In Adelaide in 1982 Grong Grong were started by Farkas on lead vocals, synthesiser and sometimes saxophone, his half-brother Charlie Tolnay on guitar, George Klestinis on drums (ex-Perdition), and Dave Taskas on bass guitar (ex-Blood Sport).
They impressed that group's singer, Jello Biafra, "I lay awake for about two nights after seeing [them], still wondering if I actually saw what I really saw.
He later collaborated with Tolnay on the album, Tumor Circus, and he signed Farkas' later band, Hack, to Alternative Tentacles.
[3][4] Klestinis and Tolnay formed King Snake Roost in Adelaide in 1985, they were briefly joined by Taskas in 1987.
[6][7] An expanded, remastered version of 20 tracks, with an additional 17-track DVD disc, was issued in 1998 via Memorandum Recordings.
[6] Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, observed, "[they] were the original post-punk, grunge noise terrorists... [their] brand of psychotic, swamp rock was akin to a Mac truck driving slowly through a china shop while the Cramps' 'I Ain't Nothing but a Gorehound' blasted out over a nearby PA system!
Wilczek performed his first gig with the band without rehearsal and improvised his way through a 15-song set, the next night week departing on tour to Melbourne.
They contributed to the Australian "Swamp Rock" genre, which later influenced/mutated into the Black Eye scene in Sydney and is a contributor to the Pigfuck sound popularised in the United States.