The Triffids were an Australian folk rock band from Perth, Western Australia, formed in 1978 by David McComb, Alsy MacDonald and Phil Kakulas. The group released five studio albums, one live album, ten singles, six extended plays, nine cassette tapes, four compilation albums, and one video album.
The band's first release was the cassette Triffids 1st, recorded in May 1978 and released in September of that year. Triffids 2nd was released shortly after the addition of Byron Sinclair to the line-up. Four further cassettes would be released by 1981. Considerable line-up changes had occurred resulting in McComb and MacDonald with Will Akers, Margaret Gillard, Robert McComb (David's older brother) and Mark Peters. Their first single "Stand Up" was released in July 1981 from Triffids 6th. Their first extended play, Reverie appeared in November 1982.
Treeless Plain, their first studio LP album, was released in November 1983. By then the line-up was the McComb brothers and MacDonald with Jill Birt and Martyn P. Casey. In August 1984, the band relocated to London where they recorded Born Sandy Devotional in 1985 which was released in early 1986 and reached the United Kingdom Top 30 Albums Chart. It spawned the single "Wide Open Road" in February, which peaked into the UK Top 30 and Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart.