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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Entertainment
Kirsten Krauth

Remembering David McComb of the Triffids: ‘If music isn’t extraordinary, what’s the point?’

David McComb of The Triffids.
‘The nation had missed a great mind’: David McComb of the Triffids. Photograph: Tony Mott

Jonathan Alley first met David McComb in 1994, interviewing him on Alley’s long-running Triple R radio program.

McComb had been lead singer and guitarist of 1980s band the Triffids, who broke up in 1989, and now McComb was plugging a new solo album, Love of Will. But the record company hadn’t sent it to the station yet – and the musician turned up 45 minutes late.

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