THE TRIFFIDS AND THE STRANGE, STRANGE WORLD OF MUSIC JOURNALISM

There's the rest of Perth bands, and then there's us.
- Dave to Ray Purvis, Perth Sunday Independent 1980

The Jackson 5 of Perth.
- Press release 1980

The Triffids have come a long way since their modest beginnings as Blok Music at the Leederville Punk Festival in May 1978 (which featured the only appearance of my band, the late lamented Sad Sack and the Bags).
- Mark Demetrius, 1982

We're into simplicity - like Bob Hawke says, "Keep it simple, stupid."
- Rob to Phil Stafford, RAM 1983,

Sixties arrangements without the sixties melodies, uninspiring playing, agelessly dull.
- Ignatius Jones reviewing the Bad Timing EP, Juke 1982

Two brilliant albums, Bob Dylan's Infidels and the Triffids' Treeless Plain, have a lot in common...
- Stuart Coupe, Sun Herald 1983

The Triffids, from Perth, sometimes sound like cowboys and at others write songs that put Tom Verlaine's weaker songs to shame.
- Lynden Barber, Melody Maker 1984

If this is garage music I'll move the car.
- Bleddyn Butcher, NME 1984

There is nothing on the surface of the earth that doesn't deserve a degree of degradation.
- Alsy to Jacqui Lang, Perth Weekend News 1984

"My Baby Thinks She's A Train" boasts a guitar hook that deserves a place alongside Roxy Music's Mother Of Pearl and The Beatles' Day Tripper in a ilst of the greatest riffs of all time.
- Lynden Barber, Melody Maker 1984

Now, where did I put that "Bomb Australia" badge?
- Gavin Martin, NME 1084

We categorically admit that we're prepared to denounce everything we stood for initially if we can just get in the sequel to "Footloose".
- Alsy to Wanda Jamrozic, Countdown Magazine 1984

I'll have worn out my copy soon. What more can I tell you?
- Adam Sweeting reviewing Born Sandy Devotional, Melody Maker 1986

In The Pines is the best use of a holiday I've heard in years; Christ knows what they're like when they're working.
- David Quantick, NME 1986

Virtually faultless, Calenture makes love to your ears.
- Lisa Martini, Beat Magazine 1988

Do you really want to hear some more songs about Megan and Sally and the girls the Triffids left behind on their lurching progress towards stardom? Are we merely waiting for David McComb to turn into the Joni Mitchell of the eighties?
- Toby Creswell on Calenture, Rolling Stone 1988

The Triffids have fashioned the easy listening masterpiece of the season.
- Paul Lester on The Black Swan, Melody Maker 1989

When you hit a 'roo at full speed you tend to go completely out of control.
- Alsy to Lynden Barber, Melody Maker 1985

It's really depressing to walk onstage and see nothing but amplifiers and cans of beer. For these shows we've got some illuminated tulips.
- David to David Cavanagh, Sounds 1989

Well sure everybody's fucked up to a certain degree but some people try to do something about it. Dave at least has a sense of humour.
- Jill to Gavin Martin, NME 1989








[<<] [<] [>] [>>] [Contents] [home]