AustLit

The author argues that Perth, Western Australia's, loss of innocence, especially after the murders in the 1960s by Eric Cooke and those in the 1980s by Catherine and David Birnie, is reflected in McComb's lyrics which 'can be read as a metaphor for the experience of a lost utopia that continues to haunt the cultural life of Perth.' The criticism includes brief references to the work of Veronica Brady, Peter Cowan, Philip Masel and Dorothy Hewett.

David Cavanagh describes attending peformances by the Perth, Western Australian rock band the Triffids and meeting band members in London, England, in 1984.

David Nichols discusses David McComb and the rock band, the Triffids', early recordings on cassette, commenting that '[i]n these cassette albums we see David McComb forging and identity for himself as a narrative song-writer or commentator focusing on his craft as a writer and his skill as a performer.'

Jean Bernard Koeman invited twenty artists to construct a 'temporary memorial' to David McComb in the form of the exhibition 'A Temporary Monument for David McComb' (STUK, Leuven, Belgium, 2004).

An imagined future for David McComb and the rock band The Triffids 'with a twenty-year career and huge global sales...'