The Sunnyboy: The story of Kingscliff's favourite son

THE troubled life of Kingscliff’s most famous musical export, Jeremy Oxley, is told in a documentary, The Sunnyboy which has been nominated for several awards.

Jeremy Oxley was the singer-songwriter and frontman for the Sunnyboys.

THE troubled life of Kingscliff's most famous musical export, Jeremy Oxley, is told in a documentary, The Sunnyboy, which has been nominated for several awards.

Singer-songwriter and frontman for the Sunnyboys, Oxley grew up in Kingscliff with fellow band member, and brother, Peter Oxley, and also drummer Bill Bilson.

The band moved to Sydney in 1980 where their melody driven, power pop classics saw the band become hugely successful.

However, Oxley's career was dogged by his battle with mental illness and drinking. The band broke up in 1984.

For the next 30 years Oxley's life would be dominated by schizophrenia.

The story, told by Oxley, his brother Peter and wife Mary Oxley-Griffiths, documents his reflections on his years spent in the grip of illness and his recovery, which saw the Sunnyboys reform in 2012 to play several shows.

For more information about the documentary or to buy Oxley's five track companion EP visit: thesunnyboy.com.au