They were among the few Australian bands to record Peel Sessions – others were The Birthday Party, The Triffids, The Go-Betweens and Laughing Clowns.
Ed Kuepper reformed the band during the course of the year minus Millar, and added Peter Milton Walsh of The Apartments whose commitment to the band was only for twelve months.
Laughing Clowns | Laughing Cavalier | Cats Laughing | Starry Eyed and Laughing | Nancy (With the Laughing Face) | Enter Laughing (film) | A Thousand Clowns | Send in the Clowns | Lyrics to "Send in the Clowns | Carry On Laughing |
In Australia, other influential acts to emerge included: Primitive Calculators, Tactics, The Triffids, Laughing Clowns, The Moodists, Severed Heads, Whirlywirld, Great White Noise, Kill the King and Crime & the City Solution.
Several tours and important support spots included playing with Simple Minds, The Psychedelic Furs, Split Enz, INXS, Midnight Oil, Machinations (band), Laughing Clowns, Models (band), Hunters and Collectors, Eurogliders & The Birthday Party (band).