exploding white mice were an australian punk-pop band from adelaide which formed in 1983 with paul gilchrist on vocals, andy macqueen on bass guitar, gerry barrett on guitar, craig rodda on drums and giles barrow on rhythm guitar. in 1984 barrett was replaced by jeff stephens on guitar – later also on lead vocals. in 1985 rodda was replaced on drums by david bunney. the group released four studio albums, "brute force and ignorance" (august 1988), "exploding white mice" (1990), "collateral damage" (1992) and "we walk alone" (1994). the band toured europe twice before disbanding in april 1999.