'Going out on the right note': long time band takes its final bow -- By Sophia Baker -- Published in the Warrnambool Standard March 28th 2025
Warrnambool band Lost in Suburbia's Pete Bird, Murray McDowall, Melissa McKenzie, Trevor McKenzie and Rohan Keert will play their final show on Sunday.
It will be a bittersweet moment for the band members of Lost in Suburbia as they take the stage to play their final show after 30 years performing together. The group will play a "goodbye gig" at the Warrnambool Hotel at 3pm on Sunday, March 30, 2025. Singer Rohan Keert said the band was a key part of his identity and he was coming to terms with it no longer being the case."It's mixed emotions, you know," he said."I haven't got used to saying to people in the future that I used to be in a band because I've always been in one.""I'll miss it, I feel fortunate to have been able to play with these guys."Lost in Suburbia formed in 1996 after the original members met playing in separate bands and music competitions around town.
Warrnambool band Lost in Suburbia on the Railway Stage at the 2011 Port Fairy Folk Festival. L to R
Photo of an earlier iteration of the band consisting of Rohan Keert, Trevor McKenzie, Wendy Goyen (no longer in the band), Murray McDowall and Pete Bird playing at the Mahogany Restaurant in 1994.
Lost in Suburbia band members Murray McDowall, Rohan Keert, Pete Bird, Melissa McKenzie and Trevor McKenzie will play their final show at the Warrnambool Hotel.