[1][2] They recorded four live tracks in September 1981 at the Union Hotel, Adelaide, which were issued in 1981 as their debut extended play, Show Me Your Money, via Empty Dogma/EMI.
[1][2] Woroni's reviewer felt, "It's refreshing, clever, slightly ska-ish, and sufficiently assertive to be a bloody good rock number.
[1][2] The rock group began recording their debut album, Communist Mutants from Space (June 1985), late in the previous year with Bob Allen as producer-engineer.
[1][2] Chris Lambden replaced Katern on bass guitar after the second studio album, Refugees from the Love Generation (March 1988) had been recorded.
Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane determined, that their recordings "were brimming with refined songs and highly proficient, melodic guitar thrash.