The Birthday Party was an Australian post punk rock group, active from
1977 to 1983.
Despite their limited success, the creative core of the Birthday Party
have gone on to acclaimed careers: singer and songwriter Nick Cave,
multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey and singer, songwriter and guitarist
Rowland S. Howard.
Nick Cave & The Birthday Party/Lydia Lunch - 1982:
Drunk the Pope\'s Blood/The Agony is the Ecstacy.