The Birthday Party

Genres: Rock, Post-Punk, Gothic Rock, Noise Rock

The Birthday Party

Ranking

  • Rank: #327 of 411 bands on the BandRank leaderboard
  • ELO score: 971
  • Record: 1 win, 3 losses, 0 ties in head-to-head votes

Bio

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 setting for vocalist Nick Cave's disturbing tales of violence and perversion. Their 1981 single "Release the Bats" was particularly influential on the emerging gothic scene. Despite limited commercial success, the Birthday Party's influence has been far-reaching, and they have been called "one of the darkest and most challenging post-punk groups to emerge in the early '80s."

Bio source: Wikipedia

Albums

  • Prayers on Fire (1981)
  • Junkyard (1982)

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