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Cave in October 2012 Background information Birth name Nicholas Edward Cave Born ( 1957-09-22) 22 September 1957 (age 61),, Genres,,,, Occupation(s) Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, writer, actor, composer Instruments,,,,,,, Years active 1973–present Labels,, Associated acts,,,,,,,,, Website Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional actor, best known for fronting the rock band. Cave's music is generally characterised by emotional intensity, a wide variety of influences, and lyrical obsessions with death, religion, love and violence. Born and raised in rural, Cave studied art before fronting, one of 's leading bands, in the late 1970s. They relocated to in 1980, but, disillusioned by life there, evolved towards a darker, more challenging sound, and acquired a reputation as 'the most violent live band in the world'.

The Birthday Party is regarded as a major influence on, and Cave, with his shock of black hair and pale, emaciated look, became an unwilling for the genre. Soon after the band's break-up in 1983, Cave formed. Much of the band's early material was set in a mythic American, drawing on and, while Cave's preoccupation with notions of good versus evil culminated in what has been called his, ' (1988).

The 1990s saw Cave achieve greater commercial success with quieter, piano-driven ballads, notably the duet ' (1996), and ' (1997). More recent releases, including the band's 16th and latest LP, (2016), feature increasingly abstract lyrics from Cave, as well as elements of and., Cave's side project, has released two albums since 2006.

Cave co-wrote, scored and starred in the 1988 Australian prison film (1988), directed. He also wrote the screenplay for Hillcoat's film (2005), and composed the soundtrack with frequent collaborator.

The pair's film score credits include (2007), (2009), (2012), and (2016). Cave is the subject of several films, including the semi-fictional 'day in the life' (2014), and the documentary (2016). Cave has also released two novels: (1989) and (2009). Cave's songs have been by a wide range of artists, including ('The Mercy Seat'), (') and ('). He was inducted into the in 2007, and named an in 2017. Main article: In 1973, Cave met (guitar), (drums), John Cochivera (guitar), Brett Purcell (bass), and Chris Coyne (saxophone); fellow students at Caulfield Grammar.

They founded a band with Cave as singer. Their repertoire consisted of proto-punk of songs by,,, and, among others. Later, the line-up slimmed down to four members including Cave's friend on bass. In 1977, after leaving school, they adopted the name The Boys Next Door and began playing predominantly original material. Guitarist and songwriter joined the band in 1978.

They were a leader of Melbourne's post-punk scene in the late 1970s, playing hundreds of live shows in Australia before changing their name to the Birthday Party in 1980 and moving to London, then. Cave's Australian girlfriend and muse accompanied them to London. The band were notorious for their provocative live performances which featured Cave shrieking, bellowing and throwing himself about the stage, backed up by harsh pounding rock music laced with guitar. Cave utilised imagery with lyrics about sin, debauchery and damnation. Cave's droll sense of humour and penchant for parody is evident in many of the band's songs, including 'Nick the Stripper' and '. ', one of the band's most famous songs, was intended as an over-the-top ' on, and a 'direct attack' on the 'stock gothic associations that less informed critics were wont to make'.

Ironically, it became highly influential on the genre, giving rise to a new generation of bands. After establishing a cult following in Europe and Australia, the Birthday Party disbanded in 1983. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (1984–present) [ ].

Main article: The band with Cave as their leader and frontman has released sixteen studio albums. Calls the group one of rock's 'most enduring, redoubtable' bands, with an accomplished discography. Though their sound tends to change considerably from one album to another, the one constant of the band is an unpolished blending of disparate genres, and song structures which provide a vehicle for Cave's virtuosic, frequently histrionic theatrics. Critics Stephen Thomas Erlewine and Steve Huey wrote: '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.' Hamburg/Germany July 2001 Reviewing 2008's album, used the phrase ' psycho-sexual apocalypse' to describe the 'menace' present in the lyrics of the title track. Their most recent work,, was released in September 2016. In mid-August 2013, Cave was a 'First Longlist' finalist for the 9th Coopers AMP, alongside artists such as.