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The Triffids
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Perth, Australia (1970s – 1989)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Calenture
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Born Sandy Devotional
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In the Pines
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The Black Swan
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Bolshevized wrote:
God, I could see Wide Open Road being used in some shitty show like Grey's Anatomy. Maybe it's best this band isn't so well-known...
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blixt wrote:
http://www.last.fm/music/David+McComb/+images/614945
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BlackCoffeeDuck wrote:
MP3 of David's last recorded song "Still Alive And Well" here: http://www.wminc.com.au/altaudio1.shtml#006
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blixt wrote:
"He died of heart failure... and it wasn't even his heart!"
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Gyron5 wrote:
Simply the best band there ever was... I sure hope they'll keep re-issuing things from the archives...
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YeahLikeTotally wrote:
I was thinking about it recently, and I reckon they're like the Australian Smiths.
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YeahLikeTotally wrote:
:') By Jove, I loved them all. And my 'rents knew them all personally.
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ddtng wrote:
@ lukemus, what I meant is that there IS a re-released version, which I am looking to get. It was released quite a while back, and it expanded and all!
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fastlane01 wrote:
A criminally underrated group. Imagine my displeasure playing the Triffids Radio, and not hearing them.( like I mentioned earlier) So I've scrobbled some tracks to get them up my charts, where they belong.
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lukemus wrote:
I love Black Swan! I bought it years ago as a cassette and it doesn't sound so good any more. It's great if there'll be a re-released version.
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ddtng wrote:
hearditfirst - agree about Black Swan. The tracks themselves don't stand out on there own but the album is to be listened to as a whole. I'm looking for the re-released expanded version so I could hear how it was intended. Apparently they wanted to make it their White Album.
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sexnapoleon wrote:
born sandy devotional, such a sweet girl to meee...
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hearditfirst wrote:
Black Swan - an incredibly ignored album that I think is now their finest work. An album to listen to in one hit - shame there aren't any full tracks on here though...
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J-Dilla1012 wrote:
She says "what's the matter now, loverboy, has the cat run off with your tongue? Are you drinking to get maudlin... or drinking to get numb?" <3
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anek_anek wrote:
You cannot hear the band. They don't have any playable track here on Last FM, as is apparent from this page
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fastlane01 wrote:
Is it me, but even when you play The Triffids radio, you never can hear the band. Have they been removed?
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dogmansuede wrote:
you didn't read the writing on the label, when you drank from the bottle...
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Mario_Tennis wrote:
Born Sandy Devotional has to be the greatest album by an Australian Band. IT HAS TO BE!
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Gyron5 wrote:
Yay! Finally got the 7" box today!!!! Pi ho! TTTTT
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xydran wrote:
that's right. robert mccomb teaches at my school. i have a geography teacher in the aria hall of fame. that's pretty cool.
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Apr
9
The Triffids
Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom
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Apr
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The Triffids and Friends play the songs of David Mc Comb
Gagarin 205, Athínai, Greece
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News
Two new books: "Beautiful Waste" & "Vagabond Holes"
26 Aug 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/thetriffids
Two new Triffids-related books are due to be published in September by Fremantle Press - "Vagabond Holes", a series of essays and writings around the life and work of David McComb, and "Beautiful Wast. …
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Recent Activity
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jmak44 added The Triffids to jmak44’s library. Tuesday morning
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alfaomaris added The Triffids to the lineup of The Triffids and Friends play the songs of David Mc Comb at Gagarin 205. Monday evening
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ausdamo and jpkatoen added The Triffids to their libraries. Sunday evening
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Joffi222 wrote about The Triffids in My Top 20 Artists of 2009 by Scrobbles. Sunday morning
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behagen tagged The Triffids with ‘antipody’. Saturday afternoon
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tokyonyc71 added The Triffids to the lineup of The Triffids at Barbican Centre. 7 days ago
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vmeadows and ykramaz added The Triffids to their libraries. 8 days ago
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BlackCoffeeDuck wrote about The Triffids in My Albums of 2009 with My Wishlist and a few other things by Me. 11 days ago
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marcosguirello, freddyfool, spyderwebby and 23 other people added The Triffids to their libraries. 13 days ago
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BlackCoffeeDuck wrote about The Triffids in My Ausmusic Month 100 greatest Aussie songs by Me + Gareth Liddiard's top 5 tracks. November 2009
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