Controversy
The group has generated controversy for profanity in cover art, song titles and lyrics; for the behaviour of members, on and off stage; and for its association with causes such as veganism and radical politics.
In July 2004, radio 2Day FM hosts Jackie O and Kyle Sandilands threatened the band with "black-listing" from the Austereo network after a festival performance in Darwin, Australia. The band had played over the top of Jackie O's effort to explain her late appearance to the audience as the delay caused a further cut into the band's set time.
Whalley and McDougall have also worked as radio hosts on Australian youth radio station, Triple J. The pair appeared under the collective title, "Jay and the Doctor", on the Breakfast Show. Australian rock music journalist, Ed Nimmervoll, wrote the following description of the band: " history is littered with legendary stories, perhaps true, perhaps exaggerations, but stories which fuel and match their song and album titles. Their songs are often profane, likely to poke fun at someone including themselves, hint at a social conscience, and inside all the tough talk and body jokes be hopelessly romantic."
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