Australian Crawl: the raunchy debut that got banned on Countdown | The Canberra Times

Savvier bands like America’s REM agreed early on that their songs would be passed on equally to all band members; this was a gesture that eliminated any conflict over money. But Australian Crawl, like most fledgling groups, has adopted standard operating procedure for years. According to them, whoever wrote the basic chords and words was given authorial credit. Inputs such as the guitar melodies that would become an integral part of their sound were not always credited, and someone like Binks was prevented from receiving royalties on songs that would be played on air, even 40 years later.