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In 1980 a young kitsch-pop band called Teeny Weenys drove 4,000km from Perth to relocate in Sydney, Australia. Sydney fell in love with them - they were picked up by radio station Triple J, performed with the biggest bands of the time and were courted by major record companies. Unfortunately, it ended all too soon and they broke up without ever realising their potential. Playing keyboards in Teeny Weenys was Peter Simpson. He then performed in various groups before switching to guitar and fronting The Spectre's Revenge, playing an eclectic style of rock that drew on everything from surf instrumentals to acoustic ballads to a kind of punk jazz. The Spectre's Revenge only official release, 1985's No Moon at Midnight b/w (I wanna be like) Maynard G Krebbs, reached number one on the alternative charts in both Sydney and Melbourne. Meanwhile, various other Perth expatriates had gathered in Sydney in bands such as The Scientists and Hoodoo Gurus. In 1987 Peter Simpson got together with