Fun Things has been played on NTS shows including Yesterday's News, with When The Birdmen Fly first played on 30 December 2020.

The Fun Things originally formed as a high school band in Brisbane, Australia called the Aliens in 1978, with Brad Shepherd on guitar and vocals, bassist John Hartley, and Murray Shepherd on drums. For a brief period after the Aliens, the Shepherd brothers, along with guitarist Graeme Beavis and Mark Lock, played as the Phantom Agents. In 1979, Hartley returned and with the Shepherds and Beavis became the Fun Things. Live covers included bands such as Radio Birdman, The Stooges, The Monkees, and…