Electric Pandas were an Australian pop rock band, fronted by vocalist, guitarist and songwriter Lin Buckfield, which formed in Sydney in 1983.
Buckfield had known that band whilst living in the United Kingdom during the late 1970s, and drew upon their sound to a degree in the Electric Pandas' early work.
[3] The band were signed to the Regular Records label and their debut single, "Big Girls", written by Buckfield,[4] was released in April 1984.
[2] Prior to entering the studio to record their debut album, the band underwent significant changes with an entirely new line-up consisting of Buckfield, Craig Wachholz (Dee Minor and the Dischords),[5] Marcel Chaloupka (Smith, Moving Parts), and Phillip Campbell on drums.
In July 1985, Electric Pandas performed two of their hit songs, "Missing Me" and "Let's Gamble", for the Oz for Africa concert (part of the global Live Aid program).
campaign – was an English-language, rock-music remake of the Brazilian song "Águas de março", and was used for TV spots and on RCA/Columbia Pictures/Hoyts videos such as Ghostbusters.
F.O.O.D released a self-titled EP on Shock Records and then Buckfield and song writing partner Wachholz formed another band, Happy House.
They recorded another Fisher-produced EP, Passion, with the single "Whatuwannadothatfor" released which gained support from 2JJJ but did not achieve mainstream chart success.
Buckfield and Wachholz continued their song writing partnership along with touring Happy House both around Australia and across the UK, Europe and North America.