock City Nightspot in Patong, Phuket, Thailand, 2007

• Maitland Pubfest-2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008

• Hand picked to perform at Max Merritt Benefit Concert in Melbourne, 2007

• Newcastle Surfest 2008

• ABC’s Rage has aired two Powerage tracks- lets Jam and Long Road to the City regularly since early 2008

• Placed 4th, at Youth Rock 2008, placed 2nd in Youthrock 2009

• Appeared on SBS the “Crew Program”, Youth Rock Segment 2008, and feature segment on the CREW March 2009 for the release of EP Get Ready

• Supported Matchbox Twenty and Thirsty Merc, April 2008 Tempus Two Winery Hunter Valley, and The Screaming Jets on several occasions 2008, 2009

• Currently playing a range of clubs, pubs and outdoor events
*Played 3 songs LIVE on Channel [V] (Australian PAY TV), performed LIVE ACOUSTIC on Triple M radio.

*Played8 shows in 4 days over the Easter Long Weekend, 2009 at Sydney Royal Easter Show as a feature band.

*And our biggest achievement to date- Winning 2nd place in the World Final of GBOB (Global Battle of the bands)in London December, 2008. SOME SAY (lol) WE ARE CURRENTLY THE SECOND BEST UNSIGNED BAND IN THE WORLD (dont you just luv band comps)