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.

Trivia

• Cave collaborated with the band Current 93 on their album All the Pretty Little Horses, most notably on the final track, "Patripassian", where he reads one of Descartes' philosophical musings.
• The band most likely derived its name from the novel (and subsequent 1956 horror movie) The Bad Seed.
• He is jokingly reported to be a member of The Sons of Lee Marvin — a semi-secret society founded by director Jim Jarmusch.
• Like Cave himself, many of his collaborators have surnames which are also nouns: Pew, Lane, Bargeld (German for 'cash'), Race, Power(s), Wolf, Savage.
• Appeared as himself, with the Bad Seeds, in the Wim Wenders film Wings of Desire.
• Co-starred with Brad Pitt in the cult classic Johnny Suede.
• "Red Right Hand" was included in the compilation CD, Songs in the Key of X: Music From And Inspired By The X-Files, in 1996.
• "Red Right Hand" is also included in the movie Dumb & Dumber, directed by Peter Farelly from 1994 when Lloyd, played by Jim Carrey, trusts an old woman.
• A cover of Nick Cave's song "Red Right Hand" appeared on the soundtrack for the movie Hellboy, performed by Pete Yorn.
• Cave also wrote an introduction for the Gospel of Mark in the Pockets Canon Bible Series.
• "People Ain't No Good" was featured in the movie Shrek 2.