Writings By
The Boys Next Door
Pulp #3/4 - 1978
by Rowland S. Howard
1,000 Words
World Art #9 - February 1996
by Rowland S. Howard
Gimme Danger!
World Art #19 - 1999
by Rowland S. Howard
Beasts of Bourbon - Beyond Good & Evil
liner notes
by Rowland S. Howard
The Devastations
Beat - June 11, 2003
by Rowland S. Howard
Press
Ox-Fanzine - April/May, 2010 (off-site)
The six strings that drew blood
article by Markus Kolodziej
Mess+Noise - January 22, 2010 (off-site)
Rowland S Howard: A Tribute
article by Trevor Block
The Age - January 8, 2010 (off-site)
Farewell for 'ridiculous, singular, charismatic individual'
article by Kylie Northover
Sydney Morning Herald - January 7, 2010 (off-site)
Hero to the Australian underground
article by Kelsey Munro
The Guardian - January 4, 2010 (off-site)
Rowland S Howard: A guitar god remembered
article by Everett True
The Age - December 31, 2009 (off-site)
Rowland Howard hangs up his guitar for keeps
article by Patrick Donovan and Chris Johnston
Herald Sun - December 30, 2009 (off-site)
Influential Melbourne guitarist Rowland S Howard dies
article by Cameron Adams
Mess+Noise - October 29, 2009 (off-site)
Rowland S. Howard
Prince Bandroom, Melbourne - October 29, 2009
live review by René Schaefer
Stuff.co.nz - October 21, 2009 (off-site)
The Rowland S. Howard interview
live review by Simon Sweetman
Mess+Noise Icons - October 19, 2009 (off-site)
Rowland S. Howard
interview by Trevor Block
Mess+Noise Record Reviews - October 16, 2009 (off-site)
Rowland S. Howard - Pop Crimes
review by Trevor Block
Inpress #1093 - October 14, 2009
Crimes Do Pay
interview by Tom Hawking
Melbourne Film Festival - July 30, 2009 (off-site)
Ballroom Mayhem
article by Ashley Crawford
The Ron Rude Renaissance Blog - July 14, 2009 (off-site)
Prophet of St Kilda Returns With a Desert Island Disc
review by Ron Rude
Sydney Morning Herald - November 1, 2008 (off-site)
Still the boy next door
interview by Michael Dwyer
Mojo - November 2008
Hello Goodbye
as told to Roy Wilkinson
Australian Guitar - May 2006
Rowland S Howard: Storm Und Twang – The Prophet Of St Kilda
interview by Jenny Valentish
Hotpress Magazine - April 2005
Rowland S. Howard
Crowned Prince of the Crying Jag
article by Conrad Standish
Overeasy Magazine - October 2003
Rowland S. Howard
interview by Clive Ubu
Inpress - June 18, 2003
Rowland S. Howard
The Rob Roy, Melbourne - June 14, 2003
live review by Tom Hawking
BB Gun Magazine #6 - 2003
Dead Letter Tales - Rowland S. Howard
interview by Jack Sargeant
Rock Chefs For Mirabel - 2002 (1) (2)
Rowland S. Howard
Chicken with Cous Cous and Vegetables
RockNerd - December 30, 2001
Rowland S. Howard and Band
Town Hall Hotel, Melbourne - December 29, 2001
live review by Ben Butler
The Sunday Times (U.K.) - July 9, 2000
Rowland S. Howard
interview
Pitchfork Media (off-site)
Shotgun Wedding reissue
review
Chart Attack
Teenage Snuff Film
review
Drum Media #460 - August 31, 1999
"Much Ado About Snuffing"
interview by Ross Clelland
The Stranger.Com - Vol 8 No.48 Aug 19-25 1999
Teenage Snuff Film
review
This Swirling Sphere - August 1999 (off-site)
Howard's Way
interview by Mike Gee
Melbourne Citysearch.Com (off-site)
Teenage Snuff Film
review
Rip It Up - 1999
The Birthday Party - Out Of The Woods
interview by Nazz
Radio Mozaik (off-site)
Rowland S. Howard
interview (slovenski jezik)
Prehistoric Sounds Vol 1 #2 - November 24, 1994
Rowland S. Howard
interview by Ian McFarlane
Your Flesh #27 - 1993
I'm Never Gonna Die Again
review
Your Flesh #27 - 1993
I'm Never Gonna Die Again / King of Kalifornia 12"
review
Rolling Stone #657 - May 27, 1993
I'm Never Gonna Die Again
review by Robert Palmer
Puncture #26 - February 1993
I'm Never Gonna Die Again / Hits
review by Matthew Hall
Alternative Press #55 - February 1993
Resurrection Time Again
interview by Eric Gladstone
Option #48 - Jan/Feb 1993
I'm Never Gonna Die Again
review
Guitarist Magazine - January 1993
Rowland S. Howard
interview by DE
Mole #7
I'm Never Gonna Die Again
review
Option magazine #44 - May / June 1992
Soul on Ice - Immortalizing Rowland Howard
interview by Susan Compo
Your Flesh #25 - 1992
Rowland S. Howard
interview by Mike Trouchon
Siren Magazine - 1992
To Thrill A Mockingbird: Rowland S. Howard and Lydia Lunch
interview by Susan Compo
Beat #37 - January 1989
Rowland Howard - Salvation or Damnation for These Immortal Souls
by Andrew Mast (Thanks to Mick Geyer)
Forced Exposure #13 - Winter 1988
I Knew Buffalo Bill
review
Forced Exposure #13 - Winter 1988
Marry Me (Lie Lie) 12"
review
The Bob #34 - 1988
These Immortal Souls
interview by Karen Schoemer
Sounds - May 7, 1988
These Immortal Souls - Hurts So Good
Camden Palace, London
live review by Sam King
Lighten Up! #7
Get Lost (Don't Lie)
review
Conflict #48 - Summer 1988
These Immortal Souls
Siberia, NYC - April 4, 1988
live review by Gerard Cosloy
Spin Magazine - May 1988
Kiss You Kidnapped Charabanc
review
Conflict #47 - Feb / Mar 1988
Kiss You Kidnapped Charabanc
review
Conflict #47 - Feb / Mar 1988
Get Lost (Don't Lie) and Marry Me (Lie! Lie!)
reviews
Away From The Pulsebeat - Early '88
I Knew Buffalo Bill and Looking For A Place To Fall
reviews
Away From The Pulsebeat - Early '88
Get Lost (Don't Lie)
review
LowLife #13 - 1988
Kiss You Kidnapped Charabanc
review
LowLife #13 - 1988
A.C. Marias
review
LowLife #13 - 1988
These Immortal Souls interview
by Glen Thrasher
Sounds - December 12, 1987
These Immortal Souls - Lost Souls
interview by Ralph Traitor
B Side Magazine #22 - late 1987
Get Lost (Don't Lie!)
review
Melody Maker - September 12, 1987
Flowers, Ambition and Ian Botham
Marry Me (Lie! Lie!)
review
Forced Exposure #12 - Summer 1987
Room of Lights
review
Dangerous Rhythms #8 - Summer '87
I Knew Buffalo Bill
review
Dangerous Rhythms #8 - Summer '87
Room of Lights
review
Sounds - July 18, 1987
Marry Me (Lie! Lie!)
review
Sounds - July 18, 1987
These Immortal Souls - Gentle Giants
Harlesden Mean Fiddler
live review by Shaun Phillips
These Immortal Souls Press Kit - 1987
These Immortal Souls Press Kit
SST Records
B Side Magazine - late 1986
Crime & the City Solution
interview by Tim A.
NME - December 6, 1986
Crime & the City Solution
Boston Arms, London
live review
Dangerous Rhythms #7 - Fall 1986
Just South of Heaven
review
Melody Maker - June 21, 1986
Crime & the City Solution
interview by the Stud Brothers
DNA - early 1986
Crime & the City Solution
The Robert Pugh Interview
Sounds - November 9, 1985
Crime & the City Solution
interview by Jack Barron
NME - October 5, 1985
Crime & the City Solution
Electric Screen, London
live review
NME - September 21, 1985
Just South of Heaven
review
Puncture #10 - Fall 1985
Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds with Rowland S. Howard
Hammersmith Palais, London - April 28, 1985
live review by Anna Kay
Puncture #10 - Fall 1985
The Dangling Man EP
review by Pstirl
Sounds - July 20, 1985
Crime & the City Solution
Woolwich Thames Polytechnic, UK
live review
NME - July 6, 1985
Crime & the City Solution
interview by Biba Kopf
Beyond The Blackout #1 - 1984
The Birthday Party - Pleasure Heads Must Burn video
review
The Next Thing - 1984
The Birthday Party: Love's Lonely Children
interview by Clinton Walker
On The Street - December 1983
From Rags Right Through To Stitches... Mutiny
review by Robert L. Miller
Juke - June 18, 1983
Birthday Party Split
by Jonathon Green
Puncture #6 - Winter 1983
Mutiny!
review by Pstirl
On The Street - May 1983
The Birthday Party
Sydney Trade Union Club - May 13, 1983
live review by Robert L. Miller
4AD Press Bio - 1983
The Birthday Party
by Sandy "Barney" Lesberg
Sounds - May 7, 1983
The Birthday Party - A Piece Of Cake
The Electric Ballroom, London UK
live review by Robin Gibson
Boston Rock - April 27, 1983
The Birthday Party Go Bump In The Night
Channel Club, Boston - March 24, 1983
live review by Mr. B
The Offense - April, 1983
Birthday Party
interview by Tim Aanstedt
NME - March 26, 1983
excerpts from The Birthday Party - Every Year Should Have One
feature by Chris Bohn
Sounds - March 5, 1983
The Birthday Party - Demon Seed - Manchester UK
live review by Dave Roberts
NME - February 12, 1983
The Birthday Party - The Bad Seed EP
review by Ian Pye
NME - February 5, 1983
Violence and the Sacred - The Bad Seed EP
review by Barney Hoskyns
NME - December 4, 1982
Birthday Best - Ace Cinema Brixton, UK
live review by Mat Snow
Melody Maker - November 27, 1982
The Birthday Party review records for Melody Maker
NME - July 31, 1982
The Birthday Party - Obsessive, Deadpan, Moribund, Seasick...
feature by Amrik Rai
Melody Maker - July 17, 1982
The Birthday Party - Fear On The Autobahn
feature by Steve Sutherland
Melody Maker - July 10, 1982
The Birthday Party - Junkyard
review by Steve Sutherland
Zig Zag Magazine #125 - May 1982
Down To The Junkyard With The Birthday Party
interview by Marts
Record Mirror - 1982
The Birthday Party - Psycho Killers
Junkyard review by Sunie
Sounds - April 3, 1982
The Birthday Party - After The Pope's Blood
interview by Ralph Traitor
NME - March 13, 1982
The Birthday Party - The Venue, London
live review by Barney Hoskyns
NME - March 1982
Primal Pain At The Psychos' Party: The Birthday Party
The Venue, London - March 5, 1982
live review by Barney Hoskyns
Sounds - March 6, 1982
The Birthday Party - Writhe In Agony
Drunk On The Pope's Blood
review by Ralph Traitor
Melody Maker - February 27, 1982
The Birthday Party - Drunk On The Pope's Blood
review by Steve Sutherland
Record Mirror - 1982
The Birthday Party - Zig Zag Club, London
live review by Jim Reid
NME - October 17, 1981
Sometimes Pleasure Heads Must Burn
A Manhattan Melodrama Starring The Birthday Party
feature by Barney Hoskyns
NME - September 12, 1981
The Birthday Party - Africa Centre, London
live review by Neil Norman
Record Mirror - 1981
The Birthday Party - The Venue, London
live review by Mike Nicholls
Melody Maker - August 22, 1981
The Birthday Party - Blast Off / Release The Bats
review by Colin Irwin
Sounds - August 8, 1981
The Birthday Party - Screamers With Streamers
feature by Johnny Waller
Inner City Sound - 1981
The Birthday Party - Zoo Music
Prayers On Fire review by Clinton Walker
Fast Forward cassette magazine #2 - December 1980
The Birthday Party
interview by Geoff King
The Virgin Press Vol 1. Issue 1 - March 1981
The Birthday Party - Enfants Terribles
by Suzzi Salamanca
Images by Steve Gleeson
The Face - December 1980
The Birthday Party Release The Bats
by Jessamy Calkin
Inner City Sound - 1979
Last Hee Haw From The Boys Next Door
by Clinton Walker