Herbie and the Coleslaws are an Australian musical comedy duo who put the Pee in “politically incorrect”.   Where did they come from I here you ask? Well there are many theries but the two most popular are listed below:

Theory one: Herbie and the Coleslaws met at a wilderness retreat on the Goobragandra River in 1998. They followed a track winding back to an old fashioned shack and inside discovered two guitars and a fireplace. They immediately began working on a song about the track and the shack, before tuning into ABC radio and discovering that “The Road to Gundagai” as re-recorded by Lee Kernaghan’s father Ray, covered off much of the territory.
Upon returning home from the wilderness retreat, Hamish and Lizzie formed a band – The Braidwood Pies. They recorded bootleg albums at Hamish’s property and during the 80’s the Braidwood Pies attracted all travellers between Canberra and south coast. After a heated argument over who should sing back-up vocals on their first single “Up the Clacka”, the bass player left the band and opened a bakery – the name Braidwood Pies would become synonymous with the bakery instead of the band. Other early incantations of the band suffered from similar problems: Pooh’s Corner, Fish and Chip Shop and Bung & Door.
Hamish and Lizzie were the constant band members – they were invited to play at the re-opening of Kentucky Fried Chicken in Dickson after the great chicken fire of ‘91. Grunge was massive, but Hamish and Lizzie were still hoping to be The New Seekers, well, the original seekers were for the most part The New Seekers, but they were doing mostly original songs and covers of “Morningtown Ride” and “Puff the Magic Dragon”.
The KFC gig was a disaster, the family of Colonel Sanders was there, and his son, keeper of the secret herbs and spices ridiculed the food “The chicken is too herby and the coleslaws are disgusting!” Hamish and Lizzie looked at each other and smiled. ‘Herbie and the Coleslaws’ what a great name for a band. They had planned on calling themselves ‘Hootie and the Blowfish’ – they are very glad they didn’t.
Just prior to going onstage, Lizzie burnt her mouth on some hot’n’spicy – and as fate would have it, their rendition of “Puff the Magic Dragon” sounded to punters like “Muff the Tragic Drag queen” – people laughed and laughed and what followed was a string of hits that led to the the band as we know and love them…blah blah…

Theory two: Hamish and Lizzie have been entertaining friends around the proverbial campfire for years with stupid songs about nothing. In 2007 Lizzy’s partner entered the duo in Triple J Raw comedy and from that point on they have not looked back.  Herbie and the Coleslaws have since performed with artists such as Jeff Green, Lawrence mooney, Brad Oakes, Clint Paddison, Chris Franklin, Bev killick and much more, they are regular performers for ACT Comedy Club and can be booked for corporate functions…blah blah…