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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

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Formed:
1983, over 29 years ago.
Snapshot:
A Group with 58 releases, and credited once on others' music. 14 members.

Biography

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Australian musician and author Nick Cave was the lead singer of Aussie post-punk band The Birthday Party in the early 80s. They split in 1984 due to personal difficulties aggravated by drug and alcohol abuse, with Cave and multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey teaming up to form Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds. Each of their albums have been hits with critics, but less successful with the public at large. Tender Prey (1988) and The Good Son (1990) were particularly praised, while Let Love In (1994) reached No.12 in the UK album charts. Murder Ballads (1996) got four places higher, and featured a duet with Kylie Minogue called "Where The Wild Roses Grow" that was a chart hit in several countries. The Boatman's Call (1997) was considered by many to be their best release yet. In 2004, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds released their 13th studio album, the double-disc Abbatoir Blues/ The Lyre of Orpheus. Mojo Magazine (UK) and The Age (Australia) both named it their Album Of The Year, and other critics were enthusiastic too. Although the band haven't officially split up, Cave and three of the Bad Seeds have embarked on a side project called Grinderman.

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Genres

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Discography

59 releases – 58 under their own name and 1 credit on others' music Edit
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Members

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Anita Lane

current & founder member

Martyn P. Casey

current & founder member
Nick Cave

Nick Cave

current & founder member

Roland Wolf

current & founder member
Thomas Wydler

Thomas Wydler

current member
    • 1985-

Conway Savage

current member
    • 1990-
Warren Ellis

Warren Ellis

current member
    • 1995-

Jim Sclavunos

current member
    • 1996-
James Johnston

James Johnston

current member
    • 2003-

Mick Harvey

founder member
    • unknown-2009
Blixa Bargeld

Blixa Bargeld

founder member
    • 1983-2004
Kid Congo Powers

Kid Congo Powers

    • 1986-1989
Barry Adamson

Barry Adamson

founder member
    • 1983-1987

Hugo Race

founder member
    • 1983-1984

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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Mar, 12 2009

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds have a impressive 14 studio albums in their back catalog, from 1984’s dark, dangerous From Her To Eternity to the gleefully wicked Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! in 2008. For those who missed them first time round, or for dogged completists, April 7 marks the first in a series of release dates which will result in reissues for the entire studio output of the band. The albums will be getting the full remastering and remixing treatment, and will also include instalments of a film series called “Do You Love Me Like I Love You?”. EMI/Capitol have also announced new reissues of the first three Radiohead albums, as they seek to wring the last dollars and cents out of their departed cash cow. On March 23, Pablo Honey, The Bends and OK Computer will all be reissued with a tempting array of added extras including videos, demos, rarities and live performance recordings. There's no new material, but if any of these are among your favorites, it's a little more special than a rag-tag collection of MP3s could ever be.

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