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release the bats! |
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| Country: |  Australia |
| Last Login: | Jun 11, 2008 (545 days back) |
About Me |
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| NICK CAVE, MICK HARVEY, ROWLAND 'S' HOWARD, TRACY PEW - THE BIRTHDAY PARTY?THE BAD MEN OF TOMBSTONE STRIKE AGAIN (AND AGAIN)In the guise of mild mannered "The Boys Next Door", they began in earnest (a Melbourne suburb) in 1977, building a rabid following of religious fervor as a result of their onstage explosive energy nay, genius. However, the constant stream of brick wall scenarios and ongoing cloth ear situations led them to depart for their land of hopeful glory, England, in 1980. A fire at Bombay airport during a stopover on the way prompted a name change: to the Birthday Party natch.
Living in England only served to intensify the bitterness of their warped vision. Initially their brilliance fell on deaf ears, despite their devastating disc releases, though support from Peel and 4AD buffered disappointments.In late '80, a whirlwind tour of Australia, where they were now bigger than Zep, boosted both coffers and morale. While there, they recorded the seminal "Prayers On Fire", which broke both hearts and necks while exposing the band's deeper darker danker dementia.On their return, The Birthday Party hit London like a suppository in the anus of apathy and proceeded to give the country an Alka Seltzer enema. Their audience swelled and live performances became ferocious rituals of frenzy and confrontation as the possessed Cave drove his six inch gold blade deeper. Ritual suicides are not uncommon in their audience.Soon, inspired by the squalor of London's Maida Vale, Harvey and Cave penned the band's antithema anti-theme, 'Release the Bats', which seemed to break a dam which had hithero kept the demons of Cave' psyche at bay. His passion grew as wild as his haircut.1981 also saw the release of the live mini LP 'Drunk on the Pope's Blood', which they shared with soul sister Lydia Lunch. The LP, released to combat bootleggers, teeters on the edge of hysteria, capturing the band as a sleek yet grotesque carnivore. It's fangs drip with the blood of a thousand traditions which have been rent and reconstructed slightly askew.There followed a return to Australia for a revoltingly successful and adultaory tourette, where they spewed forth 'Junkyard', forty minutes of aural obscenity, gyration, vibration and revelation.'Junkyard' stands as an indispensible hysterical cackle of ritual celebration; brimming with strength, definition, discord and even music, it is the product of warped pre-apocalypse minds.Meanwhile, back in the UK, the band were revolted by the manifestation of their success. At their concerts the blind could see, the crippled could walk, the sick got sicker. Pavlov's punks salivated. They sold drumboy Phill to the Psychedelic Furs, Mick donned sticks and the band fled to Berlin in search of new pastures further afield in which to plant their bad seed. And 'The Bad Seed' is the fruit of the Birthday Party's german-action.Shuddering to a start with the awesome, tormented gallop of 'Sonny's Burning', we are slapped until sore by the streamlined, redefined, underlined Birthday Party. Harvey's inventive, economic drumming alternatively with and against the music as the noise pulses, throbs, grinds, and flexes.Onward, the irreverend 'Wild World' lurches obscenely, flicks ash, occasionally lifting it's skirt and flashing on the carpet. The moody tension of 'Deep in the Woods' sees Cave donning the guise of savaged hillbilly, emerging soaked from three days lost in the swamp and happening on 'a funeral swinging' via a musical language that performs an autopsy on the blues and creates a monster of frankly Frankensteinian proportions.But the record's climax is the red raw open wound 'Fear of Gun', the new torn torch classic which restates the Birthday Party's undeniable ability to combine passion, torture, and smouldering flesh. This hysterical love-sick sadist of a song hits again and again through a haze of tears and blood, pleading, commanding, 'fingers down the throat of love'. Here's where passion teeters into the realm of emotional, emotive terror.... the trauma of love and the love of trauma.The Birthday Party continue to drip their blood from the meathooks. They walk the line, surprise, terrorize. Open wide.
IN STORES NOW AND FEATURING THE BIRTHDAY PARTY Check out the MySpace page HERE for more info! |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 9/10/2005Band Website: thebirthdayparty.com.au/ Band Members: Nick Cave Mick Harvey Rowland Howard Tracy Pew Phill Calvert Influences: Joy Division Scott Walker Iggy Pop The Fall The Stooges MC5 Velvet Underground Lou Reed Johnny Cash Leonard Cohen Tex Davis Gene Vincent The Saints Radio Birdman Click here to watch '01-Interview-w_Geoff-King' Sounds Like: like a suppository in the anus of apathy (live) JUNKYARD NICK THE STRIPPER BOYS NEXT DOOR - SHIVERS RELEASE THE BATS DEEP IN THE WOODS DEAD JOE/PLEASURE HEADS MUST BURN SONNY'S BURNING Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Other) |
My Pictures |
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My Blog |
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rats in paradise!! |
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| Excerpt from 'Mutiny!-The Last Birthday Party, a 25 minute documentary made in 1983 which will be available from the band's web site in limited quantities from late AprilHOW THE FUCK DID I MISS THIS!!... Posted by the birthday party on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:01:00 PST |
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Lest I Shiver series of vids 1-? |
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| PT2
PT3
PT4
PT5
PT6 - blindfold me sir!!
PT 7 - can you feel the spirit?
... Posted by the birthday party on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 12:56:00 PST |
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dig this lazarus related vids! |
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| i got my hollywood bowl tickets...do you?
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some other youtube clips - Nick Interviews |
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| from Rowland's amazing website!
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one more - these immortal souls... |
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| I was one of about 30 people in the audience for the LA show (at the old Scream downtown at the Park Plaza hotel, also where I got married some 15 yrs later) amazing show. Do yourself a favor and BUY ... Posted by the birthday party on Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:06:00 PST |
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Sad News - Lee Hazlewood passes |
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| Lee Hazelwood: 1929-2007 by Staff | 08.06.2007Lee Hazlewood has died at the age of 78 after a three year struggle with renal cancer. A songwriter, singer, and producer for over 40 years, Hazlewood was... Posted by the birthday party on Mon, 06 Aug 2007 02:57:00 PST |
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new photos! |
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| These come courtesy of HOLE - thanks!!... Posted by the birthday party on Sun, 16 Jul 2006 02:53:00 PST |
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Link to Birthday Party interview |
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| Click here to watch '01-Interview-w_Geoff-King' Posted by the birthday party on Fri, 16 Dec 2005 05:27:00 PST |
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Inca Babies |
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| For whatever reason, MYSPACE is having technical difficulties with my music. I had to reupload the Inca Babies track, so that bulletin was a bit premature. Coming soon though.... Posted by the birthday party on Sat, 03 Dec 2005 01:35:00 PST |
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nick the stripper video pt 2 |
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| I also recommend resizing the screen on PUTFILE to 320 for the best resolution. It's a good quality file! Posted by the birthday party on Thu, 01 Dec 2005 11:24:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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