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Crime and the City Solution
Origin Sydney, Australia
Genre(s) Post Punk
Art punk
Years active 1977–1990
Label(s) Mute Records
Associated acts Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
These Immortal Souls
Simon Bonney

Crime and The City Solution were a rock music band formed by Australian singer and songwriter Simon Bonney. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Post-punk was a popular musical movement in the mid to late 1970s following on the heels of the initial Punk rock explosion of the early 1970s Art rock is a term describing a subgenre of Rock music that tends to have "experimental or avant-garde influences" and emphasizes "novel sonic texture In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Mute Records is a Record label formed in 1978 by Daniel Miller primarily to release his own single "T Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian rock band with multinational personnel fronted by Nick Cave. These Immortal Souls was an Australian Indie band based in Europe and active through the late 1980s and early 1990s Simon Bonney is an Australian rock musician best known as the lead singer in Crime and the City Solution. Rock music is a genre of Popular music often though not necessarily employing Electric guitar, Bass guitar, and Drums. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. A songwriter is someone who writes the Lyrics to songs the Musical composition (chords or Melody to songs or both Simon Bonney is an Australian rock musician best known as the lead singer in Crime and the City Solution.

They had four distinct line-ups: Sydney in 1977-78, Melbourne in 1979, and two groupings in Berlin from 1985-1990. Sydney (ˈsɪdniː is the most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 4 Melbourne ( is the second most populous city in Australia, with a Metropolitan area population of approximately 3 Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. The only common member in all four line-ups was Bonney.

Other members included: former members of The Birthday Party (Mick Harvey and Rowland S. Howard); former Swell Maps drummer Epic Soundtracks; and Alexander Hacke from Einstürzende Neubauten. The Birthday Party was an Australian Post-punk group active from 1977 to 1983 For the Australian Cricket umpire with the same name see Mick Harvey (umpire Michael John Harvey Rowland Stuart Howard (born 1960 is an Australian Rock musician Guitarist and Songwriter, best known for his use of electric guitar Audio feedback Swell Maps were an experimental English rock group of the 1970s from Birmingham, that foreshadowed the birth of Post-punk. Epic Soundtracks was the Stage name of British musician Kevin Paul Godfrey ( 23 March Alexander Hacke (also known as Alexander von Borsig, Alex Hacke, Hacke, born 11 October 1965 in Berlin / Neukölln Einstürzende Neubauten (ˈaɪnˌʃtʏɐʦəndə ˈnɔʏˌbaʊtən is an Avant-garde music band originally from West Berlin, formed in 1980

Crime and the City Solution completed four studio albums and a number of E.Ps during its existence, and a live album has since been released. An extended play ( EP) is a Vinyl record, CD, or Music download which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify Further early recordings have resurfaced on the internet. Parallels have been drawn between Crime and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian rock band with multinational personnel fronted by Nick Cave. Crime were famed for their live performances, where Bonney's delicate physical appearance contrasted sharply with his deep, dark voice. He has since gone on to record solo material.

Contents

Discography

Bandmembers

Sydney 1977-1978

Melbourne 1979

Berlin/London 1985-1986

Berlin 1987-1990

Miscellaneous

External links

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