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In Memorandum: Rowland S Howard -

I do remember Birthday Party being exactly what I thought a rock n roll band should sound and look like. From the record covers to the footage of their performances on Australian Television Programs, they bit me on the neck real quick. Rowland non-chalantly smacking his guitar with a cigarette...

In Memoriam: Rowland S. Howard (The Birthday Party) (1959-2009) -

Sad news out of Melbourne, Australia, as guitarist Rowland S. Howard passed away yesterday from liver cancer. He was 50 years old.Howard joined the Nick Cave-fronted The Birthday Party (then known as The Boys Next Door) in 1978 and was a guitarist and songwriter for the band...

In Memoriam: Rowland S. Howard (The Birthday Party) (1959-2009) -

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, From Her To Eternity -

Now that Nick Cave is the prince of glowering, gothic rock, it's difficult to imagine a time when it looked like he'd disappear, but after the break-up of his apocalyptic, bombastic post-punk noisesmiths The Birthday Party, that's how it seemed.

Yet unbeknownst to his fans, he was already plotting a new...

Go Away White - Hands up, who knew Peter Murphy was still alive? Legendary goth gods Bauhaus return with their first record in twenty five years, complete with Murphy and original members (who split off to form Love & Rockets) Daniel Ash, David J and Kevin Haskins, and it isn't bad. "Go Away White"...

Peter Hook Opens New Manchester Club -

Having being burnt badly with the Hacienda Club in the 70s, a subject of the movie 24 Hour Party People, former Joy Division and New Order guitarist Peter Hook was back working a new club in Manchester on Saturday night called FAC251.

The name follows the numbering convention of Tony Wilson’s...

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