Stacking up a lot of original songs, the prolific punks decided to capture their songs in demo form to play to venue bookers, and in early 1980, key members Anthony Norman (guitar) and singer Tony Collins went in to tape four originals at Harlequin Studios in Auckland. They didn’t stop until they had their first album – the raw nerve Let There Be Noise – released in August 1981. It was the first complete punk rock album by a New Zealand group. A series of often-violent West Auckland hall shows followed.

An unreleased second album Death or Glory was recorded, but with no shows and recognition sparse, the determined duo changed their name, but not their sound, becoming The Henchmen in late 1982.

The Dum Dum Boys catalogue is currently unavailable.

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For a detailed history of The Dum Dum Boys, The Henchmen and Reptiles at Dawn please go here.