ompilation albums</a> and a <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_video" title="Home video">video album</a>. The Triffids formed in 1978 by mainstay <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_McComb" title="David McComb">David McComb</a>, his school friend <a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsy_MacDonald" title="Alsy MacDonald">Alsy MacDonald</a> together with Phil Kakulas. Their first release was a cassette tape, <i>Triffids 1st</i> recorded in May, by September they had added Byron Sinclair and released, <i>Tr