He is the subject of a song by the Melbourne group TISM titled "The Back Upon Which Jezza Jumped", included on the album Gentlemen, Start Your Egos.
Ken Done has long been a supporter of art in Australia especially encouraging school students through awards and sponsorships, although Done decided to sue Australian band TISM for appropriating his work.
Musician Nick Cave grew up in the suburb, and TISM played their first show at the Murrumbeena athletics track club rooms.
Melbourne band TISM feature a spoken word diatribe titled "My Brilliant Huntington's Chorea" on the bonus disc from their 1999 album www.tism.wanker.com.
Some players have achieved fame for their role as stepledders of famous marks, such as Graeme "Jerker" Jenkins, who was the stepladder for Alex Jesaulenko's mark; Melbourne band TISM wrote the song "The Back Upon Which Jezza Jumped" about him.
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The EP was re-released in November 1993 under the title "Censored Due To Legal Advice", with new cover art depicting the infamous incident where Sinéad O'Connor tore up a picture of Pope John Paul II (the image of the Pope being doctored to read "TISM") on Saturday Night Live.
He directed and animated a music video for the song "Everyone Else Has Had More Sex Than Me" by the band TISM.
Form and Meaning Reach Ultimate Communion is a 1986 EP by the anonymous Australian band TISM.
Formed around 1995, the unusual title comes from one of the founding members of TISM who chose his stage name as Genre B. Goode.
Whilst on air, he continually denied any link to Melbourne band TISM and also recited a poem about Stephanie Rice.
In one of TISM's many references to Australian Football League football, the liner notes, which chronicle the rise, fall and disbanding of TISM, and the band members individual exploits around the world, were credited to E.J. Whitten, argued by some to be the greatest AFL player of all time; a picture of Whitten appeared on the cover of the EP Gentlemen, Start Your Egos (1991).
The song is a reflective introspective look at not only TISM, but the music industry in general.
Ken Done is the most notable one, who sued TISM in 1993 due to the cover art of Australia The Lucky Cunt being done in the same vein as his works.
The Paupers also shared the bill with classic acts such as The Troggs, Hunters and Collectors, Screaming Tribesmen, and TISM.
When the song was released, TISM were invited to perform the song on popular Australian variety show Hey Hey It's Saturday.
Feminist groups in Australia criticized TISM as sexist for their use of Sophie Lee in Get Thee to a Nunnery from the EP Beasts of Suburban.
It begins with a scene very reminiscent of an early morning aerobics television show, Aerobics Oz Style in which TISM are in the class.