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The Boys Next Door

The Boys Next Door went on to become The Birthday Party when they changed their name and moved to the UK. But the story begins in Melbourne, Australia, in 1975, when the young school mates Nick Cave, Tracey Pew, Mick Harvey, and Phill Calvert formed a band. The initial influence was 60s pop and 70s glam rock, but the band developed a much darker side, which was cemented with the addition of Roland S. Howard to band.

The band's main haunt became St. Kilda, a suburb then known for its prostitutes, junkies and general seediness. By 1978, they had already become one of the best punk/post-punk outfits around. The recklessness of their live shows and apparent lifestyle garnered them a substantial following. They recorded and released one album, Door, Door. This album is very much a transitional album, which the band dismissed as sounding too poppy, and the band around this time was moving the more abrasive sounds of contemporary post-punk. The album's final song and single, "Shivers", was refused air play for its mention of suicide in the first line and served as an indication of the more sinister, dark direction the band was headed.

As a sidenote, Missing Link played a part in the development of the musical influences of the band—and Nick Cave, in particular. Nick was a frequent shopper in the store and broadened his musical scope by being introduced to country, blues, soul music. Also, several 7-inch singles, an EP and an LP were released on the Missing Link label, run by then shop owner Keith Glass. But, that's all ancient history now. Needless to say, we no longer have any of these original releases.

[ Genre = post-punk ]

Door, Door

[ Fmt = CD | Label = Mushroom | Rel = 1979 ]

Price: AU$14.00   

Compilation appearances

Shake Some Action

[ Fmt = 2CD | Label = Shock | Rel = 2003 ]
Features Flamin' Groovies, Only Ones, The Stranglers, The Damned, The Saints, Public Image, The Rezillos, Buzzcocks, Ramones, Echo and The Bunnymen, Psychedelic Furs, Teardrop Explodes, Magazine, The Cure, The Models, The Jam, Squeeze, XTC, The Boys Next Door, The Cult, Bauhaus, Sisters of Mercy, Killing Joke, Devo, The Sunnyboys, Sinead O'Connor, The Smiths, Pixies, Teenage Fanclub, Neds Atomic Dust Bin, The Stems, The Jesus and Marychain, The Chills, The Go-Betweens, Ride, The Sundays, and Straight Jacket Fits

Price: AU$21.00   

Alternative Animals

[ Fmt = CD | Label = Shock | Rel = 2005 ]
Alternative Animals is an essential purchase for all fans of good old fashion Australian punk rock. It features a CDR of music, videos and interviews with bands like The Saints, Radio Birdman, The Boys Next Door, X and Lipstick Killers and a CD with live and rare recordings from The Boys Next Door, The Saints, Radio Birdman, Lipstick Killers, Chosen Few and more.This one has been in the works for a while now, so we're very excited to finally have it instore.

Price: AU$48.00   

Inner City Sound

[ Fmt = 2CD | Label = Laughing Outlaw | Rec = late 70s / early 80s | Rel = 2005 ]
Forty-seven–track, double-disc compilation to accompany the Inner City Sound book. Features tracks by ↑→↑, Sacred Cowboys, Wet Taxis, Seems Twice, The Saints, The Leftovers, Last Words, Razar, The Thought Criminals, XL Capris, Manikins, The Boys Next Door, Young Charalatans, Young Moderns, Triffids, Sekret Sekret, Surfside 6, Voight/465, Tactics, Whirlywirld, Primitive Calculators, Systematics, Super-K, New Christs, *** ***, Black Assassins, Lonely Hearts, Equal Local, Laughing Clowns, Poles, Scientists, The Birthday Party, The Go-Betweens, Sunday Painters, Essendon Airport, Severed Heads, Machinations, Sardine, X, Hunters and Collectors, End, Plug Uglies, Apartments, Lighthouse Keepers, and David Chesworth. Includes the family tree of the Australia music underground.

Price: AU$34.50   

See also The Birthday Party, Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Roland S. Howard