In fact, the minute Webster left Brisbane (where they were always hometown favourites) to test the waters of Melbourne for an extended period, 'J.55' went ballistic on Triple J. But that's just typical of Webster, really.
"It's been great," Steve says of their time in Melbourne.
"There's a lot of venues to play at and heaps of bands and everyone's really supportive," Ricky continues.
"We've played at quite a few (venues)," Steve adds. "The Esplanade, The Evelyn - we haven't had a Punter's Club gig yet."
"A lot of the clubs down there are pretty small," Ricky says, "but it's really nice, the venues and that."
Is it a different live scene compared to Brisbane?
"To a certain extent it is," Ricky answers. "It'd be hard to define what it actually is. I dunno, people just seem to be a bit more into it down there, I dunno what it is."
Perhaps it's because the venues are more pubs than venues?
"Yeah, you've got that general level of punter. People that would just go to the pub and drink and if there's a band on, they'll like it. They're probably a little bit indifferent most of the time, anyway, but there's the fact that they were still willing to pay to get in just to be there. In most of the venues you're sort of guaranteed a base level of crowd."
Although Webster now have the band name recognition factor on their side, they're intent on indoctrinating those who remain oblivious to the delights of Webster. Playing live is their primary aim, but the continued support of radio will provide an obvious boost.
"It's been really good," Ricky says of the airplay. "It's been a lot easier to get decent gigs now, so you know, it just makes it that little bit easier for us."
"That's been the main thing it's given us," Steve adds, "just that mental trigger in people. It's enabled us to tour a bit more and stuff. It's been a bit of a stepping stone - we've been busier, as opposed to having to remind people all the time what we've been doing, they kind of know now, which has helped a lot."
"It was just really surprising," Ricky adds.
"We had a couple of people at the Js going into bat for us - Helen Razer - she's unstoppable. Particularly if she's got a bee in her bonnet."
T'is true that Helen Razer has become one of Webster's biggest fans - basically the boys charmed the pants off her when they paid a visit to the Ladies Lounge.
"We actually plugged in there and played a couple of songs," Steve says. "I think that was the first time they'd done an electric band in the same studio, like with the desk. We just set up around where the girls sit. So we were in the same room with the girls making a hell of a lot of noise and with no foldback and nobody could hear what they were doing. It sounded pretty bad but it was good fun. To do it again you'd have to do it acoustically to make it sound good which is kind of just as hard."
"We heard a tape of our (songs) and we just thought, 'God!'," Ricky adds.
"We got incredibly drunk that afternoon," Steve laughs. "But everyone in the room was drinking. The girls had some wine."
"It was a bit of a party altogether, actually," Rick confers. "They're (Judith and Helen) very funny - especially some of the things they say off air. You think they're bad enough on the air. It was an experience."
As well as benefiting from the radio airplay, Webster have also received an added boost from Rage, MTV and V where the video for 'J.55' airs regularly. The video sees the lads wearing their hometown pride on their sleeves as the video was shot in the legendary Spring Hill Baths.
"It was done on a bit of a shoe-string budget," Rick says. "We moved to Melbourne and then we went to Sydney to do some gigs the week after we moved. We did the Ladies Lounge and we had to stay there a bit longer. Then we came up to Brisbane to do the clip. We just had to go to Triple J to see if we were going to get any sort of rotation to see if it was worthwhile doing the video."
"You can just hire it out for the day," Steve says of the Baths. "I think they're kind of glad to have someone pay to use the pool when it's not..."
Full?
"Yeah," he laughs.
"It turned out really well," Ricky says. "We weren't around for the editing or anything like that. We just got sent to video and we just went, 'here we go!'. But we were really surprised. For the budget we had, it did the job."
(Time Off: 27th August, 1997.)