AltPress sat down with Kid Congo Powers (the Cramps, Kid Congo and The Pink Monkey Birds) to go over his life and career as a definitive punk guitarist.
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(L-R) Anita Lane and Blixa Bargeld in concert at the Grand on Nov. 17, 1993 in London, England.
Anita Lane, a beloved Australian singer-songwriter who was a member of The Birthday Party and Nick Cave s Bad Seeds, as well as solo singer, has died at 61. At press time no further information was available about the cause of death or when Lane passed, but her former bandmate Cave confirmed the news in a lengthy post in which he called her the smartest and most talented of all of us, by far.
The singer s longtime label, Mute Records, confirmed her death in a loving statement. Anita was a beautiful unworldly spirit with the tenderest of voices, she will be dreadfully missed, it read. There was always something magical that happened when Anita arrived, she changed the perception of everything you looked at. She was inspiring, and brought something uniquely her to the work of everyone she collaborated with. Every artist wants to be unpredictable; we w
Luke Turner
, April 28th, 2021 10:35
The Australian artist collaborated with the likes of Nick Cave, Einstürzende Neubauten and lots more across her career
Anita Lane has died, aged 62, a representative for her label has confirmed.
Born in Melbourne, Australia in 1959, Lane was a classmate of the Birthday Party s Rowland S. Howard, and co-wrote several tracks for the band with Nick Cave. After the Birthday Party split, she co-wrote Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds From Her To Eternity , and Stranger Than Kindness , arguably two of that band s finest songs.
Lane also worked with Kid Congo Powers, Gudrun Gut, Die Haut and Einstürzende Neubauten across her career, while she contributed vocals to Mick Harvey s Serge Gainsbourg tribute albums, and released a superb cover of These Boots Were Made For Walking with Barry Adamson.