Artist · chart history
Hockey Dad
Band Wollongong Australia Formed 2013 Australian surf rock band
Hockey Dad formed in 2013 in Wollongong, Australia. Hockey Dad has 9 chart appearances on 6 radio countdowns from 1 station on RockLists, spanning 2017–2023. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Join the Club”, which appears on 1 list with a best position of #18. The station that charted Hockey Dad most often is Triple J (Australia (national)), with 9 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2018.
Hockey Dad's 2018 album Blend Inn is two mates from Windang, New South Wales, making a racket big enough for a four-piece. The duo formed in 2013: Zach Stephenson sings and plays guitar, Billy Fleming drums, and between them they whip surf rock, garage fuzz and indie jangle into something sunburnt and cheerfully loud.
After the 2014 EP Dreamin' and the 2016 debut Boronia, Blend Inn sharpened everything. "Join the Club" charges in on a big, bright riff, while "Homely Feeling", "I Wanna Be Everybody" and "Sweet Release" swing between breezy and bruised. Brain Candy, in 2020, cranked the distortion on "I Missed Out", "Germaphobe" and "Itch", and a scuzzy cover of Macy Gray's "I Try" showed they could make somebody else's song sound like their own.
Rebuild Repeat followed in 2024 with "Still Have Room", and the 2025 EP The Clip kept the tank topped up. Along the way they have released records through Kanine Records and LAB Records.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Hockey Dad on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Join the Club | 1 | #18 | – | 2018 | |
| 2 | Still Have Room | 1 | #45 | – | 2023 | |
| 3 | Homely Feeling | 1 | #54 | – | 2017 | |
| 4 | I Try (originally by Macy Gray) | 1 | #59 | – | – | |
| 5 | I Missed Out | 1 | #60 | – | 2019 | |
| 6 | I Wanna Be Everybody | 1 | #61 | – | 2018 | |
| 7 | Sweet Release | 1 | #73 | – | 2018 | |
| 8 | Germaphobe | 1 | #96 | – | 2020 | |
| 9 | Itch | 1 | #99 | – | 2020 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
Every countdown appearance
| Year | # | Song | Countdown |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 45 | Still Have Room | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2023 |
| 2023 | 59 | I Try (originally by Macy Gray) | Triple J Hottest 100 of Like a Version (2023) |
| 2020 | 96 | Germaphobe | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2020 |
| 2020 | 99 | Itch | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2020 |
| 2019 | 60 | I Missed Out | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2019 |
| 2018 | 18 | Join the Club | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2018 |
| 2018 | 61 | I Wanna Be Everybody | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2018 |
| 2018 | 73 | Sweet Release | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2018 |
| 2017 | 54 | Homely Feeling | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2017 |
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