Nerds & Music
Nerds & Music is made up in equal parts by Clark Gormley and Wayne Thompson. They have been performing their original brand of quirky songs since 2008. Audiences are regularly rendered dumbstruck by their weirdness, witticisms, wordplay, and alliteration.
They have played at pubs, festivals, birthday parties and public primary school P&C benefit nights. They are available to play anywhere anytime.
Reviews
“They left us wanting less” (Facebook)
“Their performance was a Tour De France” (said by a passing cyclist)
“I was mildly bemused” (Wayne’s mum)
Actual Review
Nerds & Music and Mic Conway with Robbie Long.
A short review by Michael Fine
Sunday 23 August '26 at the Troubadour Central Coast Folk Club
What a cracker! Two fabulous performances today for a full auditorium at the @Everglades Club.
I'd been looking forward to this 'date with comedy' for months. It not only lived up to expectation, it went well beyond it. A great combination of bands, similar in their humour, different in their musical approach, but with one very important thing in common. They both gave us terrific performance - warm, funny, life affirming but with a strong, even stringently critical and satirical take on the contemporary techno market society we live in. It was a great program.
Nerds and Music (composed of Clark Gormley and Wayne Thompson, in equal parts) set the bar high, with a fabulous set of original songs. Like Lennon and McCartney, each songwriter/performer seemed to be inspired to produce a song that was even funnier and cleverer than his band mate. And like the Fab 4, they played guitar and bass guitar and sang in great harmony, articulating each word very clearly - important when so many of them are puns or other plays on words and phrases. What a delight. The audience were spellbound, except for the persistent laughter, cheers and regular sing-a-longs. Top notch!
Nerds Merch!
Yes we now have our own T-shirts! Male and female sizes! Plus tea-towels even! Buy them online!
Film Clips
Elephant in the Room, the film clip has arrived. Shot at The Royal Exchange, that haven of Bohemia in the heart of Newcastle.
Somerton Man, by Clark. If you don’t know who he is, look him up. He just happens to be Clark’s special subject in the first round when he went on Mastermind.
Here’s Yellow Wheely Bin, our song with an environmental message about breaking up, not breaking down.
Favourite Texta, filmed at the iconic King Edward Park. We were practically mobbed by bemused onlookers.
The Nerds have ventured into the realm of animation with their film clip Bandwidth, one of the few sea shanties about the National Broadband Network.
Private I animation by Wayne
Albums for sale
Nerds & Music have produced three top class albums chock a block full of silly yet deeply meaningful quirky original songs.
You can download them at Bandcamp:
You Can't Polish a Nerd
8 years in the making, this is the difficult third Nerds album, colloquially known as the Brown Album. Recorded over a 6 month period at Funky Lizard Studios, and produced, mixed and mastered by the wizard known as Robbie Long.
Courage in the Face of Absurdity
The second album by this Novocastrian duo, comprising 14 original ridiculous songs.
All at Sea
The elusive first album by the Novocastrian duo.
If you’re not feeling virtual, you can order the physical CDs by contacting the Nerds.
Live Performance Videos
Favourite Texta recorded live in the 1233 ABC Newcastle studio on Friday the 29th of June 2018 (thanks for the video ABC)
Milk Crate –Lass O'Gowrie Hotel Sunday 15 February 2015 (thanks for the video Pete Tarren)
Bluesberry Jam – Hornsby Ku Ring Gai Folk Club
Nerds & Music singing Santa’s in a Bad Way for the xmas musicalendar way back in 2015.
Back in 2020 we performed an online show for the wonderful Canterbury Bankstown TV as part of their council’s Keep Connected program. https://www.facebook.com/ourcbcity/videos/2770628049860465 Yes, you need a Facebook account to view it.
Link to Nerds Facebook Page