Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

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Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds is a successful rock/post-punk band with international personnel. It was originally formed in 1984 by two former members of the Australian band The Birthday Party: Nick Cave (singer, songwriter) and multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey. They were joined by Einstürzende Neubauten member Blixa Bargeld (guitar), Hugo Race (guitar), and former Magazine member Barry Adamson (bass, piano). With this line-up, the band recorded and released their debut album, From Her To Eternity (1984).

During their initial Australian tour, Birthday Party bassist Tracy Pew also performed with the band.

1 Line-up
2 Discography
- 2.1 Studio albums
- 2.2 Live albums and compilations
3 See also
4 External links

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Line-up

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The core foursome

Nick Cave - vocals, piano (1984—)
Mick Harvey - guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, percussion (1984—)
Blixa Bargeld - guitar, vocals (1984–2003); original member who quit after almost 20 years^[1]
Thomas Wydler - drums, percussion (1985—)

Apart from the remaining core members of Harvey, Cave, and Wydler, the other band members consist of talented musicians, selected personally by Cave, who have made more or less impact on band's sound, and from session musicians, they have earned full-member status:

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Regulars on band's records

Martyn P. Casey - bass (1991—)
Conway Savage - piano, keyboards (1991—)
Warren Ellis - violin (1993—)
Jim Sclavunos - drums, percussion (1996—)
James Johnston - guitar, keyboards (2004—)

In addition to his performances with the Bad Seeds, Cave has, since the 90s, performed live 'solo' tours with Cave on piano, Ellis on violin and a fluctuating bass/drums line-up. The current trio are Bad Seeds' Martyn P. Casey, Jim Sclavunos and Warren Ellis (nicknamed the Mini-Seeds).

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Past members, guest and touring musicians

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Line-up chronology

May 1984–September 1984: Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Barry Adamson, and Hugo Race.
October 1984–March 1985: Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, and Barry Adamson.
June 1985–July 1986: Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Barry Adamson, and Thomas Wydler.
July 1986–September 1986: Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, and Thomas Wydler.
September 1986–September 1989: Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Kid Congo Powers, Roland Wolf, and Thomas Wydler.
October 1989–May 1990: Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Kid Congo Powers, and Thomas Wydler.
May 1992–April 1994: Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Conway Savage, Martyn P. Casey, Thomas Wydler.
February 1996–September 2001: Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Conway Savage, Warren Ellis, Martyn P. Casey, Thomas Wydler, Jim Sclavunos.
February 2003–March 2003: Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Warren Ellis, Martyn P. Casey, Thomas Wydler, Conway Savage, Jim Sclavunos.
April 2003—: Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Warren Ellis, Martyn P. Casey, Thomas Wydler, Conway Savage, Jim Sclavunos, James Johnston.

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Nationalities

Band leader Cave moved from Melbourne to London in 1980. Since forming The Bad Seeds in 1984 he has lived in Berlin, São Paulo, London, and Brighton (UK). The various international members of the band meet to record and tour. Nationalities of the current and ex-members are:

Australian: Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Hugo Race, Tracy Pew (deceased), Martyn P Casey, Conway Savage, and Warren Ellis
British: Barry Adamson and James Johnston
German: Blixa Bargeld and Roland Wolf
Swiss: Thomas Wydler
American: Kid Congo Powers and Jim Sclavunos

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