The Birthday Party
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A Quietus Interview
If This Is Heaven I’m Bailing Out: The Death Of The Birthday Party
Amid a whirlwind of drug use, chaotic live shows and within-band animosity, The Birthday Party juddered to a halt in 1983. Daniel Dylan Wray traces the story of the band's messy dissolution, and of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' phoenix-like emergence the following year with From Her To Eternity. Interviews with Mick Harvey, Flood, Jim Thirlwell, Barry Adamson, Nick Launey, Chris Bohn, Henry Rollins, Jessamy Calkin and Hugo Race
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Catsuits & Starlight: The Strange World Of Dave Smith & Guapo
As Guapo prepare to play The Lexington for The Quietus, Matt Evans speaks to founder David Smith about the history of the group and his varied work with Cyclobe, The Stargazer's Assistant and Miasma & The Carousel Of Headless Horses
Baker's Dozen
Off The Airwaves, On The Stereo: Mark Radcliffe’s Favourite LPs
Radio DJ hero and now musician Mark Radcliffe tells Jude Rogers tales of being seduced by David Bowie and the gift of a cheese pie from Kate Bush in this week's Baker's Dozen, also featuring the likes of Bob Marley, Joy Division and Stevie Wonder
