Beki Colada

Beki Colada (aka Becky Thomas) is a singer/songwriter and keyboard player who co-formed pop/rock band The Mavis's with her brother Matt Doll in Ballarat in 1987.

  • In 1990, the band relocated to Melbourne and hey released their debut single, a 7" double A-side of "Rollercoaster" and "Witch Hunt", in the following year on the Giggle label.

  • The Mavis's popularity grew and they signed with Mushroom Records' White Records label in 1995, which issued their second single, "Moon Drone Gold", in December.

  • They released three studio albums: Venus Returning (July 1996), Pink Pills (April 1998) – which reached No. 12 on the ARIA Albums Chart – and Rapture (March 2003). Their synth-driven single, "Cry" (January 1998), peaked at No. 13 on the ARIA Singles Charts and was listed on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 1998. The band also performed the song on Hey Hey It's Saturday. They disbanded in December 2001 after a farewell tour of Australia.

  • In 1999, the band toured in support of Kylie Minogue, and later that year they backed United States group, Green Day, on their Australian tour.

Beki has played gigs at St Kilda music venues including: The Vineyard, Palais Theatre, The Espy (Front Bar and Gershwin Room), Prince of Wales Hotel, George Lane.

"Playing at The Palais Theatre opening for Kylie Minogue on her Impossible Princess Tour in 1998 was amazing! The first night of the tour the backing track of our first song was jumping and we were panicking trying to get through it without anyone noticing while the head of our record Company (Michael Gudinski- Mushroom Records) was watching in confusion from the side of stage (LOL)."

Beki Colada outside the Prince of Wales Hotel, 2018 - Source: Mavis's Facebook Page

"The Prince of Wales is exciting and has amazing sound and good stage, The Gershwin Room is great as the stage is big, The Vineyard is always crazy and fun vibe and George Lane is beautiful and cozy. The Mavis's reformed in 2018 and played at The Prince Of Wales and most recently 2 sold out shows at George Lane in 2022/2023."

Beki Colada and Matt Doll outside George lane, c.2022 - Source: Beki Colada