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joelb wrote: Mon May 10, 2021 1:05 pm This is a good one. I know these bands existed at the same time; have no idea if they were viewed as part of the same circle at the time but am curious.

Pretty sure they toured together at some point for at least a few dates.

I was at one of those Q&A with Nick Cave shows and someone asked him if he would like to talk about Bauhaus at all. He quickly and flatly answered "No." It was the shortest answer of the evening by a mile. Wonder what that's all about.

Love them both, but The Birthday Party with a bullet.

(I looked it up, they did tour together. 1981. This page has a cool flyer uploaded for the shows: https://www.concertarchives.org/concert ... hday-party )

m3kcomp wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 8:24 pm
I was at one of those Q&A with Nick Cave shows and someone asked him if he would like to talk about Bauhaus at all. He quickly and flatly answered "No." It was the shortest answer of the evening by a mile. Wonder what that's all about.

Shit-disturber. Zzzzzzz.

Bauhaus 100%

Birthday Party were a cool band, and Rowland S Howard is excellent, but I can't stand Nick Cave.

m3kcomp wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 8:24 pm (I looked it up, they did tour together. 1981. This page has a cool flyer uploaded for the shows: https://www.concertarchives.org/concert ... hday-party )

Those are smoking setlists. Wow.

enframed wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 11:20 pm

m3kcomp wrote: Thu May 13, 2021 8:24 pm
I was at one of those Q&A with Nick Cave shows and someone asked him if he would like to talk about Bauhaus at all. He quickly and flatly answered "No." It was the shortest answer of the evening by a mile. Wonder what that's all about.

Shit-disturber. Zzzzzzz.

Yeah, Nick Cave dissed every single band back then except for The Fall. Seemed like a guy with a lot to prove. These days he likes to prove that he has a closet full of suits..

Yawn indeed.

penningtron wrote: Tue May 11, 2021 7:59 amIt's just that Birthday Party's later loose swamp goth spectacle is less impressive to me with age,

Yeah where I'm at too. Sold off all the BP I had, kept the Bauhaus.

In the flat field and The Sky's Gone Out = Alltime Keepers for me.

Funny how briefly they were firing. Bela Lugosi 12" in Aug 1979 and done by 1983.

Rocky Rockbottom wrote: Fri May 14, 2021 7:29 pm

penningtron wrote: Tue May 11, 2021 7:59 amIt's just that Birthday Party's later loose swamp goth spectacle is less impressive to me with age,

Yeah where I'm at too. Sold off all the BP I had, kept the Bauhaus.

In the flat field and The Sky's Gone Out = Alltime Keepers for me.

Funny how briefly they were firing. Bela Lugosi 12" in Aug 1979 and done by 1983.

Big +1 on The Sky's Gone Out.
Their cover of Third Uncle is aces.

Rocky Rockbottom wrote: Fri May 14, 2021 7:29 pm

penningtron wrote: Tue May 11, 2021 7:59 amIt's just that Birthday Party's later loose swamp goth spectacle is less impressive to me with age,

Yeah where I'm at too. Sold off all the BP I had, kept the Bauhaus.

In the flat field and The Sky's Gone Out = Alltime Keepers for me.

Funny how briefly they were firing. Bela Lugosi 12" in Aug 1979 and done by 1983.

Basically the same timeframe as the Birthday Party.

For me it's the bass that wins it. Tracy Pew on King Ink & Mutiny in Heaven is some of the greatest shit I have ever heard. David J is no slouch, but Pew was a monster.

Any band with Daniel Ash on guitar wins for me.

Nick Cave gives off sex pest vibes to me. Barf.

Bauhaus. More eclectic. More atmosphere. More goth.