The Boys Next Door
Long before Nick Cave became a cult hero, he fronted a group of Melbourne school friends playing spiky, nervy punk and new wave as the Boys Next Door.
Cave, Mick Harvey, Tracy Pew and Phill Calvert met at Caulfield Grammar, and Rowland S. Howard's arrival brought a wilder, more dangerous edge. Their only album, Door, Door, includes Howard's haunting 'Shivers', still one of the great Australian post-punk songs.
By 1980 they had changed their name and sound, heading to London as the Birthday Party.
If you like The Boys Next Door you should check out: The Birthday Party, Nick Cave, Rowland S. Howard, Crime & The City Solution, The Saints, Radio Birdman, The Scientists, Television, The Stooges, Iggy Pop
