Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds were formed in Melbourne, Australia. For the first 6 months of their existence they went by ‘Nick Cave and the Cavemen’, but that moniker was replaced after the dissolution of their previous project The Birthday Party (originally called ‘The Boys Next Door’) whose last EP was titled The Bad Seed. The original lineup featured Nick Cave on vocals, multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey (left the band in 2009), and guitarist Blixa Bargeld (left the band in 2003). Since then they’ve expanded their repertoire and now consist of virtuoso Warren Ellis, Martyn P. Casey on bass, Barry Adamson on keyboards, guitarist George Vjestica, and drummers Thomas Wydler and Jim Sclavunos.
Between 1983 and 1985, Record producer Flood worked on From Her To Eternity and The Firstborn Is Dead. During the creation of the latter the band was living in Germany, slightly vexing considering the complete infusion of gothic Southern Americana and blues.
1986-1988 saw two of their darkest works—Your Funeral My Trial and Tender Prey. Their first taste of fame coming from the ‘condemned man’ narrative in Tender Prey’s “The Mercy Seat”, an album Cave has described as “one long cry for help”.