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Junkyard is the third studio album by Australian post-punk group the Birthday Party. It was released on 10 July 1982 through the label 4AD in the UK and through Missing Link Records in Australia. It was the group's last full-length studio recording. It has received critical acclaim.
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Feb 6, 2022 · In ’82, Pew was arrested for drunk driving for the third time and served two and half months in a Victoria prison, necessitating Harvey and future Bad Seed Barry Adamson to play bass on ...
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Genres: Post-Punk, Noise Rock, Punk Blues. Rated #121 in the best albums of 1982, and #9583 of all time album.. Featured peformers: Mick Harvey (guitar), Phill Calvert (drums), Tracy Pew (bass), Rowland S. Howard (guitar), Nick Cave (vocals), Tony Cohen (engineer).
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- 1981-1982
- The Birthday Party
- 2 July 1982
Junkyard, an Album by The Birthday Party. Released 2 July 1982 on 4AD (catalog no. CAD 207; Vinyl LP). Genres: Post-Punk, Noise Rock, Punk Blues.
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May 10, 2018 · This was also in part due to bassist Tracy Pew’s incarceration for drunk driving, which led to Magazine alum Barry Adamson to be recruited on bass duties for several tracks. Adamson would later join Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds for the new band’s debut in 1984 From Her To Eternity.
Aug 18, 2014 · Barry Adamson, of Magazine and later the Bad Seeds, played on a couple of tracks from Junkyard. He did so because bassist Tracy Pew was in jail in Australia for repeat drink driving offences. He recalls it as being "chaotic… lots of drugs, lot of madness".
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