The Kevins were formed as a pop music band in 1978 in Melbourne by Sally Ford on saxophone, Anne Harkin on guitar and vocals, Steve "Buzz" Leeson on bass guitar and backing vocals and Nick Smith on lead vocals and guitar and Michael Davis on drums.
[1][2] Ford and Harkins had been members of an all-girl band, Flying Tackle, while Leeson and Smith were from a "sophisticated rock" group, Millionaires.
[1][2] Their debut single, "And so We Meet" (September 1979), was described by Australian musicologist Ian McFarlane as combining "pop, soul and funk with a large dose of good humour".
[5] By that time Davis had been replaced on drums by former Millionaires bandmate David Hicks.
[1][2] Their five-track, debut extended play, Club of Rome (1982), was produced by Martin Armiger for White/Mushroom/Festival.