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10 Facts About The Triffids

1.

The Triffids began partly in response to the punk rock movement.

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2.

Between 1978 and 1981, McComb wrote over 100 original songs and the Triffids had recorded and independently released six cassette tapes, simply called, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, Tape 5 and Sixth.

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3.

The Triffids were one of the bands leading Hot's drive into overseas markets, which partly led to the label's demise.

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4.

From 26 December 1986 to 26 January 1987, the Triffids were on the bill of the Australian Made tour, which was the largest touring festival of Australian music talent attempted to that point.

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5.

The Triffids were courted by several UK major record labels, based on the success of Born Sandy Devotional, eventually signing a three-record contract with Island Records in the UK in November 1986.

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6.

The Triffids were nomadic, travelling back and forth from Australia to England to record the 'difficult' album—initial recordings with US producer Craig Leon were abandoned—and obviously related to the disoriented sailors.

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7.

The Triffids wanted to record the next album in Australia, but after the Calenture experience Island wanted to keep the band nearby.

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8.

The Triffids worked with many other musicians on various projects, including assembling a band, the Red Ponies, to tour Europe.

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9.

Bleddyn Butcher's biography of David McComb, Save What You Can: The Day of The Triffids, was published by Treadwater Press, Sydney, in November 2011.

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10.

In December 2020, The Triffids were listed at number 43 in Rolling Stone Australias "50 Greatest Australian Artists of All Time" issue.

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