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Nick Cave
, b. 1957
Nick Cave is an Australian singer, songwriter, composer, author, screenwriter and occasional actor. Born in Warracknabeal, a small town in north-west Victoria, he was educated in Melbourne. He briefly studied art before deciding to pursue music and forming The Birthday Party in the late 1970s. The band relocated to London, then West Berlin, establishing a cult following in Europe and Australia for their provocative live performances. Following demise of The Birthday Party in 1983, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds was formed with Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Warren Ellis, Martyn P. Casey, and Rowland S. Howard alongside an international group of musicians in an evolving line-up. The band’s sound evolved from post-punk to alternative rock, though each album features a different musical aesthetic. Released in 2004, Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus is their thirteenth album. Cave’s lifelong preoccupation with the themes of violence, death, love and religion is played out throughout the seventeen songs on the double album.
Sources:
Official website (accessed: July 26, 2020);
britannica.com (accessed: July 26, 2020).
Bio prepared by Miriam Riverlea, University of New England, mriverlea@gmail.com
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