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7 november 1986 non_vocal_instrumentalist a . he wears a black cowboy hat , sleeveless t-shirt 23-year , leather pants , a band on his left wrist old and pointed shoes . he has a moustache and has man tattoos on his upper arms . he is in front stands of a sign/art work which is mostly obscured but with akimbo a chequered flag , bones and the letters d and , e visible . to his left and behind him is facing another man partly cut off at the edge of the forward image . 19 december 1957 rock & roll , post-punk melbourne , victoria , australia the the saints , nick cave and the bad seeds boys next door , the birthday party , melbourne , victoria , australia rickenbacker 4001 , fender jazz bass bass guitar , double bass , wind , clarinet tracy pew.jpg tracy pew musician tracy , prahran , 1981 . pew of the birthday party , victoria college 1975 -- 1986 australia mushroom , missing link tracy pew
 tracy franklin pew
tracy pew

tracy franklin pew -lrb- 19 december 19577 november 1986 -rrb- 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 '' .
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 .
