No one’s done more to legitimise and monetise infantile humour, garage punk and all round delinquency than Ozzie Wright and his band, the Goons of Doom.

This degenerate surf-punk is considered a legitimate pop culture deity in Australia. He played a definitive role in the hit fashion label, Tsubi, enjoyed considerable success as an artist, thrown down an era-defining surf career, and of course been a central part of the Goons.

Having played to tens of thousand of fans in Japan and Europe, it’s hard to believe the band started after Ozzie and his mates bought a bunch of instruments to use as props in the old cult-classic surf film, Doped Youth.

It’s a little more believable if you were around to see some of their early gigs, as I was, and recall the time they once lost the lead singer’s microphone into the crowd mid-song.