Nick Cave

Nicholas Edward Cave (born September 22, 1957) is an Australian rock musician, songwriter, poet, author, and actor, best known for his work in rock and roll band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. He currently resides in the U.K.

History

As a child Cave lived in Warracknabeal and then Wangaratta in rural Victoria, Australia. His family then moved to the city (Melbourne).

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Warracknabeal - Wangaratta - Victoria - Australia

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In high school at Melbourne's Caulfield Grammar School, Cave met Mick Harvey, Tracy Pew and Phill Calvert with whom he founded his first band, later to be named The Boys Next Door. Cave also studied painting at the Caulfield Institute of Technology in 1976, but dropped out in 1977 to pursue music. The band played a role in Melbourne's post-punk music scene of the late 1970s, playing hundreds of live shows in Australia, before changing their name to The Birthday Party in 1980 and moving to London, then West Berlin.

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Melbourne - Caulfield Grammar School - Mick Harvey - Phill Calvert - The Boys Next Door - 1976 - 1977 - Melbourne's post-punk music scene - The Birthday Party - 1980 - London - West Berlin

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The Birthday Party disbanded in 1984, and Cave and Harvey went on to form the first version of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds with guitarist Blixa Bargeld (from Einstürzende Neubauten), bassist Barry Adamson (formerly of Magazine) and guitarist Hugo Race. Cave's girlfriend Anita Lane was also a creative influence and sometime lyricist. This line-up recorded their debut album, released in 1984, From Her To Eternity.

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1984 - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - Blixa Bargeld - Einstürzende Neubauten - Barry Adamson - Magazine - Hugo Race - Anita Lane - From Her To Eternity

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Cave relocated to West Berlin, Germany in 1984 and started working on what was to become his debut novel And The Ass Saw The Angel. While there, he released 4 albums with The Bad Seeds: The Firstborn Is Dead, Kicking Against the Pricks, Your Funeral, My Trial and Tender Prey. In 1988, Cave also released his book King Ink, a collection of lyrics and plays.

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West Berlin - Germany - 1984 - And The Ass Saw The Angel - The Firstborn Is Dead - Kicking Against the Pricks - Your Funeral, My Trial - Tender Prey - 1988 - King Ink

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Cave left West Berlin shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall and moved to São Paulo, Brazil, where he married Viviane Carneiro. The two have a son, Luke, born 1991. In spring of 1993, Cave moved back to London. He now lives near Brighton, U.K. and is married to actress Susie Bick, with whom he has twin sons, Arthur and Earl.

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Berlin Wall - São Paulo - Brazil - London - Brighton

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Nick Cave's music is featured in several of Wim Wenders' movies, including Wings of Desire (where Cave also appears, in a live performance), Until the End of the World, Faraway... So Close and Soul of a Man. Cave also co-wrote and acted in Ghosts... of the Civil Dead, a 1989 independent movie. Also in 1989, Cave published his novel And the Ass Saw the Angel, to critical acclaim. The themes of the book greatly influenced (and were influenced by) his first few albums with The Bad Seeds.

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Wim Wenders - Wings of Desire - Until the End of the World - Faraway... So Close - Soul of a Man - Ghosts... of the Civil Dead - And the Ass Saw the Angel

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Cave also starred in the 1991 film, Johnny Suede, with Brad Pitt.

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Johnny Suede - Brad Pitt

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In 1996, Cave and The Bad Seeds released an album, Murder Ballads, which was, as the title suggests an album of songs about murder. A duet with Kylie Minogue, "Where The Wild Roses Grow", was a mainstream hit, winning an ARIA Award for "Song of the Year". After The Boatman's Call, Cave took some time rehabilitating from his heavy heroin and alcohol habits. Rejuvenated he resurfaced with his dark and gloomy, but much acclaimed No More Shall We Part in 2001.

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Murder Ballads - Murder - Kylie Minogue - ARIA Award - The Boatman's Call - Heroin - Alcohol - No More Shall We Part - 2001

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In 1998, the same year that Cave issued a 'Best Of' CD, an intriguing compilation surfaced in Australia entitled Original Seeds: songs that inspired Nick Cave featuring Johnny Cash and Leonard Cohen, among others (Original Seeds Volume 2 was issued in 2004).

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Johnny Cash - Leonard Cohen

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In 2000, one of Cave's heroes, Johnny Cash, covered Cave's song "The Mercy Seat" on the album American III: Solitary Man, seemingly repaying Cave for the compliment he paid by covering Cash's "The Folk Singer" on his Kicking Against The Pricks album. Cave was then invited to be one of many rock and country artists and luminaries to contribute a paragraph or two to the liner notes of the retrospective Johnny Cash double CD The Essential Johnny Cash, released to coincide with Cash's 70th birthday. Subsequently, Cave cut a duet with Cash on a version of Hank Williams' "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" for Cash's American IV: The Man Comes Around album (2002)

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After the release of the 2003 album Nocturama Blixa Bargeld announced he was leaving the band to devote more time to Einstürzende Neubauten, leaving Mick Harvey as the only surviving original member of the band other than Cave himself. Undisturbed, the very next year 2004 Cave released his first double record - the acclaimed 2 disc set Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus.

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Nocturama - Einstürzende Neubauten - 2004 - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus

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In 2005, Cave and The Seeds released B-Sides & Rarities a comprehensive three disc 56 track collection of b-sides, rarities, and tracks that appeared on film soundtracks.

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The Proposition, a film written by Cave, directed by John Hillcoat and starring Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, John Hurt, David Wenham and Emily Watson, was filmed in Queensland in 2004 and premiered in October 2005 to mostly positive reviews. The generally ambient soundtrack was recorded by Nick Cave and Warren Ellis and was released a week before the film.

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The Proposition - John Hillcoat - Guy Pearce - Ray Winstone - John Hurt - David Wenham - Emily Watson - Queensland - 2004 - Warren Ellis

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