| 67 Special | |
| Landscape: | Yes |
| Origin: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Genre: | Rock |
| Years Active: | 2001–present |
| Label: | Warner Music Australasia |
| Website: | Official website |
| Current Members: | Ash Santilla Gavin Campbell Bryan Dochstader Ben Dexter Louis Macklin |
67 Special are an Australian rock band based in Melbourne, Australia. The band was formed in 2001, and went on to release two full-length albums.
In 1994, Ash Santilla and Gavin Campbell met at high school in their hometown of Benalla, Victoria, and became good friends, bonding over their shared passion for rock music. Their first band was named Naybious, inspired by Gavin's sister Lauren's one-eyed doll.
Lead vocalist Santilla and lead guitarist Campbell met multi-instrumentalist Louis Macklin at a school camp, and he became the band's keyboardist and percussionist. Progress of the band stalled for some time, until 2001 when Santilla and Campbell found each other again in Melbourne and began writing again. Soon, drummer Ben Dexter joined after coming to know the group through his brother, and bass guitarist Bryan Dochstader joined the group after noticing the group unloading gear in a supermarket car-park and asking them, "Do you guys need a bass player?"
The band couldn't decide on a name for several months until Dexter rang Santilla and asked him, "What's the model of your car?" "HR," Santilla replied. "What year?" "'67." "67 Special?" "Yeah."
67 Special signed with Festival Mushroom Records released the "Hey There Bomb" in 2004. The song peaked at number 100 on the ARIA Charts. Their debut album The World Can Wait was released in August 2005.
The second studio album was released by Warner Music Australia in 2007.
| Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [1] | |||
| The World Can Wait |
| 83 | |
| The Devil May Care |
| — |
| Year | Chart positions | Album | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS | ||||
| "Hey There Bomb" | 2004 | 100 | ||
| "Boys & Girls" | 2005 | — | The World Can Wait | |
| "Walking Away" | 54 | |||
| "Killer Bees" | 2007 | — | The Devil May Care |