In December 1988 Phil Hall ( ex-Sardine v , Dropbears ) replaced Bambach on bass guitar and Mark Wilkinson ( of The Girlies ) replaced Couvret on guitar . This line-up supported Iggy Pop on his January 1989 Australian Instinct tour at The Hordern Pavilion in Sydney and at the Newcastle Workers Club – which collapsed later that year in an earthquake . They recorded a cover of The Misunderstood 's " Children of the Sun " for Timberyard Records ' Christmas compilation '' Rockin Bethlehem '' . Wilkinson played on the band 's third studio album , '' Beethoven 's Fist '' , with Kevin Shirley producing , mixed by Michael Brauer , in Los Angeles . Wilkinson left before its release in November 1990 . McFarlane described the album as " underrated hard rock " . The track , " Mr Big Mouth " , co-written by Wilkinson and Blood , was released as the B-side of the single from the album , " Cherry Red " , which appeared in October . The band played a promotional show in London at The Marquee Club as a four piece , however , the group disbanded yet again soon after . McFarlane noted that over their career they had provided " raucous sound mixed screaming vocals and wild , fuzz-tone guitar riffs to arrive at a mutant strain of acid punk that bordered on heavy metal " . While John Bush at AllMusic felt they were a " post-punk unit resurrecting the trashier elements of '60s garage and psychedelic rock with willful abandon "
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1989 Newcastle earthquake
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