Back in 2016, triple j announced that its favourite on-air pairing, Matt Okine & Alex Dyson, would be departing the station.
Responsible for Pack’Er Up, Boys, that ‘Kiss From A Rose’ cover and countless other memorable radio moments, the two have been sorely missed, but they aren’t ruling out a comeback. In a recent interview with The Ferg Neal Show, Okine says its possible that he’ll team up once more with his former co-host, but unfortunately, it won’t be for triple j.
“I wouldn’t rule out,” Okine said of a reunion. “I doubt if we did it it would be with triple j, because we are getting old… You can’t have a bald old guy and a guy who can’t play soccer without dislocating his elbow every ten seconds running around a youth radio station anymore.”
“Now that I’ve had a bit of time away, suddenly I can look back and go, ‘Oh yeah okay well I would almost be ready to maybe do something like that,’ but it all depends,” he continued. “We just couldn’t go back to triple j because you want younger people to be taking those roles.
“I don’t want to be taking jobs from the youth. So it would probably have to be a commercial station.”
So will we see Matt & Alex back on radio in a different form? While nothing’s been confirmed yet, we’re sure that there’s more than a few stations who’ll be happy to have them. Meanwhile, let these videos live on:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1arZGLGJ4s
