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The Last Words - Malcolm Baxter (vocals), Andy Groome (guitar), Leigh Kendall (bass), John Gunn (drums) - were one of the first Australian punk bands. In 1978 they released the single Animal World / Wondering Why on their own label, Remand Records. Animal World was soon after re-released by Wizard Records. Like other Australian popstars, for example the Bee Gees, Olivia Newton-John and The Saints before them, the Last Words moved to London. There they were signed by Rough Trade Records. A re-recording of Animal World reached No. 8 in the Alternative Charts.

However, their later releases, Todays Kids and Top Secret, both in 1980, failed to duplicate the modest success of Animal World. Although noted for its dub cover version of Jefferson Airplane's White Rabbit and for its producer, Adrian Sherwood, the album, The Last Words, released in December 1980, did nothing to lift the band out of its relative obscurity. A recording (made by Eric Hysteric) of a gig at London University (March 1981, as support to Killing Joke) remains unreleased.

In 1979 Kendall played guitar on the Punks Are The Old Farts Of Today EP (Rock-O-Rama Records RRR 001) by the Vomit Visions. As The Esoterics Groome (guitar, bass), Kendall (bass, guitar, vocals), Gunn (vocals) and VV-Drummer Dieter Krist backed Eric Hysteric on the album Drive You Crazy (Wasted Vinyl Records Waste 2, 1981), which includes Frag Mich Warum, the German version of Wondering Why, sung by Kendall. Groome and Kendall also played on three tracks (recorded before the album) released as Eric Hysteric solo singles - Life (Waste 45), Fool Around b/w (I Wanna Be A) Kid Forever (Waste 9) - in 1982 and 1983.

Singles:

Animal World / Wondering Why Remand RRCS 2439 3/78 (only 500 copies pressed, plain white sleeve)

Animal World / Wondering Why Wizard ZS 196 11//78 (blue vinyl)

Animal World / No Music In The World Today Rough Trade RT 022 7/79 (The first copies of this single had „ & Wizard“ printed beneath the Rough-Trade-logo)

Todays Kidz / There’s Something Wrong Remand 2 2/80

Top Secret / Walk Away (Version) Armageddon Records AS 002 8/80

Album: The Last Words Armageddon Records ARM 2 9/80

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