Billy the Kid was an American Old West outlaw and gunfighter who killed eight men before he was shot and killed at age 21. He took part in New Mexico's Lincoln County War, during which he allegedly committed three murders.
The Birthday Party were an Australian post-punk band, active from 1978 to 1983. Despite limited commercial success, The Birthday Party's influence has been far-reaching, and they have been called "one of the darkest and most challenging post-punk groups to emerge in the early '80s." The group's "bleak and noisy soundscapes," which drew irreverently on blues, free jazz, and rockabilly, provided the setting for vocalist Nick Cave's disturbing tales of violence and perversion. Their music has been described by critic Simon Reynolds as gothic, and their single "Release the Bats" was particularly influential on the emerging gothic scene.
Rowland Stuart Howard was an Australian rock musician, guitarist and songwriter, best known for his work with the post-punk group The Birthday Party and his subsequent solo career.
These Immortal Souls were an Australian post-punk band formed in London in 1987 by Harry Howard on bass guitar, his older brother Rowland S. Howard on guitar and vocals, Epic Soundtracks on drums and Genevieve McGuckin on keyboards. They issued two albums on Mute Records, Get Lost 1987 and I'm Never Gonna Die Again 1992. The group relocated to Australia in 1995 and played less frequently before disbanding there in mid-1998. Soundtracks died in November 1997 and Rowland died in December 2009.
The Cinematics were an alternative rock band founded in 2003 in Glasgow, Scotland, and disbanded in 2011. The band released two full-length albums, A Strange Education (2007) and Love and Terror (2009), as well as a five-track EP, "Silent Scream EP" (2010), but split up in the middle of recording their third full-length album. The band consisted of Scott Rinning, Larry Reid, Adam Goemans and Ross Bonney.
Smell the Magic is the second studio album by American rock band L7, released on September 1, 1990 by Sub Pop. Originally issued as a 12" EP containing only the first six songs, it was reissued on CD in July 1991, expanded to album length with three more tracks: "Packin' a Rod", "Just Like Me", and "American Society". The opening track "Shove" was released as the band's first single.
Harry Howard is an Australian musician who played bass guitar in Crime & the City Solution and These Immortal Souls both also featuring his older brother, Rowland S. Howard. He then played guitar in Pink Stainless Tail for several years. Harry now fronts his own band Harry Howard and the NDE where he sings his own songs and plays guitar. The band also includes the author of The Inheritance of Ivorie Hammer Edwina Preston on backing vocals, Acetone organ and Stylophone, Clare Moore on drums and Dave Graney on bass guitar. They have played extensively in and around Melbourne since 2011. The band have also done two European tours and released three LP's Near Death Experience, "Pretty" and "Sleepless Girls" on Spooky Records, Melbourne, Crane Records France and Beast Records, France. Recently Harry has been involved in another project "ATOM" with Edwina Preston and Ben Hepworth and are affiliated with It Records, Melbourne and have an LP scheduled for release in early 2019. Harry Howard and Edwina Preston also play together as "Duet". "Duet" plan to release an LP of original songs and covers in 2019.
Cross That Line is the fourth album by British pop musician Howard Jones, released in March 1989. It featured two hit singles "The Prisoner" and "Everlasting Love", though neither of these singles nor the album itself were successful in Jones's native UK.
Edward Bonney born Edward William Bonney was a 19th-century adventurer, miller, hotel keeper, city planner, counterfeiter, livery stable keeper, bounty hunter, private detective, postmaster, merchant, soldier, and author. He is best known for his undercover work in exposing the "Banditti of the Prairie", resulting from his investigation of the torture-murder of noted Illinois pioneer and frontiersman, Colonel George Davenport.
Safety in Numbers is the second studio album by American electronica musician & percussionist David Van Tieghem, released in 1987. Tony Levin, the longtime bassist for King Crimson, plays Chapman Stick on track 4. Safety in Numbers' music has been described as a "downtown" mix of pop, new-age, percussion music and electronic music.
Pop Crimes is a 2009 solo album by Australian musician Rowland S. Howard. The album was released on 16 October 2009, ten years after Howard's previous solo album Teenage Snuff Film, and two-and-a-half months before his death from liver cancer on 30 December. The album was released in the United States by Fat Possum Records in August 2014.
Just South of Heaven is an EP by Crime & the City Solution, released in 1985 through Mute Records.
Room of Lights is the debut studio album by Crime & the City Solution, released on October 27, 1986 through Mute Records.
Shine is the second studio album by Crime & the City Solution, released on April 25, 1988 through Mute Records.
The Bride Ship is the third studio album by Crime & the City Solution, released on July 11, 1989 through Mute Records.
Paradise Discotheque is the fourth studio album by Crime & the City Solution, released on September 3, 1990 through Mute Records.
American Twilight is the fifth studio album by Crime & the City Solution, released on March 26, 2013 through Mute Records. The album was recorded after a 23-year hiatus that found the band relocating from Berlin to Detroit.
