[2][3] In 1979 he co-founded GAP Records with Rolling Stone Australia publisher Paul Gardiner.

[9] In 1988, Factory Australasia released New Order's 'Blue Monday 1988' which reached number three in the charts, even with a lack of radio airplay.

Penhallow had previously brought his Volition acts Severed Heads and Itch-E and Scratch-E to 1993's festival, and after noticing their success, in 1994 West and Penhallow created The Boiler Room, a separate area of the festival dedicated to dance music.

[10] Volition acts such as Boxcar and Vision Four 5 appeared at the first Boiler Room,[10] and the festival addition was credited with increasing the popularity of dance music in Australia.

[15] Penhallow died in 2023, with many artists from Australia thanking him for his strong support towards electronic music over his career.