Artefact
Flyer
Rafters
27th November 1981
Saw the Birthday Party & Lydia Lunch. Lydia screamed for around half an hour and I retreated to the bar. Bumped into Nick Cave getting a drink and started chatting about life in Melbourne.
Steve Severin was playing bass with Lydia but she hurt my ears.
When BP came on some clever dude decides it's punk to spit at Cave like it's 1977. Cave (as would anyone) does not like this. So he says 'I'll give you 30 seconds to spit at me then no more'. The idiot carries on and so Cave hits him over the head with I think something off the lighting rig. Applause followed.
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The Pigbag gig was the opposite.
Wish I had got to the Birthday Party gig, though did see them at Four Lane Ends in Newcastle a couple of years later. Biker gang on the edge of the mosh pit punching anyone leaving the floor!”