Happy Birthday NICK CAVE!

Nick Cave was born 68 years ago today in Warracknabeal, Australia. We wish Nick Cave a happy birthday!

Did you already know these 10 facts?

– Nick Cave studied art in Melbourne before becoming the lead singer of the post-punk band The Birthday Party at the end of the seventies.

– In 1980, the band moved to London, where their dark music inspired gothic rock. About two years later, the band disbanded.

– He left Australia in 1980 and has since lived not only in London, but also in Berlin, São Paulo and Brighton, among other places.

– Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds was founded in 1983. However, the band was initially called Nick Cave and the Cavemen for six months.

– “The Bad Seeds” was also the title of an EP by The Birthday Party, which gave the band its name.

– In his private life, Nick Cave has had to suffer heavy blows of fate: In July 2015, his 15-year-old son fell off a cliff under the influence of drugs and died. Cave dealt with this in the album “Skeleton Tree” (2017) and “Ghosteen” (2019).

– In 2022, he lost his first-born son, who died after his release from prison.

– The best-selling album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds is “Murder Ballads” (1996).

– In the film “Der Himmel über Berlin” (1987), he plays a concert in Berlin with The Bad Seeds. – After all, the band lived in West Berlin for some time.

– Nick Cave has appeared in numerous other films, for example alongside band colleague Blixa Bargeld(Einstürzende Neubauten) in “Dandy” (1988), “Ghosts … of the Civil Dead” (1989) and “Johnny Suede” (1991) with Brad Pitt.

Listen to Nick Cave in our “Alternative Classics for the Night” playlist on Spotify: