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Ep.42 - Rowland S Howard - Teenage Snuff Film
Category: Comedy
Duration: 01:56:08
Publish Date: 2017-07-03 08:23:03
Description: This week The Album Club is repping our little corner of the world because we havent gone local since we discussed The Avalanches in Season 1 However we chose not go for the obvious old school big fish such as ACDC Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds or The Saints therell be time for all of those friends or even the more contemporary bright lights such as Tame Impala Jagwar Ma or Courtney Barnett these too Boy are we gonna be busy Instead we thought wed fly the flag for one of Australias rock legends Rowland S Howard Founding member of the Birthday Party and noise guitarist extraordinaireits hard to imagine someone not only keeping up with but in many ways outshining the aforementioned Mr Cave Theres a special place in our hearts for interesting rock stars here at The Album Clubhouse and you just have to Google Rowland or better yet fire up the ol YouTube and watch the man set a figurative fire to his instrument to see where were coming from All jangley steel scratching shrapnel wielding maelstrom Sadly Howards life was strewn with struggles with addiction and retreated into relative obscurity for a while before his untimely death but not before surprising many with not one but two fantastic comeback albums earlier this decade arguably his best work If you arent familiar with his god tier caterwauling and and pained howl youre in for a treat We give the low down on his origins his larger than life stage presence the confoundingly unique approach to guitar playing and the making of this record before plunging into the track by track and concluding with a what happened next while the wash of feedback still rings in our ears Always honest sometimes troubled sorrowful but never bitter Rowland was a total RocknRoll legend Ben Andrew and Alex approve
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