Their most popular track, "The Cicada (That Ate Five Dock)", was listed on national youth radio listeners' poll, Triple J Hottest 100, 1989.
[1] Initially the group performed jazz, rock cover versions and Frank Zappa-themed works before adopting contemporary new wave material.
[3] Green felt they were poor imitators of Mi-Sex and Midnight Oil and Outline's "songs dissolved into a chaotic jumble.
[4] Also in October they supported visiting English rock band Gillan on the Australian leg of Future Shock's promotional tour.
[1] Outline members Rigger, Ryan and Sammers were joined, in mid-year, by Chris Ford on bass guitar (ex-Flex) and Michael Gray on keyboards (ex-Jeff St John's Asylum).