Tracy Pew
Tracy Franklin Pew (19 December 1957 – 7 November 1986) was an Australian musician: he was the bass guitarist for The Birthday Party from 1975 to its disbandment in June 1983. He was subsequently a member of The Saints and worked with former The Birthday Party band mates' group, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. As a member of The Birthday Party, Pew became associated with their "prodigious consumption of drugs and alcohol". At a 1980 performance by James Freud, Pew expressed his disapproval by throwing dog faeces at the singer-guitarist. In 1982 Pew was imprisoned for ten weeks in HM Prison Won Wron on charges relating to driving under the influence of alcohol. Pew died on 7 November 1986 of a brain haemorrhage after head injuries sustained during an epileptic seizure, he was aged 28.
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