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* FaceOfTheBand: Music/NickCave was the attention-grabbing frontman from the beginning, and his solo success only made him moreso in retrospect. Downplayed in that listeners recognize the importance of all the members to the band's sound and quality, not just Cave.
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* HilariousInHindsight: Nick Cave, the wild young man singing songs like "Release the Bats" and "Sonny's Burning," became part of the Australian delegation to the coronation of King Charles III.
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!!The play

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!!The play!![[Theatre/TheBirthdayParty The play]]:
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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/RobertShaw, best known for his swashbuckler or villainous roles, plays a rather weak and mild-mannered man whose will and spirit are completely broken following his encounter with two operatives from a mysterious "organization".

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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/RobertShaw, best known for his swashbuckler or villainous roles, plays a rather weak and mild-mannered man whose will and spirit are completely broken following his encounter with two operatives from a mysterious "organization".
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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/RobertShaw, best known for his swashbuckler or villainous roles, plays a rather weak and mild-mannered man whose will and spirit are completely broken following his encounter with two operatives from a shady "organization".

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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/RobertShaw, best known for his swashbuckler or villainous roles, plays a rather weak and mild-mannered man whose will and spirit are completely broken following his encounter with two operatives from a shady mysterious "organization".
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* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/RobertShaw, best known for his swashbuckler or villainous roles, plays a rather weak and mild-mannered man whose will and spirit are completely broken following his encounter with two operatives from a shady "organization".
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* JerkassWoobie: Stanley is not a particularly likeable character - he seems to enjoy tormenting Meg out of spite, and it's implied that he's somewhat of a shady character who may indeed be guilty of some wrongdoing. However, it's hard not to sympathize with Stanley after the psychological (and perhaps unseen physical) torture Goldberg and [=McCann=] put him through, to the point where he isn't even able to speak when he's taken away.

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* JerkassWoobie: Stanley is not a particularly likeable character man - he seems to enjoy tormenting Meg out of spite, and it's implied that he's somewhat of a shady character who may indeed be guilty of some wrongdoing. However, it's hard not to sympathize with Stanley after the psychological (and perhaps unseen physical) torture Goldberg and [=McCann=] put him through, to the point where he isn't even able to speak when he's taken away.
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!!The play
* JerkassWoobie: Stanley is not a particularly likeable character - he seems to enjoy tormenting Meg out of spite, and it's implied that he's somewhat of a shady character who may indeed be guilty of some wrongdoing. However, it's hard not to sympathize with Stanley after the psychological (and perhaps unseen physical) torture Goldberg and [=McCann=] put him through, to the point where he isn't even able to speak when he's taken away.
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* FaceOfTheBand: Nick Cave was the attention-grabbing frontman from the beginning, and his solo success only made him moreso in retrospect. Downplayed in that listeners recognize the importance of all the members to the band's sound and quality, not just Cave.

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* FaceOfTheBand: Nick Cave Music/NickCave was the attention-grabbing frontman from the beginning, and his solo success only made him moreso in retrospect. Downplayed in that listeners recognize the importance of all the members to the band's sound and quality, not just Cave.

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* SignatureStyle: Wailing madman vocals of sex and violence over walls of sharp guitars and feedback, driven by a thick, sleazy bass and sharp, crisp drums. Or: strip club music in hell.

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* SignatureStyle: Wailing madman vocals of sex and violence over walls of sharp guitars and feedback, driven by a thick, sleazy bass and sharp, crisp drums. Or: strip club music in hell.{{hell}}.
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* FunnyMoments:

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-->'''Nick''': (Trying not to laugh) "''Sex horror\Sex vamp-'' You win, you got the stick!"

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-->'''Nick''': --->'''Nick''': (Trying not to laugh) "''Sex horror\Sex vamp-'' You win, you got the stick!"



--> "Thank you, I love your haircuts as well."

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--> ---> "Thank you, I love your haircuts as well."
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** "The Friend Catcher" is considered one of Rowland S. Howard's greatest achievements in guitar feedback and one of the seminal moments of the band becoming The Birthday Party. The lyrics?
--> ''She, by the hair of my chinny chin chin''\\
'''''HEE''' haw '''HEE''' haw '''HEE''' haw '''HEE''' haaaaaw!''

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* FunnyMoments: Nick's occasional comments during live shows could be quite funny.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaWn0qcRYFA One 1982 performance of "Release the Bats" at the Hacienda]] involved him smacking the audience with a stick, and eventually they grabbed it out of his hand.

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* FunnyMoments: FunnyMoments:
** "Figure of Fun":
--> ''And I'm impressed by everyone''\\
''But I impress no-one\\
''It's irritating!''
** "A Dead Song" sounds like [[TheIgor Igor]] trying to sing at a concert while writing the lyrics on the fly and simultaneously forgetting them.
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Nick's occasional comments during live shows could be quite funny.
** *** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaWn0qcRYFA One 1982 performance of "Release the Bats" at the Hacienda]] involved him smacking the audience with a stick, and eventually they grabbed it out of his hand.



** From ''Live 1981-82'':

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** *** From ''Live 1981-82'':



* SignatureStyle: Wailing madman vocals of sex and violence over walls of sharp guitars and feedback, driven by a thick, sleazy bass and sharp, crisp drums.

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* SignatureStyle: Wailing madman vocals of sex and violence over walls of sharp guitars and feedback, driven by a thick, sleazy bass and sharp, crisp drums. Or: strip club music in hell.
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* SignatureStyle: Wailing madman vocals over walls of sharp guitars and feedback, driven by a thick, sleazy bass and sharp, crisp drums.

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* SignatureStyle: Wailing madman vocals of sex and violence over walls of sharp guitars and feedback, driven by a thick, sleazy bass and sharp, crisp drums.
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** "Shivers" was this for the band's The Boys Next Door incarnation and for Rowland S. Howard overall as a songwriter and musician.

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** "Shivers" was this for the band's The Boys Next Door incarnation and for Rowland S. Howard overall as a songwriter and musician.musician.
* SignatureStyle: Wailing madman vocals over walls of sharp guitars and feedback, driven by a thick, sleazy bass and sharp, crisp drums.

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* SignatureSong: "Release the Bats", much to the band's chagrin, was an indie hit and became one of the seminal vampire songs alongside "[[Music/{{Bauhaus}} Bela Lugosi's Dead]]" that GothRock fans latched onto.

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"Release the Bats", much to the band's chagrin, was an indie hit and became one of the seminal vampire songs alongside "[[Music/{{Bauhaus}} Bela Lugosi's Dead]]" that GothRock fans latched onto.onto.
** "Shivers" was this for the band's The Boys Next Door incarnation and for Rowland S. Howard overall as a songwriter and musician.
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-->'''Nick''': "You win, you got the stick!"

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-->'''Nick''': "You (Trying not to laugh) "''Sex horror\Sex vamp-'' You win, you got the stick!"
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* FunnyMoments: Nick's occasional comments during live shows could be quite funny.
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yaWn0qcRYFA One 1982 performance of "Release the Bats" at the Hacienda]] involved him smacking the audience with a stick, and eventually they grabbed it out of his hand.
-->'''Nick''': "You win, you got the stick!"
** From ''Live 1981-82'':
--> "Thank you, I love your haircuts as well."
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!![[Music/TheBirthdayParty The band]]:
* FaceOfTheBand: Nick Cave was the attention-grabbing frontman from the beginning, and his solo success only made him moreso in retrospect. Downplayed in that listeners recognize the importance of all the members to the band's sound and quality, not just Cave.
* SignatureSong: "Release the Bats", much to the band's chagrin, was an indie hit and became one of the seminal vampire songs alongside "[[Music/{{Bauhaus}} Bela Lugosi's Dead]]" that GothRock fans latched onto.

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