Bert Misery is a solo comedy country and blues musician.
Bert's world is darkened by years of cynicism and bitterness that gain wryness and a self-deprecating humour from contrasting despair and hope to produce toe tapping blues and country music. Bert used to be part of a comedy music duo, Bert Misery and the Miseryphones, in the outer suburbs of Melbourne, last century. Bert retired from performing in 2001. He is a former teacher and freelance writer.
Bert is returning to music comedy as a gigging performer after twenty-five years because, shockingly, it is a more promising industry than tertiary education right now. In the post-apocalyptic, post AI environment of the contemporary information economy, Bert is on a mission to spread simple undergraduate education disguised as jokes and songs.
Bert sings original songs that poke fun at contemporary society and satirise modern life. His music is in the style of Tom Lehrer, Alex Horne and the Horne Section, Sammy J and Tim Minchin. The Bert Misery sound is a mix of country and blues with a folk rocky accent and a punk attitude. Imagine Johnny Cash, Slim Dusty, Billy Bragg and Tom Waites, but funny.
Bert Misery's songs and dialogue contain adult content. Trigger warnings for: swearing, suicidal ideation, drug and alcohol use, addiction, mental health issues.
