Nick Cave

Nick Cave  (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician, singer-songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer, and occasional film actor, best known as the frontman of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.  Referred to as rock music’s “Prince of Darkness”, Cave’s music is generally characterised by emotional intensity, a wide variety of influences, and lyrical obsessions with death, religion, love and violence.  NME called him “the grand lord of gothic lushness”.  After the break up of the Birthday Party, Cave formed Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in 1983, releasing its debut album the following year.  Cave formed the garage rock group Grinderman in 2006, which has since released two albums.  Cave’s songs have been covered by a wide range of artists, including Johnny Cash, Metallica and Arctic Monkeys.  (More from Wikipedia)

 

At the beginning of the “Bio” section of his website is a quote from Trouser Press that says of Phil Gammage’s music:  “. . . underwrought darkside Americana echoing Nick Cave’s fascinations minus the melodrama.  Which might well make Gammage this generation’s Hank Williams.” 

(March 2015)