Nick Cave (1957-)

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Name (English)
Nick Cave
Short name
Nick Cave
Year of birth
1957
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"Nicholas Edward Cave AO (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian singer, songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional actor, best known for fronting the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Cave´s music is generally characterised by his baritone voice, emotional intensity, a wide variety of influences and lyrical obsessions with death, religion, love and violence.

Born and raised in rural Victoria, Cave studied art before fronting The Birthday Party, one of Melbourne´s leading post-punk bands, in the late 1970s. They relocated to London in 1980, but, disillusioned by life there, evolved towards a darker, more challenging sound, and acquired a reputation as "the most violent live band in the world". At this time, Cave, with his shock of black hair and his pale, emaciated look, became an unwilling gothic rock poster boy.[citation needed] Soon after the band´s break-up in 1983, Cave formed Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Much of the band´s early material was set in a mythic American Deep South, drawing on spirituals and Delta blues, while Cave´s preoccupation with Old Testament notions of good versus evil culminated in what has been called his signature song, "The Mercy Seat" (1988).[citation needed] The 1990s saw Cave achieve greater commercial success with quieter, piano-driven ballads, notably the Kylie Minogue duet "Where the Wild Roses Grow" (1996), and "Into My Arms" (1997). More recent releases, including the band´s 17th and latest LP, Ghosteen (2019), feature increasingly abstract lyrics from Cave, as well as elements of ambient and electronic music. Grinderman, Cave´s garage rock side project, has released two albums since 2006." - (en.wikipedia.org 28.06.2020)
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    Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 12.07.1985 I

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    Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 30.09.1986 I

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    Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds 30.09.1986 II

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    Nick Cave 04.12.1986 I

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