The Onyas

The Onyas are an Australian punk rock band which formed in 1991 in Brisbane. The members are John "Mad Macka" McKeering (vocals, guitar) and the brothers Richard "Stanners" Stanley (bass) and Jordan "Jaws" Stanley (drum).

On 19 October 1996 they supported the Sex Pistols on their Filthy Lucre Tour, at the Festival Hall in Melbourne.

They made five international tours, with three to Europe (1996, 1997 and 1998), and two to the United States (1997 and 2000).

In 2006 John McKeering also joined Melbourne band Cosmic Psychos on guitar, after the death of Robert John "Rocket" Watts.

In 2016 the band celebrated its 25 year anniversary with a concert on 1 April at The Tote, Melbourne.

Members

 * Current line-up


 * John McKeering – vocals, guitar
 * Richard Stanley – bass
 * Jordan Stanley – drum


 * Occasional line-ups


 * 1992


 * John McKeering – vocals, guitar
 * Anton Bladwell – guitar
 * Richard Stanley – bass
 * Jordan Stanley – drum


 * 1997


 * John McKeering – vocals, guitar
 * José Bernardo "Joseber" Tolosa – guitar
 * Richard Stanley – bass
 * Jordan Stanley – drum

Cassettes

 * Brack (1991) – Self-editing

Albums

 * Get Shitfaced With The Onyas (1996) – Au-Go-Go
 * Six! (1998) – Au-Go-Go

Live albums

 * Heterospective (2000) – Dropkick

Singles

 * "Beer Gut" (1994) – Au-Go-Go
 * "Live For Rejection" (1994) – Lance Rock
 * "London... Paris... Bracken Ridge!" (1997) – 1 + 2
 * "Live For Rejection" (1996) – Man's Ruin
 * "Hit You Up The Guts" (1996) – Rock & Roll Inc.
 * "Drink 'Em Up Motherfuckers!" (1998) – Sheep
 * "Three More Hits From The Onyas" (1999) – Junk
 * "Admission Of A Lifestyle" (2000) – Dropkick

Splits

 * With Big Bongin' Baby: "The Onyas & Big Bongin' Baby" (1994) – Destroyer
 * With The Rockford Files: "Pissin' & Peckin' With The Onyas" (1995) – Knuckledrag