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The Birthday Party

The Birthday Party has been played on NTS over 50 times, featured on 50 episodes and was first played on 16 September 2013.

The Birthday Party were an Australian post-punk band, from 1977 to 1983. Formed in Melbourne, the band were one of the darkest and most challenging post-punk groups to emerge in the early '80s, creating bleak and noisy soundscapes that provided the perfect setting for vocalist Nick Cave's difficult, disturbing stories of religion, violence, and perversity. Their sound drew upon punk, rockabilly, free jazz and the rawest blues, but transcended concise categorization. Under the direction of Cave and guitarist Rowland S. Howard, the…

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Zoo-Music Girl
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The Friend Catcher
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4AD1989
The Friend Catcher
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Release The Bats
The Birthday Party
4AD1981
Release The Bats
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Nick The Stripper
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Missing Link1981
Nick The Stripper
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Big-Jesus-Trash-Can
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Waving My Arms
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4AD1989
Waving My Arms
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Fears Of Gun
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4AD1983
Fears Of Gun
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Mr. Clarinet
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Missing Link1980
Mr. Clarinet
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Scatterbrain
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Missing Link1990
Scatterbrain
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The Hair Shirt
The Birthday Party
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The Hair Shirt
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