Birthday Party

R.I.P. Anita Lane of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Birthday Party

PUBLISHED Apr 28, 2021

Anita Lane — the frequent Nick Cave collaborator who was a member of both the Bad Seeds and the Birthday Party — has died. The news broke e...

An Essential Guide to Nick Cave

PUBLISHED Oct 11, 2016

In early performances with his first band, Nick Cave looked more like a pouty pop-punk teen idol than the man who would become one of alter...

The Birthday Party's 'Live 81-82' Gets Vinyl Reissue via 4AD

PUBLISHED Jul 2, 2013

Fourteen years after its initial CD release, and over 30 years after being recorded, 4AD is ready to give the Birthday Party's dark and dec...

The Birthday Party's 'Junkyard' Gets 30th Anniversary Reissue

PUBLISHED Jul 25, 2012

In addition to helping Nick Cave cut his teeth and become the artist we know and love today, Australian post-punk troupe the Birthday Party...

Birthday Party Guitarist Roland S. Howard Succumbs to Cancer

PUBLISHED Dec 30, 2009

Roland S. Howard - the Australian guitarist behind the Birthday Party, Crime and the City Solution, and These Immortal Souls - died early t...

Birthday Party

Live 1981-82

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 1999

Culled from the private collection of founding member Mick Harvey with assistance from super fan Henry Rollins, the only live album from th...