The Go-Betweens were one of Australia's most talented and influential bands, but they never became as popular as they deserved to. They were formed in Brisbane in 1977, by Robert Forster and Grant McLennan, and released 9 albums, the first in 1981, the last in 2005. During that time they moved between Australia and London, regularly changed record labels and line-ups, and broke up a number of times, but they seem to be on a creative high when Grant McLennan died in 2006 of a heart attack, having been a lifelong heavy drinker.