The band has played at many church services, youth events, camps and high schools around Australia and New Zealand.
At the end of each show, Murray offers a monologue about that week's episode, followed by a live performance by the band.
The founding members of The Lads are: Mark Millard (vocals/trombone/saxophone/drums), Steve King (drums/vocals), Chris White (keyboards/trumpet/vocals), Bennett "Ben" Knowles (bass/vocals) and Paul Cotton (guitar/vocals/songwriting).
[7] Before the band recorded the album Marvel in 2001, Paul Cotton left the group to pursue a teaching career.
After the band's self-titled sixth album, The Lads their focus began to shift towards a younger age group.
[9] Bjorn's older brother Kristian filled in on bass for early performances after the move to the U.S. but has not been formally replaced since his departure.
Bjorn left the band in 2010 to pursue music with his wife Tara[11] but can still be seen in cartoon form on promotional material and on videos displayed during live shows.
Tim can be seen on the "Live at Thunderdome" DVD and on Season 2 of "The Lads" TV show but has since left the band and returned to New Zealand.
In August 2018, Mark and Steve moved back to their homeland of New Zealand after 13 years of living in the United States.
[13] The Lads did a one off reunion gig with all of the founder members (plus Tim Smith) at Winter Vibes festival in Lower Hutt New Zealand on the 26th of August 2023.