need to take a ... breath!" Return to Melbourne The Birthday Party played their last gig on 9 June 1983, although early in 1984 Pew briefly played bass for Nick Cave – Man or Myth?, the forerunner of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, on a live tour. Pew returned to Melbourne to study literature and philosophy at Monash University. In mid-1984, singer-songwriter Chris Bailey asked Pew to join a touring line-up of his punk band The Saints, alongside Chris Burnham on guitar and Ian Shedden on drums. Former Saints' member Ed Kuepper agreed to return and toured with the band, replacing Pew on bass, but left after several weeks due to old conflicts resurfacing. Pew contributed to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' album of cover versions, Kicking Against the Pricks (August 1986), and performed on Lydia Lunch's concept album Honeymoon in Red (1987). During his musical career, Pew was credited with playing bass guitar, double bass, wind, and clarinet. He received songwriting credits for "She's Hit" on Junkyard (May 1982), "Sonny's Burning" on The Bad Seed (October 1982) and "Swampland" on Mutiny (1983). Personal life According to Gina Riley, comedian from TV series Kath & Kim, Pew dated her in 1976. In April 2009, Riley recalled the relationship on the musical quiz show Spicks and Specks. Pew was prone to epileptic seizures, at times exacerbated by heavy drug use, although he had cleaned up by the mid-1980s. In late 1986, he experienced a fit whilst in his bath, resulting in head injuries so severe he died days later, on 7 November 1986, from a brain haemorrhage. He was 28 years old. References General Note: Archived [on-line] copy has limited functionality Specific External links The Birthday Party official website The Birthday Party photo at National Library of Australia by Peter Milne, summer 1981. 1957 births 1986 deaths Australian bass guitarists People educated at Caulfield Grammar School Neurological disease deaths in Victoria (Australia) Deaths from epilepsy Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds members Australian punk rock musicians The Saints (Australian band) members The Birthday Party (band) members Male bass guitarists 20th-century bass guitarists Australian male guitarists 20th-century Australian male musicians 20th-century Australian musicians People from Mount Waverley, Victoria Musicians from Melbourne