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The Birthday Party

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Group. Formed 01 March 1980. Disbanded August 1983.

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Biography

The Birthday Party was an Australian post-punk group, active from 1976 to 1983.

Despite being championed by John Peel, The Birthday Party found little commercial success during their career. Though often indirect, their influence has been far-reaching. They've been called one of "the darkest and most challenging post-punk groups to emerge in the early '80s."

While their early music was sometimes classified as gothic rock, the band disdained the term, and their sound was very different from most goth music, closer to No Wave at the time. However, the Birthday Party did have an influence on deathrock, a genre related to gothic rock.

Despite their limited commercial success, the creative core of the Birthday Party have gone on to acclaimed careers: singer and songwriter Nick Cave, multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey and singer, songwriter and guitarist Rowland S. Howard.

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Albums releases

Release title Release date
Drunk on the Pope's Blood 1994
Mutiny / The Bad Seed EP 1989
Junk Yard 1982
Prayers on Fire 1981
The Birthday Party 1980
 

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