Lindsay McDougall

Lindsay "The Doctor" McDougall (born 9 March 1978) is an Australian rock guitarist and radio presenter.

Lindsay McDougall was born on 3 March 1978 and grew up in Sydney.

His mother owns a health food store and he has younger twin brothers (born c. 1980).

At 14 years old, he started playing guitar and his early influences were Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, The Meanies and Cosmic Psychos.

He played in high school bands, Time Bandits followed by Negla Delta from year 7 to year 10.

Frenzal Rhomb had formed in Sydney in 1992 with mainstay Jason Whalley on lead vocals.

Since 1996, he has been the lead guitarist of punk rock band, Frenzal Rhomb alongside lead singer Jay Whalley.

He has co-written songs with fellow band members including their highest-charting single, "You Are Not My Friend".

In August 1996 Lindsay McDougall joined Australian punk rock band Frenzal Rhomb after original guitarist Ben Costello left to attend university and become an animal rights activist.

In November 1996 the group issued a CD EP, Punch in the Face and, in January 1997, performed at Big Day Out.

Late that year they toured the United States supporting less than jake with Blink-182 opening.

In September 1997, the band released their third album, Meet the Family.

It was their first to be certified gold by Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).

The next Frenzal Rhomb LP, A Man's Not a Camel was released in March 1999 and was supported by a nationwide tour.

It remains their highest placed album to date, reaching No. 11 on the ARIA Albums Chart.

It spawned their highest-charting single, "You Are Not My Friend", which reached No. 48.

The song was co-written by McDougall with fellow band members Whalley, Lex Feltham and Gordy Forman.

During 2003 McDougall organised Rock Against Howard, a compilation album, by various Australian musicians as a protest against incumbent Prime Minister, John Howard's government.

In April 2003 the band released Sans Souci, followed by Forever Malcolm Young in 2006.

During 2003 McDougall organised Rock Against Howard, a compilation album, by various Australian musicians as a protest against incumbent Prime Minister, John Howard's government.

It was released in August 2004, before the October federal election; Howard's coalition was nonetheless re-elected.

It was released in August 2004, before the October federal election, when Howard's coalition was re-elected.

Also that year, McDougall and Whalley formed a side-project, Self Righteous Brothers, as an alternative rock group and issued the album, Love Songs for the Wrong at Heart on Shock Records.

A track, "There's No Town Like Snowtown" referenced the Snowtown murders and was labelled "insensitive" by the Adelaide Tourism Commission after being played on radio.

For the album, McDougall provided lead vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, banjo, piano, violin, viola, cello, pan flute, glockenspiel, zither, timbales, and cymbals.

In 2005, with Whalley, he co-hosted the Breakfast Show on national youth radio network Triple J, as Jay and the Doctor.

In January 2005 Lindsay McDougall and Whalley took over as hosts of national youth radio station, Triple J's Breakfast Show, under the name, Jay and the Doctor.

New radio skits included Space Goat and Battalion 666, as well as the Under the Weather Sessions and The Friday Fuck Wit.

In January 2007, former Lunch presenter, Myf Warhurst, joined McDougall and Whalley as a permanent member of the Breakfast Show team.

Whalley left the show at the end of the year to travel overseas.

In 2008, after Whalley left, he worked with Robbie Buck and Marieke Hardy.

The 2008–2009 Breakfast Show line up was Robbie Buck, McDougall and Marieke Hardy, and were known as Robbie, Marieke and the Doctor.

The show continued The Friday Fuck Wit segment and included the radio serial, Claytron, produced by Australian comedian Sam Simmons.

The show also contained the weekly Like a Version segment where recording artists perform a cover version of a song of their choice.

In March 2009 Frenzal Rhomb undertook The Boys are Back in Brown Tour, the following year they toured Japan and played a number of festivals in Australia, including Come Together and Rollercoaster.

From 2010 to late 2014, he hosted the afternoon drive time programme.

In December 2010, they joined the No Sleep Til Festival Tour with punk and metal bands: Megadeth, Descendents, NOFX, Gwar and Dropkick Murphys.

In August 2011 Frenzal Rhomb issued their next album Smoko at the Pet Food Factory.

Since January 2018, McDougall has fronted the afternoon drive show on the ABC's local radio station in Wollongong, 97.3 ABC Illawarra.

He is an animal rights activist and a vegan.