6. The Birthday PartyMutiny
I guess anyone who’s read any sort of Nick Cave book will tell you this story, but when they finished this record his girlfriend at the time, Anita Lane, did the painting for the sleeve and he thought it was really, really shit but he let it be the cover anyway. But I like it. I’m a sucker for painted roses for some reason.
When I was first in The Horrors, The Birthday Party were definitely one band that we all collectively liked, other than 60s garage bands. They are a fantastic band. In terms of Birthday Party-related things though, I think one of my favourites is Rowland Howard’s first solo album called Teenage Snuff Film, but that isn’t an illustrated cover so I didn’t include it. But Rowland Howard is one of my favourite guitarists and that’s probably what I liked most about The Birthday Party.
