[3][4] In 1979, Australian Crawl recorded their first single, "Beautiful People", produced by Little River Band's guitarist David Briggs.
[6] Bill McDonough left before they recorded their extended play, Semantics, in 1983,[3][6] which achieved number one on the Kent Music Report singles chart.
[1][3] Semantics contained the track "Reckless (Don't Be So)", which is described as a number one-single in Music Australia's profile on James Reyne.
[1] In 1984, the band released the best of their early material as a compilation titled Crawl File,[4] which peaked at number two on the albums charts.
[10] Promotion of the album and the subsequent tour was stalled when Guy McDonough died in June of viral pneumonia.
[1][2] Before Guy's death, he had recorded demos with his brother Bill McDonough, and ex-members of their earlier band, The Flatheads.