Teenage Snuff Film is the first solo album by Rowland S. Howard

Rowland S. Howard

Rowland Stuart Howard was an Australian rock musician, guitarist and songwriter, he played electric guitar in the post-punk group The Birthday Party. Howard died of liver cancer in December 2009, aged 50 years....

. Former The Birthday Party

The Birthday Party (band)

The Birthday Party were an Australian rock band, active from 1973 to 1983.Despite being championed by John Peel, The Birthday Party found little commercial success during their career...

 bandmate Mick Harvey

Mick Harvey

Michael John Harvey , is an Australian rock musician, composer, arranger and record producer. He is best known for his long-time collaboration with the singer and songwriter Nick Cave...

 contributes drums

Drum kit

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, organ and guitar, while Brian Hooper of The Beasts of Bourbon features on bass guitar

Bass guitar

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. It contains eight original songs, and two cover versions: "White Wedding" by Billy Idol

Billy Idol

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, and "He Cried" (previously performed by The Shangri-Las

The Shangri-Las

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, Johnny Thunders

Johnny Thunders

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, and others).

The album was produced, mixed and mastered by Lindsay Gravina at Birdland Studios A Prahran

Prahran, Victoria

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Well received by critics, the album was praised for its "dark dramatic sounds".

Track listing

All songs written by Rowland S. Howard, except where noted.

1. "Dead Radio"
2. "Breakdown (and then...)"
3. "She Cried" (Greg Richards, Ted Daryll)
4. "I Burnt Your Clothes"
5. "Exit Everything"
6. "Silver Chain"
7. "White Wedding
   White Wedding (song)
   "White Wedding" is a song by Billy Idol that appeared on his album Billy Idol . Although "the Big 80's: Episode I" of VH1's Pop-up Video trivia show claims Idol wrote the song to voice his displeasure with his sister's fiance , on an episode of VH1 Storytellers, Idol claimed that there was never...
   
   " (Billy Idol
   Billy Idol
   William Michael Albert Broad , better known by his stage name Billy Idol, is an English rock musician. A member of the Bromley Contingent of Sex Pistols fans, Idol first achieved fame in the punk rock era as a member of the band Generation X...
   
   )
8. "Undone"
9. "Autoluminescent"
10. "Sleep Alone"

Personnel

• Rowland S. Howard
  Rowland S. Howard
  Rowland Stuart Howard was an Australian rock musician, guitarist and songwriter, he played electric guitar in the post-punk group The Birthday Party. Howard died of liver cancer in December 2009, aged 50 years....
  
   – vocals
  Human voice
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  , guitar
  Guitar
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• Mick Harvey
  Mick Harvey
  Michael John Harvey , is an Australian rock musician, composer, arranger and record producer. He is best known for his long-time collaboration with the singer and songwriter Nick Cave...
  
   – guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  , organ
  Organ (music)
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• Brian Hooper – bass
  Bass guitar
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