Genres: Spoken Word, Alternative Pop/Rock, Post-Punk, Alternative/Indie Rock, Alternative Singer/Songwriter Active: 80's, 90's, 2000's, Born: September 22, 1957 in Wangaratta, Victoria, Australia
John Lee Hooker, Tom Waits, Howlin' Wolf, Bob Dylan, Scott Walker, Elvis Presley, Iggy Pop, Leonard Cohen, Jim Morrison, Joy Division, Patti Smith, Serge Gainsbourg, Lee Hazlewood, Sonny Boy Williamson, Suicide, Mark Stewart, The Sex Pistols, Lou Reed, The Doors PJ Harvey, Simon Bonney, These Immortal Souls, The The, Crime & the City Solution, Lydia Lunch, Peter Murphy, Epic Soundtracks, Jarvis Cocker, Shane MacGowan, Mark Eitzel, Migala, The Afghan Whigs, Nikki Sudden, Andy Prieboy, Jacobites, Mark Lanegan, Chris Connelly, Tenement Halls Red House Painters, American Music Club, Devastations, PJ Harvey, Harlan T. Bobo, Tulsa Drone, Jack Lukeman, Elefantes, Después de Nunca, Broder Daniel, Ghost Buffalo, Matt Johnson, Botanica, The Mighty Stef, Stuart Staples, Tenebrous Mitchell, Marlene Kuntz, Palodine, The Gilded Palace of Sin |  |
After goth pioneers the Birthday Party called it quits in 1983, singer/songwriter Nick Cave assembled the Bad Seeds, a post-punk supergroup featuring former Birthday Party guitarist Mick Harvey on drums, ex-Magazine bassist Barry Adamson, and Einstürzende Neubauten guitarist Blixa Bargeld. With the Bad Seeds, Cave continued to explore his obsessions with religion, death, love, America, and violence with a bizarre, sometimes self-consciously eclectic hybrid of blues, gospel, rock, and arty post-punk, although in a more subdued fashion than his work with the Birthday Party. Cave also allowed his literary aspirations to come to the forefront; the lyrics are narrative prose, heavy on literary allusions and myth-making, and take some inspiration from Leonard Cohen. Cave's gloomy lyrics, dark musical arrangements, and deep baritone voice recall the albums of Scott Walker, who also obsessed over death and love with a frightening passion.
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Release: October 13, 2009
Label: Chrome Dreams
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Release: 2009
Label: Text Publishing
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