In little more than a year vocalist and lyricist Cheyne Coates and Van went from Australian maybes to international superstars. Who the Hell Are You - double platinum, Everything You Need is gold and growing and their debut album The Polyester Embassy , double platinum. Overseas the riches are as great - 850,000 singles sold worldwide. Yet the year ended controversially. There have always been rumours about Van and Coates fighting.
Most bands have the odd verbal or six.
But Coates made October a month to remember. There she was in all her glory. Nothing left to the imagination. Coates went full frontal wearing nothing more than a hat. It seemed like a strange act at the time.