The Birthday Party (band)
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The Birthday Party were an Australian post-punk band, active from 1977 to 1983. The group's "bleak and noisy soundscapes," which drew irreverently on blues, free jazz, and rockabilly, provided the set
The Birthday Party in 1981, from left to right: Pew, Calvert, Harvey, Howard and Cave.
The Birthday Party were regulars at Melbourne's Crystal Ballroom, playing their final show there in 1983.
Mick Harvey
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Michael John Harvey is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter, composer, arranger and record producer. A multi-instrumentalist, he is best known for his long-term collaborations with Nick Cave, wit
The Birthday Party (band)
…after relocating to West Berlin in 1982. The creative core of the Birthday Party – singer and songwriter Nick Cave, multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Mick Harvey, and singer, songwriter and guitarist Rowland S. Howard – later went on to acclaimed careers. The nucleus of the band first met at the private boys…
Mick Harvey performing live in 2012
Harvey performing in 2012