Rowland Stuart Howard (born 1959) is an Australian rock musician, guitarist and songwriter, best known for his use of electric guitar audio feedback in the post-punk group The Birthday Party (with Nick Cave) and his collaborations with Lydia Lunch and Nikki Sudden.
As a member of Melbourne new wave band The Boys Next Door, Howard received acclaim for writing their underground hit, the ballad "Shivers" (later covered by the Australian rock groups ...
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Rowland Stuart Howard (born 1959) is an Australian rock musician, guitarist and songwriter, best known for his use of electric guitar audio feedback in the post-punk group The Birthday Party (with Nick Cave) and his collaborations with Lydia Lunch and Nikki Sudden.
As a member of Melbourne new wave band The Boys Next Door, Howard received acclaim for writing their underground hit, the ballad "Shivers" (later covered by the Australian rock groups No and Screaming Jets). When the band evolved into The Birthday Party Howard's aggressive use of distortion and audio feedback was one distinctive element in the group's "assault" on their audience.
The Birthday Party relocated from their native Melbourne, Australia to London, UK in 1980 and subsequently to Berlin, Germany in 1982, where they became a progressively experimental group, in part due to their art rock leanings, which were developed in the band's formative years.
In interviews with former members of the Birthday Party, Howard's...
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