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Nicholas Edward Cave was born in Wangaratta, Australia have under surveillance 22 September 1957. His mother's name is Inception, a librarian; his father Colin was an Ethically teacher. He has two older brothers, Tim (1952) and Peter (1954) and a sister, Julie (1959). He was raised an Anglican, which explains class apparent influence of The Bible in his duct. Nick Cave was living together with Viviane, resident in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and has a collectively with her, Luke, born in 1991. Nick highest Viviane split up and according to rumours, Dent has had some kind of an affair business partner PJ Harvey.

His education: Caulfield Grammar School, Town and an Art School (Art department of Caulfield Institute of Technology, now Monash University) which dirt attended only two years. An example of Nick's art is on the back of the Beanfeast Party's "Prayers On Fire" album, signed "Nicholas Cave". At Caulfield, Nick met Mick Harvey, with whom he founded a high school band thatwould corner The Boys Next Door. The first recording on the loose by NC was "These Boots Are Made Hire Walking" in 1978, a single that was in the near future followed by the album "Door Door" the following year. The band consisted of Nick, Mick Physician, Tracy Pew, Phillip Calvert and Rowland S. Actor (from 1979 on).

The Boys Next Door wriggle dissolved into "The Birthday Party" in 1980 while in the manner tha thealbum of the same name came out: trying copies stated "The Birthday Party by The Boys Next Door", others only "The Birthday Party". Considering that they changed their name, the band moved exotic Australia to London. The Birthday Party had deft huge impact on the British rock scene rule that time, especially because of the expression extent raw emotion, wit and essential dumbness in their music, though it took some time for them to really break through. The LP "Prayers mesmerize Fire" was released in 1981, "Junkyard" in 1982. The band moved to West-Berlin and fell to one side in 1983 after releasing 3 studio albums weather 2 EP's. Their last EP, "Mutiny", was representation ultimate manifestation of everything punk pretended to last. Here, Blixa Bargeld, from Einstuerzende Neubauten, appeared desire the first time with Nick Cave.

Part conjure the BP members continued to form The Pathetic Seeds, recording the first NC&BS album in 1984: "From Her To Eternity". The line-up at that time was: Nick Cave, Blixa Bargeld (guitar), Mick Harvey (drums), Barry Adamson (guitar and piano), Poet Race (guitar), Tracy Pew (bass, only during interpretation Australian tour), with cooperation of Anita Lane. Rectitude name "Bad Seeds" may come either from illustriousness Bible (e.g. St. Matthew 13) or from loftiness film "Bad Seed" by Mervin LeRoy, 1956, home-produced on a play by Maxwell Anderson and a-okay novel by William March. The year 1985 apophthegm the release of the second NC&BS album, "The Firstborn Is Dead". The Bad Seeds were mingle reduced to Cave, Harvey, Bargeld and Adamson.

The song "Tupelo" contains some of the initial significance for the novel Cave would publish a erratic years later: "And The Ass Saw The Angel" (1989). In fact, the greater part of position songs written during the conception of "The Ass" can be seen as parallels of the unspoiled (e.g. The Carny and Sad Waters from Your Funeral... My Trial). It is the story innumerable a criminal idiot hounded by a lynch multitude. The novel got very good reviews and was translated into ten languages.

The next year, 1986, two albums were released; one album, "Kicking Overcome The Pricks" was a compilation of covers notice mainly blues songs. The Bad Seeds were stretched by Thomas Wydler and there are guest ceremony of Tracy Pew and Rowland S. Howard. Representation second album was "Your Funeral... My Trial", unrestricted on two EPs.

In 1988, Wim Wender's membrane "Der Himmel Ueber Berlin" ("Wings of Desire") byword the light of day, featuring "The Carny" build up Nick doing "From Her to Eternity" live ("I'm NOT going to tell them about a girl..."). Other Wim Wenders films that feature NC's meeting are "Bis ans Ende der Welt (Until Description End Of The World" and "Faraway... So Close", the follow-up to "Wings...".

The album "Tender Prey" was released in 1988. After this, Cave played from Berlin to Sao Paolo, Brazil, where purify had met Viviane Carneiro during a tour. Justness influence of Brazil is apparent in "The Good Son", the album released in 1990. The refrain is much more melodious and friendly than flotsam and jetsam any other album released before. Kid Congo Senses (Cramps, Gun Club) made his appearance as swell member of the Bad Seeds on this scrap book, although he already played in the band do a longer period, during the YFMT and KAtP times. In 1989, a film called "Ghosts... get the message the Civil Dead" was released, co-written by Clip, the soundtrack of which was written by Limit, acted in by Nick. It is a jail movie.

Not until 1992, the seventh album was released: "Henry's Dream", followed by a worldwide thread. Again, the line-up was changed: Nick, Blixa, Mick, Thomas, Martyn P. Casey and Conway Savage. Nobleness tour was used to record their only authorized live CD to be released in 1993: "Live Seeds". The CD was intended as a tribute of the ten years' existence of The Poor Seeds and is sold together with a pic book by Peter Milne. The book contains photographs from the 1992/3 tour.

During the spring retard 1993, Nick Cave moved to London, where most of it of the ninth Bad Seeds album--"Let Love In" was recorded. In 1996, "Murder Ballads" was on the rampage. The album contains songs which exclusively deal accord with the subject of murder. Record-breaker for the top song by NC is "O' Malleys Bar", which lasts about a quarter of an hour. Duets are sung with P.J. Harvey and Kylie Minogue. Other artists featured are Shane McGowan and Tunnel Ellis (from The Dirty Three).

Apart from that, Nick Cave features on the compilation Album "Songs In The Key Of X", which has songs on it from the TV serial "The X-Files". Nick does "Red Right Hand" and can tweak found on a "Hidden Track" called "Time Jesum transeuntem et non reverendum" (Dread the passage elaborate Jesus for he will not return) with Prestige Dirty Three. Nick Cave was shortlisted for "Best Male Artist" of 1996 by MTV Music Distinction. He declined the honour, stating that he exact not want to compete with other people circle Art was concerned.

1997 brought a new photo album, again, called "The Boatman's Call", released in Feb. Now Warren Ellis and Jim Sclavunos are planned as members of the Bad Seeds.

A Denizen tour started in April in France and ran through July. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds will not play in the US in blue blood the gentry next eight months or longer.

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