David Richard McComb, (February 17 1962 - February 2 1999) was an Australian musician and singer-songwriter, chiefly known as the leader of the Australian rock band The Triffids. The term singer-songwriter refers to performers who both write and sing their own material. ... Rock group (or later rock band) is a generic name to describe a group of musicians specializing in a particular form of electronically amplified music. ... The Triffids were an Australian rock band who achieved some international success in the 1980s. ...

Biography

Early years in Perth

The Triffids 1978-1989

Post - Triffids career 1990-1999

Health problems and death

Legacy and influence

Discography

David McComb with The Triffids

Early Tapes (limited edition cassettes} The Triffids were an Australian rock band who achieved some international success in the 1980s. ...

• Tape One
• Tape Two
• Tape Three
• Tape Four
• Tape Five
• Tape Six
• Dungeon Tape
• Son Of Dungeon Tape
• Jack Brabham

Singles and EPs Jack Brabhams 1961 Cooper-Climax, the car that began the rear-engine revolution at the Indianapolis 500 Sir John Arthur Jack Brabham, OBE (born April 2, 1926) is an Australian racing driver who was Formula One champion in 1959, 1960 and 1966. ...

• Stand Up
• Reverie EP
• Spanish Blue / Twisted Brain
• Bad Timing And Other Stories
• Beautiful Waste
• Field Of Glass
• You Don't Miss Your Water
• Raining Pleasure
• Lawson Square Infirmary
• Wide Open Road
• The Peel Sessions
• Bury Me Deep In Love
• Trick Of The Light
• Holy Water
• Goodbye Little Boy
• Falling Over You

LPs

• Treeless Plain
• Born Sandy Devotional
• Love In Bright Landscapes
• In The Pines
• Calenture
• The Black Swan
• Stockholm (live recording)
• Australian Melodrama (compilation)

Complilations, Various Artists (Contributor)

• Live At The Wireless
• No Worries
• Beyond The Southern Cross
• The Perfect Travelling Companion
• High Temperature
• Also Used And Recommended By
• Sonic 3
• Sgt Pepper Knew My Father
• Hit Pix '88
• Hometown Farewell Kiss

David McComb with the Blackeyed Susans

EPs

• Some Births Are Worse Than Murders
• ...Depends On What You Mean By Love

LPs

• Welcome Stranger
• All Souls Alive

Solo releases by David McComb

LPs

• Love Of Will

EPs

• I Don't Need You (With Adam Peters)
• The Message
• Setting You Free
• Clear Out My Mind

Complilations, Various Artists (Contributor)

• Til Things Are Brighter: A Tribute To Johnny Cash
• I'm Your Fan: The Songs Of Leonard Cohen
• More Of Her - Four Hours Sleep
• Where Joy Kills Sorrow

John Ray Cash (February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was a vastly influential American country music and rock music singer, guitarist and songwriter. ... Im Your Fan is a tribute album to Leonard Cohen, released in 1991 on the British record label EastWest Records. ... Leonard Cohen Leonard Norman Cohen, CC (born September 21, 1934 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian poet, novelist, and singer-songwriter. ...

Further reading

A book on David McComb & The Triffids, written by compatriot Bleddyn Butcher is in production and slated for release in 2006.

External links

[Official Triffids site]