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| Name = Nick Cave
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| Img_capt = Nick Cave at a solo concert in [[Mainz]], [[Germany]] on [[11 November]] [[2006]]
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| Background = solo_singer
| Birth_name = Nicholas Edward Cave
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| Born = {{birth date and age|1957|9|22|df=y}}
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| Origin = [[Warracknabeal]], [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]
| Instrument = [[Guitar]], [[piano]], [[Organ (music)|organ]], [[singer|vocals]]
| Genre = [[Hard rock]], <br/>[[Post-punk]],<br>[[Alternative rock]]
| Occupation = [[Singer-songwriter]],<br> [[Multi-instrumentalist]],<br> [[Writer]]
| Years_active = 1973–present
| Label = [[Mute Records]]
| Associated_acts = [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]],<br> [[Grinderman]],<br> [[The Birthday Party (band)|The Birthday Party]],<br> [[The Birthday Party (band)|The Boys Next Door]]
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| Notable_instruments = [[Fender Stratocaster]]
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'''Nicholas Edward Cave''' (born [[22 September]] [[1957]]) is an [[Australia]]n [[musician]], songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional actor. He is best known for his work in the [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]], and his fascination with [[United States|American]] music and its roots. His music is characterised by intensity, high energy and a wide variety of influences. He currently lives in [[Brighton & Hove]] in [[England]].
==Youth and education==
Cave was born in the small town of [[Warracknabeal]] in the state of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]], to Dawn and Colin Cave. He has two brothers: Tim (b. 1952) and Peter (b. 1954), and a sister, Julie (b. 1959).
As a child, Cave lived in Warracknabeal and then [[Wangaratta]] in rural [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]], [[Australia]]. His father Colin was an [[English Studies|English]] teacher and administrator, with a love of literature, and his mother was a librarian. Raised as an [[Anglican]], Cave sang in the [[boys choir]] at Wangaratta Cathedral. However, he was often in trouble with the local school authorities, so his parents sent him to [[boarding school]] at [[Melbourne]]'s [[Caulfield Grammar School]] in 1970. Cave joined the school choir under choirmaster [[Norman Kaye]], and also benefited from having a piano in his home. The following year he became a "day boy" when his family moved to [[Caulfield]], a [[suburb]] of Melbourne. Cave was 19 when his father was killed in a car accident.
After his secondary schooling, Cave studied painting (Fine Art) at the Caulfield Institute of Technology (now [[Monash University]], Caulfield Campus) in 1976, but dropped out in 1977 to pursue music. He also began using [[heroin]] around this time. He would later receive an honorary Doctor of Laws from this university.
==Personal life==
Cave dated [[Anita Lane]] from the late '70s to mid '80s. She had an undeniably strong influence upon Cave and his work, often cited as his "[[muse]]." Despite this, Cave and Lane recorded together on only a few occasions. Their most notable collaborations include Lane's 'cameo' verse on Cave's [[Bob Dylan]] [[cover version|cover]] "Death Is Not The End" from the album ''[[Murder Ballads]]'', and a cover of the Serge Gainsbourg/Jane Birkin song "Je t`aime/ I love you nor do I". Lane co-wrote the lyrics to the title track for Cave's 1984 LP, ''[[From Her to Eternity]]'', as well as the lyrics of the song "Stranger Than Kindness" from ''[[Your Funeral, My Trial]]''. Cave, [[Lydia Lunch]] and Lane wrote a Comic book together, entitled A-FIX-E-8, in the style of the old "Pussy Galore"/Russ Meyer movies.
Lane and Cave were a couple until they separated due mostly to her wanting to have children being at odds with his addiction to drugs and functional inability to marry and have a family at the time. He was given a choice by the Government to go to jail or try an anti-drug therapy. He attempted to overcome his drug addiction and was successful. He later said that he was glad about it, for he had brought many friends to heroin abuse and he needed one week to write a song. It is well-known that he took drugs later on, such as LSD and Speed. In an interview for the German Rolling Stone music magazine, he took a break during the interview to conspicuously drop LSD.
After he broke up with Anita, he spent some time with a journalist from Berlin named Elizabeth Recker completing a tour of Australia with her in an R.V., although they were never considered a couple.
After completing his debut novel ''[[And the Ass Saw the Angel]]'', Cave left West Berlin shortly before the fall of the [[Berlin Wall]] and moved to [[São Paulo (city)|São Paulo]], [[Brazil]], where he met Brazilian journalist Viviane Carneiro. The two have a son, Luke (b. 1991), but never married. Cave has another son born in 1991, Jethro (named after one of his favourite bands [[Jethro Tull (band)|Jethro Tull]]), who lives with his mother (Beau Lazenby) in Australia. In 1993, Cave moved back to London, where he and Viviane separated, but his son Luke does live with him some days of the week and some with his mother. Cave calls himself more a father to Luke, than to Jethro.
He also briefly dated [[P. J. Harvey]] during the mid '90s, the love affair and their break inspired him to write the album ''[[The Boatman's Call]]''. Cave then met his current partner, British [[model (person)|model]] [[Susie Bick]]. They married in 1999, and have twins, Arthur and Earl.<ref>[http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,11710,885692,00.html Feelings are a Bourgeois luxury... | | guardian.co.uk Arts<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref><ref>[http://www.nick-cave.com/_interviews.php?subaction=showfull&id=1051743552&archive=&cnshow=headlines&start_from= Nick Cave Online<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
Cave and Bick lived for some time on a houseboat near Hove. He now lives with his family in Brighton.
Cave performed "Into My Arms" at the televised funeral of [[Michael Hutchence]], but refused to play in front of the cameras. He was named [[godparent|godfather]] of Hutchence's only child, Heavenly Hiraani Tiger Lily, after the original choice, [[Bono]], refused out of respect for his friend [[Bob Geldof]], who had previously been married to the child's mother, [[Paula Yates]].
==Music career==
===Early years and The Birthday Party (1973-1984)===
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In 1973, Cave met [[Mick Harvey]] (guitar), [[Tracy Pew]] (bass) and [[Phill Calvert]] (drums); fellow students at Caulfield Grammar. They founded a band with Cave as singer. Their repertoire consisted of proto-punk [[cover versions]] of songs by [[Lou Reed]], [[David Bowie]], [[Alice Cooper]], [[Roxy Music]] and [[Alex Harvey]], among others. In 1977, after leaving school, they adopted the name The Boys Next Door and began playing predominantly original material. Guitarist and songwriter [[Rowland S. Howard]] joined the band in 1978.
From 1977 until their dissolution in 1984 (by which time they were known as The Birthday Party) the band explored various styles. They were a part of [[little band scene|Melbourne's post-punk music scene]] in the late 1970s, playing hundreds of live shows in Australia before changing their name to [[the Birthday Party (band)|the Birthday Party]] in 1980 and moving to [[London]], then [[West Berlin]]. Cave's Australian girlfriend and muse [[Anita Lane]] 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 [[Audio feedback|feedback]].
After establishing a cult following in Europe and Australia, The Birthday Party disbanded in 1984. Howard and Cave found it difficult to continue working together and both were rather worn down from alcohol and drug use.
===Later career with The Bad Seeds (1984-present)===
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The band with Cave as their leader and frontman has released fourteen studio albums. Their most recent album, ''[[Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!]]'' was released on [[April 8]], [[2008]].
Critics Stephen Thomas Erlewine and Steve Huey write, "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".<ref>[http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:8s620r2ac48c~T1 allmusic ((( Nick Cave > Biography )))]</ref>
===Solo work and Grinderman===
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In addition to his performances with [[Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds]], Cave has, since the '90s, performed live 'solo' tours with himself on piano/vocals, [[Warren Ellis (musician)|Warren Ellis]] on violin/accordion and various others on bass and drums. The current trio are Bad Seeds' [[Martyn P. Casey]], [[Jim Sclavunos]] and Ellis (nicknamed the ''Mini-Seeds''). In 2006, this line-up, now including Cave on electric guitar, continued his 'solo' tours performing Bad Seeds material.
In the same year three other Bad Seeds, [[Mick Harvey]], [[Thomas Wydler]] and [[James Johnston (English musician)|James Johnston]], undertook Harvey's first 'solo' tours of Europe and Australia performing material from his own albums. Melbourne [[double bassist]] Rosie Westbrook completed the quartet.
An album of new material by Cave's 'solo' quartet, now named [[Grinderman]], was released in March 2007.
Nick Cave 'solo' and Grinderman both played at the [[All Tomorrow's Parties (music festival)|All Tomorrow's Parties]] music festival in April 2007. This was Grinderman's first public performance. [[Bobby Gillespie]] from Primal Scream accompanied Grinderman on backing vocals and percussion.
===Soundtrack involvement===
Two of Cave's songs were featured in Wim Wender's 1989 film "[[Wings of Desire]]" (aka "[[Der himmel über Berlin]]"). Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds make a cameo appearance in this film.
Two of Cave's songs were included in Wender's 1993 sequel "[[Far Away, So Close!]]" (aka "[[In weiter Ferne, so nah!]]", including the title track.
The soundtrack for the Wim Wender's 1991 film ''[[Until the End of the World]]'' features a title track "(I'll Love You) Till the End of the World" performed by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
The song "There is a Light" appears on the 1995 soundtrack for "[[Batman Forever]]."
Cave's song "[[Red Right Hand]]" has appeared in a number of films and TV shows including: ''[[The X-Files]]; [[Dumb & Dumber]]; [[Scream (movie)|Scream]]'', its sequels ''[[Scream 2]]'' and ''[[Scream 3|3]]''; and ''[[Hellboy]]'' (performed by [[Pete Yorn]]). In ''[[Scream 3]]'', the song was given a reworking with Cave writing new lyrics and adding an orchestra to the arrangement of the track. This version appears on The Bad Seeds B-Sides and Rarities album.
Cave wrote a song for the soundtrack of the French documentary film "[[Le Peuple Migrateur]]", ''"To Be By Your Side"''.
The song "People Ain't No Good" was featured in the animated movie ''[[Shrek 2]]'', as well as in one of the episodes of the television series ''[[The L Word]]''.
Cave composed the soundtrack for the 2005 film "[[The Proposition]]" with fellow Australian and Bad Seed [[Warren Ellis]]. Cave also wrote the script for this film.
===Work with other artists===
Nick Cave has also played with [[Shane MacGowan]], in a [[cover version]] of [[Bob Dylan]]'s "Death is Not the End", and [[Louis Armstrong]]'s "[[What a Wonderful World]]". Cave has also performed "What a Wonderful World" live with [[The Flaming Lips]]. Cave recorded a [[cover version]] of the Pogues song "[[Rainy Night in Soho]]", written by MacGowan.
MacGowan also sings a version of "Lucy", released on ''B-Sides and Rarities''. On May 3rd 2008, during the [[Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!]] tour [[Shane MacGowan]] joined [[Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds]] on stage to perform "Lucy" at Dublin Castle in Ireland. [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]]'s single "[[Bad Cover Version]]" includes on its B-side a cover version by Cave of that band's song "Disco 2000".
In 2000, one of Cave's heroes, [[Johnny Cash]], covered Cave's "[[The Mercy Seat (Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds song)|The Mercy Seat]]" on the album ''American III: Solitary Man'', seemingly repaying Cave for the compliment he paid by covering Cash's "The Singer" (originally "The Folk Singer") on his ''Kicking Against the Pricks'' album. Cave was then invited to be one of many rock and [[country music|country]] artists to contribute to the liner notes of the retrospective ''[[The Essential Johnny Cash]]'' CD, released to coincide with Cash's 70th birthday. Subsequently, Cave cut a duet with Cash on a version of [[Hank Williams]]' "[[I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry]]" for Cash's ''[[American IV: The Man Comes Around]]'' album (2002). A similar duet, the American folk song "Cindy", was released posthumously on the "Johnny Cash: Unearthed" boxset. Cave's song "Let the Bells Ring" is a posthumous tribute to Cash. Cave has also covered the song ''Wanted Man'' which is best known by [[Johnny Cash]] but is in fact a [[Bob Dylan]] composition.
In 2004, Cave gave a hand to [[Marianne Faithfull]] on the album ''Before The Poison''. He co-wrote and produced three songs ("Crazy Love", "There Is a Ghost" and "Desperanto"), and the Bad Seeds are featured on all of them.
Cave collaborated with the band [[Current 93]] on their album ''[[All the Pretty Little Horses]]'', where he sings the title track, a children's sleep song.
For his 1996 album "[[Murder Ballads]]", Cave recorded "[[Where The Wild Roses Grow]]" with [[Kylie Minogue]], and "Henry Lee" with [[P.J. Harvey]].
In the 1980s he sang some tracks for the instrumentally based band "Die Haut" from Germany, like "Pleasure is the boss". The drummer of the Bad Seeds, Thomas Wydler, is a member of the group "Die Haut".
Cave as well took part in the "X-Files" compilation CD with some other artists, where he reads parts from the Bible combined with own texts, like "Time Jesum...", he outed himself as a fan of the series some years ago, but since he does not watch much TV, it was one of the only things he watched.
==Literary career==
Cave released his first book ''King Ink'', in 1988. It is a collection of lyrics and plays, including collaborations with American ''[[enfant terrible]]'' [[Lydia Lunch]].
While he was based in [[West Berlin]], Cave started working on what was to become his debut novel, ''[[And the Ass Saw the Angel]]'' ([[1989 in literature|1989]]). Significant crossover is evident between the [[Theme (literature)|theme]]s in the book and the lyrics Cave wrote in the late stages of the Birthday Party and the early stage of his solo career. "Swampland", from ''Mutiny'', in particular, uses the same linguistic stylings ('mah' for 'my', for instance) and some of the same themes (the narrator being haunted by the memory of a girl called Lucy, being hunted like an animal, approaching death and execution).
On [[21 January]] [[2008]] a special edition of Cave's novel ''And the Ass Saw the Angel'' was released.<ref>[http://www.side-line.com/news_comments.php?id=28460_0_2_1_C Nick Cave sees debut novel 'And The Ass Saw the Angel' re-released as collectors edition]</ref>
Cave wrote the foreword to a [[Canongate Books|Canongate]] publication of the ''[[Gospel according to Mark]]'', published in the UK in 1998<ref>[http://www.canongate.net/Mark/Paperback Paperback - Mark - Canongate Home<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>. The American publication of the same book contains a foreword by a different author.
Cave and Ellis composed scores for a production by the Icelandic theatre company Vesturport of ''[[Woyzeck]]'' by [[Georg Büchner]], performed at the Barbican Theatre in the [[Barbican Arts Centre]] in London in 2005, and a stage adaptation of [[Franz Kafka]]'s ''[[The Metamorphosis]]'' at the Lyric Hammersmith in London in 2006.
==Film career==
Cave's music is featured in several of [[Wim Wenders]]' movies, including ''[[Wings of Desire]]'' (in which Cave also appears, in a live performance), ''[[Until the End of the World]]'', ''[[Faraway, So Close!]]'' and ''[[Soul of a Man]]''. Other songs of his appeared in a variety of [[indie film|independent]] and mainstream films including ''[[Shrek]]'', ''[[Shrek 2]]'', the ''[[Scream (film)|Scream]]'' trilogy, and others.
Cave has made occasional appearances as an actor, most prominently in ''[[Ghosts ... of the Civil Dead]]'' (1989) written and directed by [[John Hillcoat]], and in the 1991 film ''[[Johnny Suede]]'', with [[Brad Pitt]].
Displaying a continued interest in film, Cave wrote the [[screenplay]] for ''[[The Proposition]]'', a colonial film set in the Australian [[Outback]]. Directed by John Hillcoat and filmed in [[Queensland]] in 2004, it premiered in October 2005 and has since been released worldwide to critical acclaim. The generally [[ambient music|ambient]] soundtrack was recorded by Cave and band member [[Warren Ellis (musician)|Warren Ellis]].
At the request of friend [[Russell Crowe]], Cave wrote a script for a proposed sequel to ''[[Gladiator (film)|Gladiator]]'', which was rejected by the studio.<ref>Dawtrey, Adam: [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117945764.html?categoryid=2185&cs=1 10 Screenwriters to Watch: Nick Cave], ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', [[June 22]], [[2006]].</ref>
Cave and Hillcoat have plans to make a comedy film set in Britain. Its working title is ''Death of a Ladies Man'', and is based around the bawdy exploits of a travelling salesman.
Cave appeared in the 2005 homage to [[Leonard Cohen]], ''[[Leonard Cohen: I'm Your Man]]''. Cave performed "I'm Your Man" solo and "Suzanne" with [[Julie Christensen]] and [[Perla Batalla]]. Mr. Cave appears in the 2007 film adaptation of Ron Hansen's novel ''[[The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford]]'' starring Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck, he sings a song about "Jesse James" in the end of the movie. Cave and Warren Ellis are credited for the film's soundtrack.
Cave has also lent his voice in narrating a short animated film in current production called [http://catpianofilm.blogspot.com/ The Cat Piano] which is written and directed by [[Eddie White (Director)|Eddie White]] of [[The People’s Republic Of Animation]] with music by [[Benjamin Speed]].
The Bad Seeds took part in an advertisement spot for BMW some years ago, which was not shown officially, but only on BMW member gatherings.
"The Road to God knows where" was recently re-published on DVD and shows the "Bad Seeds" on tour.
==Discography==
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===Soundtracks/scores===
*''[[Ghosts... of the Civil Dead]]'', soundtrack (1988) – composed with [[Mick Harvey]] & [[Blixa Bargeld]]
*''[[To Have and to Hold]]'', soundtrack (1996) – composed with Harvey & Bargeld
*''[[The Proposition (soundtrack)|The Proposition]]'', soundtrack (2005) – composed with [[Warren Ellis (musician)|Warren Ellis]]
*''[[The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (soundtrack)|The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford]]'', soundtrack (2007) – composed with Ellis
*''[[And the Ass Saw the Angel]]'', soundtrack and readings of the novel – by Cave and Harvey
*''[[The Road (film)|The Road]]'', soundtrack (2008) – composed with Ellis<ref>[http://www.rowthree.com/2008/03/20/nick-cave-and-warren-ellis-to-score-the-road/ Row Three » Nick Cave and Warren Ellis to Score The Road – Where Cinema is more than just $100 Million productions<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
===Contributions/appearances===
*[[Die Haut]] and Nick Cave: ''[[Burnin' the Ice]]'' (1982), features Nick Cave's vocals on 4 songs.
*''September Songs: The Music of [[Kurt Weill]]'' produced by [[Hal Willner]]. Cave contributes a cover of "[[Mack the Knife]]".
*''[[Nick Cave i Przyjaciele]]'' (''Nick Cave and Friends'') (2001). A [[tribute album]] by Polish musicians. Cave appears on tracks 1 & 10.
*''[[I Am Sam (soundtrack)|I Am Sam]]'' (2002). Cave contributes a cover of [[The Beatles]]' "[[Let It Be (song)|Let It Be]]", which was later issued as a single with a cover of "[[Here Comes the Sun]]" as the B-side.
* 'Kiss of Love' (duet with [[Sam Brown (singer)|Sam Brown]]) from [[Jools Holland]]'s 2003 album ''Small World Big Band Friends 3 - Jack O The Green''.
*''[[Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys]]'' (2006). Cave contributes the tracks "Fire Down Below" & "Pinery Boy".
*"[[Bad Cover Version]]" single by [[Pulp (band)|Pulp]]. Cave contributes a cover of Pulp's song "[[Disco 2000 (song)|Disco 2000]]".
*"[[Helpless]]" single by [[Neil Young]]. He did this in 1989 for the Neil Young tribute album ''The Bridge''.
*"[[American IV: The Man Comes Around]]" (2003) Duet with [[Johnny Cash]] on "[[I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry]]".
*[[Batman Forever]] soundtrack - contributes the track "There is a Light"
*[[Ute Lemper]]'s ''Punishing Kiss''. Cave co-wrote (with [[Bruno Pisek]]) "Little Water Song."
*"''To be by your side''" - from the OST for French documentary film [[Le Peuple Migrateur]] (2001).
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds appear on the Martin Scorcese series "The Blues"
===Other===
*''[[The Secret Life of the Love Song]]'' - a spoken word lecture by Cave
==Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds==
:''See [[Nick_Cave_and_The_Bad_Seeds_discography|Discography]] for more details''
==Books by Nick Cave==
* ''King Ink'' - Nick Cave (1988) ISBN 1-880985-08-X
* ''[[And the Ass Saw the Angel]]'' - Nick Cave (1989) ISBN 1-880985-72-1
* ''King Ink II'' - Nick Cave (1997) ISBN 2-84261-053-9
* ''The Pocket Canons Bible Series: Authorised King James Version: The Gospel According to Mark: Introduction'' - Nick Cave (1998) ISBN 0-86241-796-1
* ''Complete Lyrics'' - Nick Cave (2001) ISBN 0-14-100515-7
==Awards and honours==
* 2008 [[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo Magazine]]: '''Best Album of 2008''' (''Dig, Lazarus Dig!!!'')
* 2008 Awarded an [[Honorary degree]] as [[Doctor of Laws]], by [[Monash University]].<ref>{{cite news | last=Smith | first=Bridie | title=Dr Cave is a law unto himself | date=[[March 29]], [[2008]] | publisher=The Age | url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/dr-cave-is-a-law-unto-himself/2008/03/28/1206207412959.html}}</ref>
* 2007 [[ARIA Awards]] '''ARIA Hall of Fame''' inductee
* 2006 [[Venice Film Festival]]: '''Gucci Award''' (for the script to ''The Proposition'')
* 2005 [[Q magazine]]: '''Q Classic Songwriter Award'''
* 2005 [[AFI Awards]]: '''Best Original Music Score''' with [[Warren Ellis]] (''The Proposition'')
* 2005 [[Inside Film Awards]]: '''Best Music''' (''The Proposition'')
* 2005 [[Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards 2005|Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards]]: '''Best Musical Score''' (''The Proposition'')
* 2004 [[Mojo (magazine)|Mojo Magazine]]: '''Best Album of 2004''' (''Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus'')
* 2001 [[ARIA Awards]]: '''Best Male Artist''' (''No more shall we part'')
* 2001 [[Australasian Performing Right Association|APRA]] Music Awards: ''The Ship Song'' voted in the '''Top 30 Best Australian Songs''' of the previous 75 years
* 1997 [[Australasian Performing Right Association|APRA]] Music Awards: '''Songwriter of the year'''
* 1997 [[ARIA Awards]]: '''Best Original Soundtrack''' (''To have and to hold'')
* 1996 [[ARIA Awards]]: '''Song of the Year''' & '''Single of the Year''' & '''Best Pop Release''' ("[[Where the Wild Roses Grow]]")
* 1996 [[MTV Europe Music Awards]]: Nick Cave formally requested that his nomination for "Best Male Artist" be withdrawn as he was not comfortable with the "competitive nature" of such awards.
* 1990 [[Time Out]] Magazine: '''Book Of The Year''' (''And The Ass Saw The Angel'')
==See also==
*[[Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds]]
*[[The Birthday Party (band)]]
*[[Grinderman]]
*[[Blixa Bargeld]]
*[[Mick Harvey]]
*[[Anita Lane]]
*[[PJ Harvey]]
*[[Warren Ellis (musician)|Warren Ellis]]
*[[Jim Sclavunos]]
*[[James Johnston]]
*[[Hugo Race]]
==Further reading==
* ''Bad Seed: A Biography of Nick Cave'', Ian Johnston (1997) ISBN 0316908339
* ''The Life and Music of Nick Cave: An Illustrated Biography'', Maximilian Dax & Johannes Beck (1999) ISBN 3-931126-27-7
* Liner notes to the CDs ''[[Original Seeds]]: Songs that inspired Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds'', Kim Beissel (1998 & 2004), Rubber Records
* ''Kicking Against the Pricks: An Armchair Guide to Nick Cave'', Amy Hanson (2005), ISBN 1-900924-96-X
* ''Nick Cave Stories'', Janine Barrand (2007)
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.nickcaveandthebadseeds.com/ Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds official website]
*[http://www.nick-cave.com/ nick-cave.com unofficial website]
*{{imdb name|id=0147022|name=Nick Cave}}
*{{last.fm|Nick Cave}}
*{{imdb title|id=0421238|title=The Proposition}}
*[http://dir.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Music/Artists/By_Genre/Rock_and_Pop/Cave__Nick/ Nick Cave in the Yahoo! Directory]
*[http://www.NickCaveCollectorsHell.com Nick Cave fan site]
*[http://www.musicomh.com/interviews/nick-cave_0308.htm 2008 Nick Cave interview at musicOMH.com]
*[http://www.monash.edu.au/news/mar08-cave.html Nick Cave receives honorary Monash degree]
*[http://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Article.aspx?id=3552 Nick Cave interview and article] by Tony DuShane for Crawdaddy
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