Nick Cave
and the Bad Seeds
Nick Cave and the
Bad Seeds are an Australian alternative rock band, formed in Melbourne in 1983.
The band is fronted by songwriter Nick Cave and has featured international
personnel throughout its career.
Following the demise
of his group The Birthday Party, an artistically influential but obscure
post-punk band, Cave has led the Bad Seeds through the corners of underground
circuits into commercial success. With a dark and brooding sound alternating
between explosive and introspective tendencies, the band developed a style
equally indebted to avant garde and traditional music within an alternative
rock context.
They are best known
for "Where the Wild Roses Grow", their 1996 collaborative single with
Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue from the Murder Ballads album which peaked
at #11 on the UK charts, but the band has enjoyed a large cult following
surrounding their 14 studio albums and extensive international touring. After
the departures of founding members Blixa Bargeld and Mick Harvey in 2003 and
2009 respectively, the band became centered around Cave, violinist and
multi-instrumentalist Warren Ellis, keyboardist Conway Savage, bassist Martyn
P. Casey, and percussionists Thomas Wydler and Jim Sclavunos.
Origin: Melbourne,
Australia
Genres: Alternative
rock, post-punk
Years active:
1983–present
Labels: Mute, ANTI-
Associated acts: The
Birthday Party, Einstürzende Neubauten, The Cramps, Grinderman, Die Haut.
Members: Nick Cave,
Thomas Wydler, Martyn P. Casey, Conway Savage, Jim Sclavunos, Warren Ellis.
Past members:Mick
Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Barry Adamson, Hugo Race, Anita Lane, Kid Congo Powers,
Roland Wolf, James Johnston.
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