The Vasco Era are an Australian three piece rock and blues band.
Career Originally from Apollo Bay, but now based in Melbourne, the band's members are brothers Sid (vocals, guitar, lapsteel, rototoms) and Ted (bass) O'Neil and Michael Fitzgerald (drums). In 2004 the band won the Australian National Campus Band Competition, the largest band competition in the southern hemisphere.
The band played major festivals in Australia including Southbound, the East Coast Blues & Roots Music Festival, The Great Escape, Groovin' The Moo, the Apollo Bay Music Festival and the Falls Festival. Also in 2006, the band flew to San Francisco to record their debut album with producer Jeff Saltzman. The first single from the album, "When We All Lost It" was released to radio on 29 October 2006. Their debut album Oh We Do Like To Be Beside The Seaside was released on 5 May 2007. It was also nominated for the 2007 J Award for Australian album of the year on Australian youth independent radio station Triple J. A second album, Lucille was released in early 2010. A self-titled third album was released on 14 October 2011.
Discography Albums + List of studio albums, with selected details and chart positions Title Album details Peak chart positions AUSPeaks in Australia: All except noted: I Don't Mind: Oh We Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside Released: 2007 Label: Universal Music Australia (1720133) Formats: CD, digital download 40Lucille Released: 2010 Label: Universal Music Australia (2711134) Formats: CD, digital download 48The Vasco Era Released: 14 October 2011 Label: Era Records (ERA001CD) Formats: CD, digital download 94 I Don't Mind Released: 19 September 2025 Label: Marthouse Formats: LP, digital download 99
Live albums + List of live albums, with selected details Title Album detailsLive at the Annandale Hotel Released: 2008 Label: Annandale Hotel (ADH 002) Formats: LP
Extended plays + List of extended plays, with selected details and chart positions Title EP details Peak chart positions AUSThe Vasco Era Released: 2003 Label: The Vasco Era Formats: CD, DD —Let It Burn Released: 2004 Label: The Vasco Era Formats: CD, DD —Miles Released: 2005 Label: Era Records (9871130) Formats: CD, DD 66
Awards and nominations J Award The J Awards are an annual series of Australian music awards that were established by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's youth-focused radio station Triple J. They commenced in 2005.
| J Awards of 2007 |Oh We Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside | Australian Album of the Year
References
External links The Vasco Era Official Homepage Triple J Next Crop Artist review - The Vasco Era