Their early garage incarnation was a lot easier to classify and won fans easily, but the band evolved away from these roots from the late 1980s into more cerebral and accomplished directions.

The group's work including "Lies", which appeared in August 1986 on Kavern 7 record label's extended play, The Bo-Weevils, and "That Girl" from their single in November, represent their "garage-punk roots".

[1] As noted by Rolling Stone, "The Bo-Weevils remain an integral part of the Aussie scene, with their acclaimed second album helping to cement their legacy"[4] Elements of the second lineups sound are similar to other contemporary Australian bands, Died Pretty, Hoodoo Gurus, The Stems and The Church although The Bo-Weevils next albums, Reap (October 1992) and Burn (November 1995), were more "straight-ahead, guitar rock releases".

[1] After the release of a compilation album, Trapped in the Garage (December 1996), Hill rejoined the group for a tour early the next year to promote it.

[5] The Bo-Weevils reformed for a gig at the Northcote Social Club in November 2015 commemorating the 1994 'Burn' album with a remastered CD edition and addition of vinyl tracks from 'Where Particular People Congregate'.

[6] He plays exclusively Australian acts, and the program's opening theme is "a wild, one-chord exploration that goes on forever" according to Chris Hollow of Sand Pebbles, and was originally recorded by The Bo-Weevils.