Location: Melbourne, Australia
Active: 1977 – 1980
Coming together in 1977 with Nick Cave, Phill Calvert, Tracey Pew and Mick Harvey, later adding Rowland S Howard on second guitar. But there was a long history of the band together prior to that. Nick Cave had been singing with Harvey, Calvert and Pew in bands together since 1974, the later three had been playing since 1972, all in various party bands while they were students together. Tracey Pew learned bass from Chris Walsh of The Moodists. They all paired up again after graduating and chose the name Boys Next Door in 1977, inspired by the punk explosion in Australia with bands like Radio Birdman and The Saints. The Boys Next Door were gigging for about a year when they released their first single, a cover of ‘These Boots Are Made For Walking’ – covers were a large part of their repertoire, like ‘Blitzkrieg Bop’ and ‘I Put A Spell On You’. They were joined that year by Rowland S. Howard, after Young Charlatans split, bringing with him the song ‘Shivers’. Their first album ‘Door, Door’ was released in 1979. By 1980 they decided to take themselves more seriously and moved to London, and wasted no time in changed their name to The Birthday Party, though their set list remained the same material.
Discogs: https://www.discogs.com/artist/78466-The-Boys-Next-Door
Related: Birthday Party, The Moodists, Young Charlatans, Nick Cave, Rowland S. Howard, Phill Calvert, Tracey Pew, Mick Harvey
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