After his split with The Birthday Party in 1982, Calvert joined the UK group The Psychedelic Furs, touring the U.S., but never recorded with them.[3] He left before they recorded Mirror Moves in 1984.
He returned to Melbourne and in 1985 became a founding member of the rock group Blue Ruin.[4][5] They recorded five LPs with Calvert and travelled to the UK. Calvert split with Blue Ruin in the late '80s. Blue Ruin reformed with Calvert for some shows in 2006.
Guitarist Ben Ling and Calvert have also co-produced the Melbourne band Witch Hats on releases Wound of a Little Horse (2006), Cellulite Soul (2008) and Solarium Down the Causeway (2009). In 2015 Calvert launched the label Behind the Beat Records with associate Ben Ling.[6] The first artist on the label is Seri Vida.
As of 2020 Calvert makes assemblage sculpture in collaboration with his wife Julia under the name "Kitty Calvert".[7][8]
The Birthday Party & other epic adventures, Robert Brokenmouth (1995)
Boy on Fire: The Young Nick Cave, Mark Mordue (2020)
External links
Birthday Party Official Site
January 06, 2023
phill, calvert, this, biography, living, person, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, adding, reliable, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, especially, poten. This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Find sources Phill Calvert news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Phillip Calvert born 11 January 1958 is an Australian rock drummer and producer best known for his playing in the post punk band The Birthday Party with Nick Cave Phill CalvertBirth namePhillip CalvertBorn 1958 01 11 11 January 1958 age 64 Melbourne Victoria AustraliaGenresPost punk alternative rockInstrument s Drums percussionYears active1973 presentLabelsMute Contents 1 History 2 Selected discography 2 1 Albums 2 2 DVD 2 3 As Producer 3 See also 4 References 5 Further reading 6 External linksHistory EditAt the private boys school Caulfield Grammar in the early 1970s Calvert met vocalist Nick Cave and guitarist Mick Harvey and formed a rock band with other students playing parties and school functions The band picked up Cave s friend Tracy Pew on bass and after they finished secondary school they named themselves The Boys Next Door in 1977 1 After making recordings for local independent labels Suicide a subsidiary of Mushroom Records and Missing Link and playing hundreds of live shows the band left for London in 1980 and renamed themselves The Birthday Party signing first to 4AD Records and then to Mute Records 2 After his split with The Birthday Party in 1982 Calvert joined the UK group The Psychedelic Furs touring the U S but never recorded with them 3 He left before they recorded Mirror Moves in 1984 He returned to Melbourne and in 1985 became a founding member of the rock group Blue Ruin 4 5 They recorded five LPs with Calvert and travelled to the UK Calvert split with Blue Ruin in the late 80s Blue Ruin reformed with Calvert for some shows in 2006 Guitarist Ben Ling and Calvert have also co produced the Melbourne band Witch Hats on releases Wound of a Little Horse 2006 Cellulite Soul 2008 and Solarium Down the Causeway 2009 In 2015 Calvert launched the label Behind the Beat Records with associate Ben Ling 6 The first artist on the label is Seri Vida As of 2020 Calvert makes assemblage sculpture in collaboration with his wife Julia under the name Kitty Calvert 7 8 Selected discography EditAlbums Edit The Boys Next Door Door Door 1979 The Birthday Party Hee Haw EP 1980 The Birthday Party Prayers On Fire 1981 The Birthday Party Junkyard 1982 The Birthday Party It s Still Living The Birthday Party Live The Birthday Party John Peel Sessions Blue Ruin Such Sweet Thunder 1986 Blue Ruin Flame 1987 Blue Ruin Strange Things In The Corner 1988 Blue Ruin Lighthouse Girl 1989 Blue Ruin I m Gonna Smile 1990 The Sunday Kind The Sunday Kind 1993 Sugarhips Sugarhips 1999 Bulletproof Exciting Real Life Drama 2002 The Enthusiasts I Hate Everybody 2006 DVD Edit The Birthday Party Pleasure Heads Must BurnAs Producer Edit The Enthusiasts I Hate Everybody 2006 Witch Hats Wound of a Little Horse 2006 Witch Hats Cellulite Soul 2008 9 Witch Hats Solarium Down the Causeway 2009 Seri Vida To be Free 2012 Masses Horde Mentality EP 2014 10 Seri Vida The Wait 2015 Masses Moloch 2016 Astrid Munday Beauty in the Ordinary 2020 11 See also EditList of Caulfield Grammar School peopleReferences Edit The Boys Next Door 1978 Beavan Z Ed Mute Records Artists Business History 2018 Bloomsbury USA p 93 footnote 5 https paperspast natlib govt nz periodicals RIU19840501 2 4 1 bare URL Rising from Ruin 10 February 2006 Blue Ruin People Phill Calvert Behind The Beat Records Retrieved 17 February 2019 We Turn Pre Loved Vintage Treasure into Beautiful Or Scary Sculptures and Wall Art Kitty Calvert Assemblage Sculptures 12 April 2021 Witch Hats Enter Stage Left 100 on Point Post Punk Masses Horde Mentality Review Stream CVLT Nation 28 February 2014 Beauty in the Ordinary A musical love letter to the late Tony Cohen 11 September 2020 Further reading EditInner City Sound Clinton Walker 2005 Bad Seed A biography of Nick Cave Ian Johnston 1995 ISBN 978 0 349 10778 3 The Birthday Party amp other epic adventures Robert Brokenmouth 1995 Boy on Fire The Young Nick Cave Mark Mordue 2020 External links EditBirthday Party Official Site Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Phill Calvert amp oldid 1103343688, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
