Talk:Tracy Pew

Favorite song

What was the song played at his burial? I recall it was his favorite song. -- Zz 23:53, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

A lot of people say it’s Deep In The Woods but Phill Calvert confirmed that it was Wildworld Haileyemzz (talk) 03:35, 19 December 2021 (UTC)

Date of death

There appears to be several different dates given for Pew's death in various media, I'm just listing them here with the references so this can be investigated further:

• The article currently says he died on 7 November 1986. This is referenced in The secret history of Australian independent music: 1977-1991 by Clinton Walker: "On 7 November, the Bad Seeds received bad news. I got a call too, from someone in Melbourne. Tracy Pew had died, of complications arising from his worsening epilepsy.". This date is also listed in The Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll (2001 edition).
• The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars: Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches by Jeremy Simmonds gives a different date: 5 July 1986. Simmonds also asserts "(At least three different dates exist for Pew's death—this appears to be the accurate one.)"

--Canley (talk) 01:50, 4 June 2010 (UTC)

I've kept 7 November 1986 and used Walker backed by McFarlane (Nick Cave entry) which says "Your Funeral . . . My Trial contained all original material. The album title took on a sense of irony when, on the eve of its release in November 1986, Cave faced a somewhat tenuous vagrancy charge in New York and his former The Birthday Party compadre Tracy Pew died as a result of a brain haemorrhage". Apparently The Age published an In Memoriam notice for the 20th anniversary of his death on or about 8 November 2006 but I haven't tracked this down yet so I can't use it in the article.shaidar cuebiyar (talk) 08:41, 14 May 2012 (UTC)