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The Birthday Party

GBRooted in: MelbourneCurrently based in: London1980 - 1983

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Discography

18 of 36 releases

Live From Story Hall 1983

2025

1982‐07‐01: Aladin, Bremen, Germany

2006

Live 1981–82

1999

The Peel Sessions: The Birthday Party II

1988

A Social Gathering for the Celebration of Someone’s Birth

1987

The Peel Sessions

1987

It’s Still Living

1985

Mutiny

1983

The Birthday Party

1983

The Bad Seed

1983

Pleasure Heads Must Burn

1983

Junkyard

1982

Drunk on the Pope’s Blood / The Agony Is the Ecstacy

1982

Release the Bats

1981

Nick the Stripper

1981

Prayers on Fire

1981

The Friend Catcher

1980

Mr. Clarinet

1980

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Band Lineup

MemberDes Heffner(additional, drums (drum set))· 1983–1983
MemberJeffrey Wegener(additional, drums (drum set))· 1983–1983
MemberHarry Howard(additional, bass)· 1982–1982
MemberBarry Adamson(additional, bass)· 1982–1982
MemberChris Walsh(Australian musician)(additional, bass)· 1982–1982
MemberPhillip Calvert(drums (drum set), original)· 1980–1982
MemberMick Harvey(guitar, keyboard, original)· 1980–1983
MemberRowland S. Howard(Australian rock musician)(background vocals, guitar, original)· 1980–1983
MemberTracy Pew(bass, original)· 1980–1983
MemberNick Cave(Australian singer‐songwriter, musician and score composer)(lead vocals, original, saxophone)· 1980–1983

Other Connections

Artist renameThe Boys Next Door(early Nick Cave band, became The Birthday Party)· 1980–1980

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Related Artists

Band Lineup

MemberDes Heffner(additional, drums (drum set))· 1983–1983
MemberJeffrey Wegener(additional, drums (drum set))· 1983–1983
MemberHarry Howard(additional, bass)· 1982–1982
MemberBarry Adamson(additional, bass)· 1982–1982
MemberChris Walsh(Australian musician)(additional, bass)· 1982–1982
MemberPhillip Calvert(drums (drum set), original)· 1980–1982
MemberMick Harvey(guitar, keyboard, original)· 1980–1983
MemberRowland S. Howard(Australian rock musician)(background vocals, guitar, original)· 1980–1983
MemberTracy Pew(bass, original)· 1980–1983
MemberNick Cave(Australian singer‐songwriter, musician and score composer)(lead vocals, original, saxophone)· 1980–1983

Other Connections

Artist renameThe Boys Next Door(early Nick Cave band, became The Birthday Party)· 1980–1980