Nick Cave
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Nicholas Edward Cave est un auteur-compositeur, chanteur, pianiste, compositeur et acteur australien, surtout connu comme membre du groupe Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. He was born in Warracknabeal – a small town in Australian state of Victoria (22 September 1957). His music career started in 1973 (sixteen years old), when he met Mick Harvey (guitar), Phill Calvert (drums), John Cochivera (guitar), Brett Purcell (bass guitar) and Chris Coyne (saxophone). At first, they were playing covers of many artists such like Lou Reed, David Bowie, Alice Cooper, Roxy Music or Alex Harvey. In 1977 they started a post-punk band called The Boys Next Door. Year later Rowland S. Howard had joined them, before they changed their name to The Birthday Party in 1980. In the late 70s, The Boys Next Door were playing many concerts in Australia and they were a leader of Melbourn’s post-punk scene. Then, when they changed the band name, they started to play in London and West Berlin. During the shows, Cave was jumping, screaming and rolling on the stage. Their lyrics, such like “Nick The Stripper” or “King Ink” were parodies of an Old Testament, ones of these songs, where Cave used his f La même année, Nick Cave et le multi-instrumentiste Mick Harvey créent un groupe avec le guitariste principal Blixa Bargeld, le bassiste Barry Adamson et Jim G. Thirlwell. Ils l'appellent comme l'un des EP de The Birthday Party - The Bad Seeds. Les membres changent au fil des ans, tout comme la musique de Cave. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds a sorti dix-sept albums studio avec Nick Cave comme leader et leader. Les thèmes et les styles musicaux diffèrent d'un album à l'autre, mais les principaux sujets abordés dans les paroles de Cave sont la religion, la mort, l'amour et la violence. Les critiques Stephen Thomas Erlewine et Steve Huey : Avec les Bad Seeds, Cave a continué à explorer ses obsessions pour la religion, la mort, l'amour, l'Amérique et la violence avec un hybride bizarre, parfois consciemment éclectique, de blues, de gospel, de rock et de post-punk arty.

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