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The Birthday Party
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Melbourne, Australia (1977 – 1983)
The Birthday Party were an Australian post-punk band, from 1977 to 1983. Formed in Melbourne, the band were one of the darkest and most challenging post-punk groups to emerge in the early ’80s, creating bleak and noisy soundscapes that provided the perfect setting for vocalist Nick Cave’s difficult, disturbing stories of religion, violence, and perversity. Their sound drew upon punk, rockabilly, free jazz and the rawest blues, but transcended concise categorization. Under the direction of Cave and guitarist Rowland S. Howard, the band tore through reams of blues and rockabilly licks, spitting out hellacious feedback and noise at an unrelenting pace. As The Birthday Party’s career progressed, Cave’s vision got darker and the band’s songs alternated between dirges and blistering sonic assaults.
Originally, the Australian band was called The Boys Next Door, comprising Cave, Howard, Mick Harvey (guitar, drums, organ, piano), bassist Tracy Pew, and drummer Phill Calvert. After the Door Door album and Hee Haw EP under that name, the band moved to London and switched its name to the deceptively benign Birthday Party. Once they arrived in Britain, their demented, knotty post-punk began to gel. They released their first international album, Prayers On Fire, in 1981, earning critical praise in the U.K. and U.S. While the band was preparing to record the follow-up, Pew was jailed for drunk driving; former Magazine member Barry Adamson, Harry Howard, and Chris Walsh filled in for the absent Pew on 1982’s Junkyard.
Originally, the Australian band was called The Boys Next Door, comprising Cave, Howard, Mick Harvey (guitar, drums, organ, piano), bassist Tracy Pew, and drummer Phill Calvert. After the Door Door album and Hee Haw EP under that name, the band moved to London and switched its name to the deceptively benign Birthday Party. Once they arrived in Britain, their demented, knotty post-punk began to gel. They released their first international album, Prayers On Fire, in 1981, earning critical praise in the U.K. and U.S. While the band was preparing to record the follow-up, Pew was jailed for drunk driving; former Magazine member Barry Adamson, Harry Howard, and Chris Walsh filled in for the absent Pew on 1982’s Junkyard.
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johnensoon wrote:
R.I.P. Rowland . . . so good your noise to these ears all these years.
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SOLOMUSIKA wrote:
R.I.P. Mister Rowland ♥♥♥
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Unmade_Bed wrote:
RIP Rowland, sir.
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AnUub1s wrote:
rowland roll around in heaven....
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Bethankurt wrote:
the best guitarrist
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jarrvivahate wrote:
RIP Rowland
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TreeOfLies wrote:
Mr. Howard's guitar playing was one of the best things to come out of post-punk. Although not a title he sought, he is one of the very few that I would consider an actual guitar hero. Why couldn't some asshole like Yngwie Malmsteen have died instead? RIP Rowland.
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DrGunn wrote:
RIP, buddy.
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Aiseilles wrote:
RIP Rowland... May your cigarette never go out, wherever you are now!
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AnUub1s wrote:
RIP :,(
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teenagejesus666 wrote:
RIP!!!
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nancykitten wrote:
:-( RIP
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StruanTheRuin wrote:
RIP Rowland
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Monty__ wrote:
R.I.P. :(
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hudgie wrote:
Rest in Peace Rowland
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Maleficiomorale wrote:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/influential-melbourne-guitarist-rowland-s-howard-dies/story-e6frf96f-1225814790391
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Maleficiomorale wrote:
Rowland You music was with me through the most shitty times especially this year. Thank you for helping me through it.
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IanCurtis13 wrote:
RIP ROWLAND!!!!!!!
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Mario_Tennis wrote:
rip rowland :( you were basically the greatest guitarist ever. i am going to mangle my jaguar tonight in your honour.
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dougydarkangel wrote:
How could you even compare The Birthday party to Silencer? Don't get me wrong, I love Silencer, its a great project, but the two are from completely different worlds. The goals and ideologies of the two bands are completely different. To compare them is folly.
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