Why Nick Cave will never reunite The Birthday Party: “It’s young man’s stuff”
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‘The Bark Tree’: How Rowland S Howard’s favourite book reflects his mysterious artistic footprint
An early existential classic.
Mermaids and massacres: Lyric drafts found in a book formerly owned by Nick Cave
A trip into the mind maze.
“That’s how I imagine”: the artist Dave Grohl called the model for brilliant writers
Dave Grohl on the messy moment that sparked ‘Best of You’.
Hear Me Out: The Birthday Party are the most underrated post-punk band of all time
An overlooked group…
The art that makes life worth living, according to Rowland S. Howard
The Birthday Party guitarist had a fine taste in books, music and film.
Anita Lane: the artist Nick Cave called “the brains behind The Birthday Party”
She was a vital part of The Birthday Party and The Bad Seeds’ development.
Mick Harvey discusses the story of The Birthday Party: “A relentless build-up to an explosion”
“We weren’t even writing songs with chords!”
Nick Cave discusses the “violence towards women” in his early material: “I’m not a misogynist”
He “enjoyed the thrill of language.”