Editing Betchadupa (section)

{{Short description|New Zealand pop/rock group}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2022}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2012}}
{{Primary sources|date=February 2008}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Betchadupa
| image           = Liam Finn shot by Kris Krug.jpg
| image_size      =
| caption         = Betchadupa's Liam Finn at [[South by Southwest]] in 2008.
| origin          = [[Auckland]], [[Auckland Region]], New Zealand
| genre           = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Rock music|rock]]
| years_active    = 1997–2006
| label           = [[Flying Nun Records|Flying Nun]], Liberation
| website         =
| current_members =
| past_members    =
* [[Liam Finn]]
* Matt Eccles
* Chris Garland
* [[Joe Bramley]]
}}
'''Betchadupa''' was a New Zealand [[Pop music|pop]]/[[Rock music|rock]] group, formed in [[Auckland]], New Zealand, in 1997. The band featured [[Liam Finn]], Chris Garland, Joe Bramley, and Matt Eccles.

Betchadupa (originally called Lazy Boy – the name change followed [[threatened legal action]] from the chair company of the same name) had its origins when Liam and Matt met whilst their families were on holidays in [[New Zealand]]. Their first song, written when both boys were 11, was called 'Gee This Sounds Good, I Can't Believe We Wrote It'. Their unique name was lifted from the text of a Polish-American's T-shirt that declared "You Betchadupa I'm Polish", ''dupa'' being the casual Polish word for ''arse''.

The band based themselves in London, UK, after spending much of 2004 in [[Melbourne]], Australia. The band have been on hiatus while Liam has undertaken a solo career. It is uncertain if the band will ever reform.

Betchadupa has had extensive experience playing with such bands as [[Queens of the Stone Age]], [[Foo Fighters]], [[Jane's Addiction]] and ended the year 2001 on a high playing alongside [[Pearl Jam]]'s [[Eddie Vedder]] at the [[Neil Finn]] and Friends concert [[7 Worlds Collide]] in Auckland, and being named Top New Act at the prestigious NZ Music Awards as well as becoming the toast of the [[South by Southwest]] Music Convention in Austin, Texas, in January 2003.