Jeffrey Wegener joined them on drums, and they moved to Sydney where they recruited bassist Janine Hall and began rehearsing.
[4] After moving back to Melbourne,[3] the band grew a strong reputation in the local scene,[5]: 355–356 and recorded the song Shivers, originally written by Howard in 1976.
[5] Their final performance was with Boys Next Door at a benefit for Pulp, a fanzine run by Bruce Milne and Clinton Walker.
[2] By the end of 1978, Howard had officially joined Boys Next Door and they were performing "Shivers", a song he had written for the Young Charlatans.
[10] The original Young Charlatans version of "Shivers" was later released in the cassette magazine Fast Forward's fourth issue (April 1981).