Because i'm a creepy fangirl. And bored. And sick.
Oh and trust me, I feel like such a weirdo for caring about this so much, but I did not have a lot to do today. I'm home sick with a cold.
Thanks to
forgotten_llama and Nick Cave Collector's Hell for additional help/info. XD
Possible artists Rowland is into/likes/respects whatever.
Beasts of Bourbon (Collaborated with Tex Perkins, Brian Hooper, and Spencer P. Jones. Wrote a big long essay about them, supported them.)
The Doors (Stated in amagazine article that he likes "The End")
The Only Ones (Covered "The Big Sleep")
The Saints (Covered "Swing for the Crime" Plus they seem to be popular with the scene that spawned the Boys Next Door/Birthday Party)
Lee Hazlewood (Covered "Some Velvet Morning" with Lydia Lunch and "Down from Dover", mentioned in that article again)
Crime and the City Solution (Mentioned them in this article and hell, he ended up joining the band.)
Nikki Sudden (Collaborated with)
The Gun Club (Covered "Mother of Earth")
Leonard Cohen (Covered "Dance Me To The End Of Love" and "The Law.")
Bob Dylan (Covered "Lonesome Town")
Lou Reed (Covered "Oh Jim" and "Ocean")
Elvis (Covered "Don't")
The Stooges (Covered "Open Up and Bleed" and "The Passenger")
Alice Cooper (Covered "Luney Tune" with These Immortal Souls and "Black Juju" with Lydia.)
Townes Van Zandt (One of his top friends on myspace)
The Velvet Underground (Covered "I'm Set Free", clearly a Lou Reed fan anyway)
Marie Hoy (Covered "Stupid Grin" She in return, covered "Shivers".)
The Devastations (Produced, collaborated, wrote liner notes for)
HTRK (Produced, is collaborating with Jonnine on his new album)
Hungry Ghosts (Produced, J.P. Shilo is collaborating with Rowland on the new album/playing live with)
Friends and Collaborators
Hugo Race (Collaborated with.)
Jeremy Gluck (Collaborated with.)
Genevieve McGuckin (Wrote "Silver Chain" on Teenage Snuff Film, plus "Ho Ho" and "Capers" was in These Immortal Souls)
Harry Howard (Rowland's brother. Was in These Immortal Souls and Crime and the City Solution. Sometimes filled in for Tracy in The Birthday Party. Played on the Shotgun Wedding tour with Rowland and Lydia.)
Epic Soundtracks (Was in These Immortal Souls. Rowland was a guest musician on Epic's first solo album)
Mick Harvey (Was in The Birthday Party and Crime and the City Solution, plays drums for Rowland on Teenage Snuff Film and live, will be drumming on the new album)
Other covers by Rowland and bands Rowland's been in.
"I'm Eighteen" - Alice Cooper (Boys Next Door covered)
"Catman" - Gene Vincent (Birthday Party Covered)
"White Wedding" - Billy Idol (Rowland solo. Made it clear he thought it was a song that deserved better and does not like Billy Idol)
"Life's What You Make It" - Talk Talk (Don't know his reasons for covering this, but they don't seem to fit with the rest of the list)
"You Can't Unring a Bell" - Tom Waits (These Immortal Souls covered)
"He Cried" - Shan-gri-las (Reworked into "She Cried" and covered by Rowland solo)
"China Girl" - David Bowie, Iggy Pop (Covered by Boys Next Door)
"Morning Dew" - Tim Rose (Covered by Rowland solo)
"These Boots Were Made For Walking" - Nancy Sinatra (Written by Lee Hazlewood and covered by the BND)
"Loose" - The Stooges (Covered by The Birthday Party)
(The BND had a ton of covers, so I'm purposely leaving some out.)
Thanks to
forgotten_llama and Nick Cave Collector's Hell for additional help/info. XD
Possible artists Rowland is into/likes/respects whatever.
Beasts of Bourbon (Collaborated with Tex Perkins, Brian Hooper, and Spencer P. Jones. Wrote a big long essay about them, supported them.)
The Doors (Stated in amagazine article that he likes "The End")
The Only Ones (Covered "The Big Sleep")
The Saints (Covered "Swing for the Crime" Plus they seem to be popular with the scene that spawned the Boys Next Door/Birthday Party)
Lee Hazlewood (Covered "Some Velvet Morning" with Lydia Lunch and "Down from Dover", mentioned in that article again)
Crime and the City Solution (Mentioned them in this article and hell, he ended up joining the band.)
Nikki Sudden (Collaborated with)
The Gun Club (Covered "Mother of Earth")
Leonard Cohen (Covered "Dance Me To The End Of Love" and "The Law.")
Bob Dylan (Covered "Lonesome Town")
Lou Reed (Covered "Oh Jim" and "Ocean")
Elvis (Covered "Don't")
The Stooges (Covered "Open Up and Bleed" and "The Passenger")
Alice Cooper (Covered "Luney Tune" with These Immortal Souls and "Black Juju" with Lydia.)
Townes Van Zandt (One of his top friends on myspace)
The Velvet Underground (Covered "I'm Set Free", clearly a Lou Reed fan anyway)
Marie Hoy (Covered "Stupid Grin" She in return, covered "Shivers".)
The Devastations (Produced, collaborated, wrote liner notes for)
HTRK (Produced, is collaborating with Jonnine on his new album)
Hungry Ghosts (Produced, J.P. Shilo is collaborating with Rowland on the new album/playing live with)
Friends and Collaborators
Hugo Race (Collaborated with.)
Jeremy Gluck (Collaborated with.)
Genevieve McGuckin (Wrote "Silver Chain" on Teenage Snuff Film, plus "Ho Ho" and "Capers" was in These Immortal Souls)
Harry Howard (Rowland's brother. Was in These Immortal Souls and Crime and the City Solution. Sometimes filled in for Tracy in The Birthday Party. Played on the Shotgun Wedding tour with Rowland and Lydia.)
Epic Soundtracks (Was in These Immortal Souls. Rowland was a guest musician on Epic's first solo album)
Mick Harvey (Was in The Birthday Party and Crime and the City Solution, plays drums for Rowland on Teenage Snuff Film and live, will be drumming on the new album)
Other covers by Rowland and bands Rowland's been in.
"I'm Eighteen" - Alice Cooper (Boys Next Door covered)
"Catman" - Gene Vincent (Birthday Party Covered)
"White Wedding" - Billy Idol (Rowland solo. Made it clear he thought it was a song that deserved better and does not like Billy Idol)
"Life's What You Make It" - Talk Talk (Don't know his reasons for covering this, but they don't seem to fit with the rest of the list)
"You Can't Unring a Bell" - Tom Waits (These Immortal Souls covered)
"He Cried" - Shan-gri-las (Reworked into "She Cried" and covered by Rowland solo)
"China Girl" - David Bowie, Iggy Pop (Covered by Boys Next Door)
"Morning Dew" - Tim Rose (Covered by Rowland solo)
"These Boots Were Made For Walking" - Nancy Sinatra (Written by Lee Hazlewood and covered by the BND)
"Loose" - The Stooges (Covered by The Birthday Party)
(The BND had a ton of covers, so I'm purposely leaving some out.)