Rowland S. Howard, the Australian guitarist who played with Nick Cave in both the Boys Next Door and the influential post-punk outfit the Birthday Party, died from liver cancer this morning, December 30. He was 50.
To pay tribute to this legend of Australian music history, I wanted to dig into my music vaults again and share a rare live recording of The Boys Next Door. The recording is from the 19th of July in 1977 recorded at the Swinburne College in Melbourne, Victoria.
The show is a short setlist that features mainly cover songs and is definately one for the Nick Cave, Birthday Party & Boys Next Door fans out there, play it loud and say farewell to Rowland S. Howard.
Setlist:
Boys Next Door – 19.07.77 – Swinburne College
1. Blitzkrieg Bop
2. Ain’t it funny
3. I’m Eighteen
4. Gloria
5. Masturbation Generation
6. Who needs you? (That Means You)
7. I Put A Spell On You
8. My Generation
9. Big Future
10. These Boots are Made For Walkin’
11. World Panic
12. Louie, Louie
