G’day, we’re The Terrys
and we covered Ben Lee’s ‘Catch My Disease’
for Like A Version.
It was quite a nostalgic track for all of us, I think.
Growing up listening to it, really loved it.
I think it was one of those songs that you’re sort of
driving in the back of your parent’s car
and it always seems to come on.
It’s just one of those bangers.
Just try and be natural.
We didn’t feel like changing the structure of the song.
We just tried to be ourselves and I think that shone through.
The more we jammed it, the more we forgot how
the actual song was supposed to go.
Is that a bit slow?
Oi, that sounds fucking sick.
Yeah, it’s pretty good.
♪ My head is a box, filled with nothing
Hope you like it.
I hope they take away real good vibes on the job site.
Everyone’s sort of like “Oh, I know this one!”
Crank the Makita up to 25.
Hope that it gets stuck in your head all day.
♪ Winter is long down in Tassie
I mean Tassie
we’ve been spending a lot of time down in Tassie
and it’s always cold, so it sort of fit the lyric.
Wangaratta, well the lyric was “Santa Ana”, I think.
It’s cool, because I know a very special lady
and she’s from Wangaratta.
So it perfectly fit in, so I thought it’d be rude not to.
“Gold Coast”, just sounds cool.
Oh, we did “Fireball and apple juice”, which everyone loves that.
And Beddy Rays, we actually saw at Big Sound
and kinda told them maybe about what we were gonna do
and they were like “Oi!”.
So that happened.
Yeah, I don’t know if you can say that but
sweet, yeah that happened.
And they definetly gave us that idea
so that’s where that came from.
Shoutout Beddy Rays.
♪ Baby please
Well yeah, our band started because of COVID.
I mean, I guess that’s just a bit of a synchronicity or something.
We got to put those headphones on and stuff
and we’ve actually made songs in that fashion
so it was actually sick.
We really like to be with the headphones and you can
hear everything that’s going on.
Be able to adjust your own volume.
We’re so used to jamming in a shed where your
ears are ringing afterwards, so it’s quite nice.
♪ I hear Skegss on the radio
I’m heavily inspired for vocals by Jamie T.
And Skegss, to be honest. Really put the foot in the door for us.
DMA’s, just a lot of Aussie bands.
Well Jamie T is not Aussie, but a lot of Aussie bands.
And AC/DC.
Yeah.
I reckon the bit where Salvo’s backing me up on
“Nah nah nah nah”
then Louie backs me up, “Catch my disease!”
“Nah nah nah”, “Catch my disease!”
That’s a bit-
That’s pretty fun, we all feel pretty involved and nice.
And playing all together is always a good vibe.
I was thinking of that one, remember I said it
to you the other day?
They did Rage Against The Machine.
Oh, Denzel Curry.
Denzel Curry. What was the song?
‘Bulls On Parade’.
Denzel Curry, ‘Bulls On Parade’.
I mean far out.
So good.
That was a classic.
And Delta Riggs doing ‘Gooey’ by Glass Animals was really sick.
Yep.
It’s cool because sometimes you see a band or an artist
just singing a song that you already like.
So that’s what makes a cool Like A Version
because it’s just cool already.
We’ve both been working and listening to triple j for a long time
and always tuned into Like A Version.
So it was a pretty special moment
for us to walk in the doors and
be able to do it ourselves, for sure.
Oh, I mean this is something that we’ve dreamed about
since starting the band
and just always watching Like A Version.
Finally coming in and just seeing like-
This is where it happens.
The lamp.
You know? Just the small things.
Just the triple j logo, we were like “Oh!”.
Yeah, we grabbed a couple stickers. You know?
100%.
We love stickers.
Just soaked it all in because it’s definitely an amazing
beautiful thing for us.
So we were absolutely frothing out.
Yeah, and thank you.
Yeah, cheers.
Thanks for having us.
Yeah.