Nick barker and the Reptiles
The Wreckery
Painters and Dockers
The Birthday Party/The Boys Next Door. (Though Nick Cave when on to be pretty well known)
The Celibate Rifles
The Stems
Birthday Party were huge in London.. they were my favourite band at the time and didnt miss a gig right from the early days to when they got so big that it was impossible to really enjoy the gigs anymore... remember bumping into Nick on Ladbroke Grove... strung out on heroin and with his cuban heeled boots held together with black insulation tape.. they were skint, hungry, angry and fantastic!
That's Awesome, I never saw him with The Birthday Party only with The Bad Seeds and more recently with The Dirty Three. Aussie legend if you ask me.
Saw him at the Big Day out 2 years back.. the irony of it all just struck me as i stood there.. i first saw this guy at a small gig in London aged 15.. here i am in Australia aged 45 and im still seeing this guy do his stuff.. just felt like id gone full circle with the man
