Hee Haw (EP)

Hee Haw is the second release and first EP by the Australian post-punk band the Boys Next Door (later renamed the Birthday Party).

The core members – Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Phill Calvert and Tracy Pew – had been joined by Rowland S. Howard on guitar in 1978.

[2] Cave said, "We played [Hee Haw] to Michael Gudinski of Mushroom Records and he wasn't really interested.

The EP introduces a more abrasive, rhythmic and exploratory sound that was further developed when the band re-located to the UK (and changed their name to the Birthday Party).

Two of the songs on the EP, "The Red Clock" and "The Hair Shirt", the former sung by Rowland S. Howard and the latter by Nick Cave, were included on the Boys Next Door's second album entitled The Birthday Party in 1980.