The Triffids

The Triffids was a folk-rock - and country band from the West Australian Perth, with the frontman singer-songwriter David McComb. The band played from 1978 to 1990 and performed worldwide.

Contents

 * 1 Biography
 * 2 Occupation
 * 3 Discography
 * 3.1 Cassettes
 * 3.2 EPs
 * 3.3 Albums
 * 3.4 Live and compilations
 * 3.5 Singles

Biography
David McComb (17 February 1962-2 February 1999) was in 1978 a founding member of the band and continued existence in its frontman. During the years she knew many members changes. The name derived she filmed the book The Day of the Triffids, which was published in Dutch as the Triffids come.

Frontman McComb was more important as a songwriter, with the first two years of existence hundred own written songs to his name. With the work they brought at the beginning several albums on cassette tapes out.

After she won a competition at the local radio station 6NR at the end of 1980 they were first given the opportunity to put out a single, named Stand up and on the B-sideFarmers never visit nightclubs.

At the end of 1984, the band left her home country and settled in London, where its popularity grew through. However, they were settled for a short time back to Australia.They performed worldwide, including in October 1985 when Futurama Festival in Deinze in Belgium . The band broke up in 1990.

Occupation [ edit ]

 * David McComb, vocals, guitar, piano and bass (1978-1989)
 * Allan MacDonald, vocals, drums and percussion (1978-1980, 1982-1989)
 * Byron Sinclair, bass (1978-1979, 1982)
 * Phil Kakulas, voice and guitar (1978-1979)
 * Robert McComb, voice, violin, guitar keyboard and percussion (1979-1989)
 * Margaret Gillard, keyboard (1979-1982)
 * Mark Peters, drums (1980-1981)
 * Will Akers, bass (1980-1982)
 * Martyn Casey, bass (1982-1989)
 * Simon Cromack, percussion (1982-1983)
 * Jill Yates, keyboard (1982)
 * Jill Birt, vocals and keyboards (1983-1989)
 * Graham Lee, vocals, guitar, pedal steel and lap-steel (1985-1989)

Cassettes

 * 1978 Tape No. 1
 * 1978 Tape No. 2
 * 1979 Tape No. 3
 * 1979 Tape No. 4
 * 1980: Tape No. 5
 * 1981: Tape No. 6
 * 1981: Dungeon Tape
 * 1988: Son of dungeon tape
 * 1981: Jack Brabham

EPs

 * 1982 Reverie
 * 1983: Bad timing and other stories
 * 1984 Lawson Square Infirmary
 * 1984 Raining Pleasure
 * 1985: Field of glass
 * 1987 Peel sessions

Albums

 * 1983: Treeless Plain
 * 1986: Born sandy devotional
 * 1986: In the pines
 * 1987 Calenture
 * 1989: The black swan

Live and compilations

 * 1986: Love in bright landscapes
 * 1990: Stockholm
 * 1994: Australian melodrama
 * 2008: Beautiful waste and other songs (mini-masterpieces 1983-1985)
 * 2010: Wide open road - The best of the Triffids
 * 2010: Come ride with me ... wide open road - deluxe edition with 10 CDs

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The Triffids during a gig in Perth in 2009