of their opponents in the final being The Most, who would later come to figure significantly in their story. "I didn't cope well that night. We'd moved from hobbyists to being on the verge of becoming serious – we were rewarded with a record deal, like Radio Birdman had six years earlier. We got up and didn't miss a beat – a 40-minute set. We were in tune – which is something that The Lime Spiders weren't famous for – and we won. I vaguely remembered Bill Gibson standing at the back of the stage, constantly retuning all the guitars". – Mather The recording sessions resulted in a four-track double single, "25th Hour", released on Green Records in June 1983. "25th Hour" was produced by Rob Younger (ex-Radio Birdman), and included covers of The Haunted's "1-2-5" (1966) and Liberty Bell's "That's How It Will Be". The title track was co-written by Blood and Mather, while the final track, "Can't Wait Long", was co-written by Blood and Jakimyszyn. Warwick Gilbert (ex-Radio Birdman, Hitmen) played bass guitar for the sessions, because Guest was not confident in his playing. The keyboards were provided by Bruce Tatham (later played with Decline of the Reptiles) who is also heard on The Celibate Rifles' debut album, Sideroxylon (April 1983). Bill Gibson provided backing vocals on two of the tracks. American punk rockers, Dead Kennedys' lead singer, Jello Biafra, heard the group while touring in Sydney and he told Murray Engelheart of Juke Magazine:"This could be the best time-warp style '60s garage revival I've ever heard. [They] seem to be more interested in re-creating Sixties garage mania than updating it. I never thought I'd hear a psychedelic slime band more hard core than Green Fuzz, but here they are". – Jello Biafra (2 June 1984) However Lime Spiders fell apart again with Mather leaving before the single had appeared: "I didn't like The Lime Spiders towards the end. I felt we had become heavy and were usurped by what was happening around us. In my eyes we were very much a covers band. I didn't see the band going anywhere and I was yearning to become more involved with seriously constructed pop music". – Mather The group reformed again by August 1983 with Blood and Jakimyszyn joined by Tony Bambach on bass guitar and Richard Lawson on drums. Both were from The Most, one of their rivals