 After high school, Bloxom and Weiley moved to Cammeray in Sydney's north shore, playing in various Sydney bands.Looking for a drummer, one of Bloxom's ex-bandmates introduced them to Cliff Grigg, who happened to live in a squat in the inner Sydney suburb of Glebe.They named their band for a comic strip, "Spy vs. Spy" in the US "Mad" magazine.