Crime and The City Solution were a post-punk rock band formed by singer Simon Bonney. They had four distinct line-ups: Sydney in 1978, Melbourne in 1979 and two groupings in Berlin. 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 as well as former Swell Maps drummer Epic Soundtracks. The band completed five studio albums and a number of E.Ps, as well as a posthumous live album. Post punk generally refers to the particularly fertile and creative period following the initial punk rock explosion. During the first wave of punk, roughly spanning 1976-1983, bands such as The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones and The Damned began to challenge the current styles and conventions of rock... Sydney Harbour looking south from the vicinity of the Sydney Harbour Bridge towards the CBD skyline; the Opera House is visible in the background on the left. ... 1978 was a common year starting on Sunday (the link is to a full 1978 calendar). ... Melbourne is the capital and largest city of the state of Victoria, and the second largest city in Australia, with a population of 3,600,650 in the Melbourne metropolitan area (June 2004) and 52,118 in the City of Melbourne (which covers only the central city area). ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ...   Berlin? (pronounced: , German ) is the capital of Germany and its largest city, with 3,426,000 inhabitants (as of January 2005); down from 4. ... Mick Harvey, Nick Cave, Phill Calvert, Tracy Pew, Rowland S Howard The Birthday Party was an Australian rock music group, active in the late 1970s and early 1980s. ... Mick Harvey (born Michael John Harvey, 1958 in Rochester, Victoria, Australia,) is an Australian rock musician, composer, arranger and record producer. ... Rowland Stuart Howard is an Australian rock musician, guitarist and songwriter best known as a member of The Birthday Party. ... The Swell Maps were a British punk band. ... A vinyl EP from Crop Circles. ...

Wim Wenders, who was a fan of the band, featured them performing in his film Wings of Desire as well as in the soundtrack to Until the End of the World. Wilhelm Ernst (Wim) Wenders (born August 14, 1945) is a German-born film director, author and producer. ... Wings of Desire is the English title of Der Himmel über Berlin, a 1987 film by the German-born director Wim Wenders. ... Until the End of the World is a 1991 film by the German-born film director Wim Wenders; the screenplay was written by Wenders and Peter Carey Spoiler warning: The film is set in late 1999; there is an out of control nuclear satellite in orbit that is liable to...

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