The Triffids were an Australian rock band from Perth, Western Australia.
The Triffids formed in 1978 by mainstay David McComb, his school friend Alsy MacDonald together with Phil Kakulas.
Treeless Plain, their first studio LP album, was released in November 1983.
By then the line-up was the McComb brothers and MacDonald with Jill Birt and Martyn P. Casey.
In August 1984, the band relocated to London where they recorded Born Sandy Devotional in 1985 which was released in early 1986 and reached the United Kingdom Top 30 Albums Chart.