The Triffids

about

The band originated in Perth, Western Australia in the late 1970s. They went through various line-up changes until the early 1980s when they moved to Sydney and later Melbourne and released their first LP Treeless Plain. The band toured extensively in Europe and caught the attention of the UK music press, being featured on the cover of NME twice. Four albums followed - Born Sandy Devotional, In the Pines, Calenture and The Black Swan - before the group disbanded in 1989. David McComb and "Evil" Graham Lee joined the Blackeyed Susans while Martyn P Casey joined Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. McComb later pursued a solo career which failed to match the success of his time with the Triffids. Their track "Bury Me Deep in Love" was covered by Kylie Minogue, in a duet with Jimmy Little, on the 2001 album Corroboration. The Trifids song reached a global audience when it was used in the Australian TV soap 'Neighbours' for the screen wedding of Harold Bishop and Madge Mitchell. In 1996 David McComb received a heart transplant, having suffered for many years from congenital heart disease. He died in 1999 due to complications arising out of the transplant. In 2006 the Triffids' back catalogue is being remastered and re-released by Domino, beginning with Born Sandy Devotional. In June a brief European tour was undertaken by the remaining members, with guest vocalists filling in for McComb. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may

top songs

albums

Born Sandy Devotional

Calenture

In The Pines

Wide Open Road

The Black Swan

Wide Open Road - The Best of The Triffids

Treeless Plain

Wide Open Road: The Best Of The Triffids

Calenture (Deluxe Edition)

Australian Melodrama

Beautiful Waste and Other Songs: Mini Masterpieces 1983 - 1985

Born Sandy Devotional [Deluxe Edition]

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