Biography

Led by the inimitable Nick Cave (who went on to great solo success), Australia's Birthday Party was a swirling maelstrom of post-punk discord, beat-influenced poetry, and gothic blues overtones. The band also gained a reputation for presenting some of the most intense live performances of the era. Though the Birthday Party were in existence for a only a few years in the early 1980s, they proved a profoundly influential act whose sound can be detected in a variety of bands.

Top Tracks

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• Big Jesus Trash Can

• Jennifer's Veil

• Junkyard

• King Ink

• Kiss Me Black

• Mr. Clarinet

• Nick The Stripper

• Pleasure Avalanche

• Release The Bats

• She's Hit

• Six Strings That Drew Blood

• The Friend Catcher

• The Hair Shirt

Discography

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• It's Still Living

  Missing Link

  1985

• The Birthday Party

  Missing Link

  1980