Effective period / Period of releases: 1963 - 1964

Members: Mike Allen (39)

Australian band formed in Sydney in 1962. They became one of Sydney's leading bands and had Little Pattie (before she went solo) and Roland Storm performing as lead vocalists at places like the Bronte Surf Club. The Statesmen backed Little Pattie on her first big hit He's My Blonde-headed, Stompie Wompie, Real Gone Surfer Boy released in November 1963.

The band morphed into The Epics when Billy Green joined in 1964 and recorded a single, Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah (1964) with Roland Storm on vocals.

Members:
Mike Allen - drums
Peter Walker - guitar
Neville Jade - vocals, bass
Peter Maxworthy - guitar
Duncan McGuire - bass
Mark Rigney - drums
Roland Storm - vocals
Little Pattie - vocals