Trafalgar initially distributed the album via mail order and by sales from the backs of friend's and band members' station wagons.

This laid the groundwork for future DIY punk bands in Australia.

Radios Appear was hailed by many as a breakthrough album in Australian rock and a decisive change from the uneventful early mid-seventies scene.

The album's title was taken from the song "Dominance and Submission" by Blue Öyster Cult, one of the band's most important early influences.

Radios Appear was ranked the third best Australian album of all time in a 2008 list compiled by Melbourne newspaper The Age.