current_members years_active label article_title past_members background genre origin name
jhindu lawrie charles thomas kahl wallace andrew thomson 2007 -- present starving kids , footstomp/warner the medics
 emma andrews group_or_band rock cairns , queensland , australia the medics
the medics

the medics is an australian rock band formed in cairns , queensland in 2007 .
in april 2010 they moved to brisbane .
the band was formed by jhindu lawrie , charles thomas , kahl wallace and emma andrews , later expanding to a five piece band with andrew thomson .
andrews left the band , reducing it back to four members .
they are mentored by lawrie 's father , coloured stone 's bunna lawrie .
they released their debut ep in 2008 and followed it up with a second in 2010 .
the medics won a deadly award in 2010 for band of the year .
they won a triple j unearthed competition , getting a spot at the groovin ' the moo festival in townsville .
the band were featured in the foxtel documentary `` who we are '' broadcast during naidoc week .
the band released their debut album , `` foundations '' , on may 18 , 2012 .
the album was a featured album on triple j and reached # 29 on the australian aria albums chart on may 28 , 2012 .
