[2][1][3] Australian musicologist, Ian McFarlane, described how their, "Early influences included UK bands like the Cure, Wire, Joy Division, the Fall and Gang of Four, although [they] always mixed the avant-garde with a deceptively simple blend of bright dance beats and catchy new wave pop.
"[1] In early 1980 Savage left and late that year, Lindsay O'Meara (ex-Voigt/465, Crime and the City Solution) replaced Hill on bass guitar.
"[4] Jane McGee left the group in February 1981 and Craig Robertson replaced O'Meara on bass guitar late that year.
"[5] During 1981 Judy and Jane McGee, Dunne and Weston formed a side project, the Limp, which issued a single, "Marked Man", in that year.
[1] They toured extensively, playing alongside local bands, the Reels, Mental as Anything and the Birthday Party, as well as supporting international acts New Order and the Fall.
Clinton Walker in his 1984 book, The Next Thing, stated, "that at the moment they have the best chance of breaking into the mainstream for the same reasons they have for the past two years: excellent musicianship, appealing pop styles, danceability, wit, charm, commercial digestibility and a well-earned live track record as a sometimes great, often good and seldom bad experience.
[11] The group's track, "Pandemonium", was covered by Sobriquet Vs Other People's Children on a compilation album, Re-fashioned – Antipodean Classics via the Groovescooter label in 2001.
[12] In March 2012 the group reformed as Pel Mel Organisation, with an expanded line up of Dunne, Judy and Jane McGee, Paul and Mark Davies, Dermot Browne and Stuart Nichols.
Bernard Zuel of The Sydney Morning Herald rated the compilation album at four-out-of-five stars and explained, "[it] mixes coolly distant funk underneath Judy McGee's surprisingly yearning vocals, this compilation of a long-lost Sydney underground band asks several questions... Mostly seen in the inner city, sadly folding after only two albums, they were a bridge from post-punk's flint-eyed but danceable paranoia to '80s pop-electro.
The album – "The Household Guide to Heartbreak" – also gathered some positive critical reviews In November 2018, Jude McGee, Graeme Dunne and Dermot Browne recorded and released three tracks – "I'm a TV", "Continuing Imprisonment" and "Clever Move" – under the 'pel mel organisation' name.