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Tracy Franklin Pew (19 December 1957 – 7 November 1986) was an Australian musician, and bassist for The Birthday Party. He was later a member of The Saints , and worked with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds .
Apr 6, 2021 · A tribute to the late bassist of The Birthday Party, Tracy Pew, who died on the day before the author's birthday. The article explores his personality, style, influence, and legacy through interviews, anecdotes, and references to literature and music.
Oct 11, 2023 · Tracy Pew’s basslines were raw—purring and pranging in equal measure. And frontman Nick Cave appeared capable of expunging his entire gut through his throat via frenzied ululation.
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Aug 29, 2023 · Mutiny in Heaven is the first authorized film on The Birthday Party, featuring interviews, archived footage, and animation. The band, led by Nick Cave, included bassist Tracy Pew, who died in 1986.
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After their final school year in 1975 the band decided to continue as a four-piece group, with friend Tracy Pew picking up the bass.
Feb 6, 2022 · The image of bassist Tracy Pew, practically shirtless and throbbing beneath an oversized cowboy hat, is as iconic a part of the Birthday Party’s mythos as the subway grate is to...
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May 6, 2021 · Tracy Pew’s titanically filthy bass lines, Phil Calvert’s edge-of-chaos percussive clatter, and Rowland Howard’s barbed-wire guitar careen into Mick Harvey’s manic organ blasts and guest Philip Jackson’s mad, Eastern-flavored trumpet lines.