The Birthday Party was 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 rockab…
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