Exploding White Mice were a punk-pop band from Adelaide, Australia in the 1980s. Their name was taken from a scene in the film Rock 'N' Roll High School, in which a laboratory mouse spontaneously explodes upon being exposed to the music of The Ramones, the band's foremost influence. Other major influences include Rocket to Russia and Radio Birdman.[LINK: http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=exploding_white_mice] Exploding White Mice. Trouser Press. Accessed November 17, 2007. Exploding White Mice got its start in 1983 in Adelaide when Paul Gilchrist (vocals) played a one-off show as a cover band with Andy MacQueen (bass), Gerry Barrett (guitar) and Craig Rodda (drums) at a party. It was Paul's first band; Andy had previously been in the bands The Deviants and the Crunch Pets, and Craig drummed for the Screaming Believers. The show went well enough that the group decided to play together regularly. One