[1][2] Vocalist Mike Dalton and drummer Paul Styman played together in a high school band, The Pyschotics, in the late 1970s.
[3] They soon changed their name to The Trilobites and began gigging in Sydney's plethora of suburban and inner city pubs and clubs.
In the meantime, the Trilobites had signed a new deal with the Big Time label which resulted in the single, "Night of the Many Deaths" (May 1987).
That led to a full recording contract which resulted in the release of their EP, I Can't Wait for the Summer to End which gained strong success on the American college radio circuit.
This version of the band then released a single, "Tears You Apart/Don't Hide", and a six track mini-LP on vinyl.
These songs formed the basis of their second album, The Lost Generation, which was produced by Rob Younger (Radio Birdman, New Christs).