{"id":34110,"date":"2026-09-22T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/happy-birthday-nick-cave-2\/"},"modified":"2025-09-22T08:00:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-22T06:00:24","slug":"happy-birthday-nick-cave-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orkus1.com\/en\/happy-birthday-nick-cave-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday NICK CAVE!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Photo: Thomas Friedel Fuhrmann<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Nick Cave<\/strong> was born 68 years ago today in Warracknabeal, Australia. We wish Nick Cave<\/strong> a happy birthday!<\/p>\n\n

Did you already know these 10 facts?<\/p>\n\n

– Nick Cave<\/strong> studied art in Melbourne before becoming the lead singer of the post-punk band The<\/strong> Birthday Party<\/strong> at the end of the seventies.<\/p>\n\n

– In 1980, the band moved to London, where their dark music inspired gothic rock. About two years later, the band disbanded. <\/p>\n\n

– He left Australia in 1980 and has since lived not only in London, but also in Berlin, S\u00e3o Paulo and Brighton, among other places.<\/p>\n\n

– Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds<\/strong> was founded in 1983. However, the band was initially called Nick Cave and the Cavemen<\/strong> for six months. <\/p>\n\n

– “The Bad Seeds” was also the title of an EP by The Birthday Party<\/strong>, which gave the band its name.<\/p>\n\n

– In his private life, Nick Cave<\/strong> 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). <\/p>\n\n

– In 2022, he lost his first-born son, who died after his release from prison.<\/p>\n\n

– The best-selling album by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds<\/strong> is “Murder Ballads” (1996).<\/p>\n\n

– In the film “Der Himmel \u00fcber Berlin” (1987), he plays a concert in Berlin with The Bad Seeds<\/strong>. – After all, the band lived in West Berlin for some time. <\/p>\n\n

– Nick Cave<\/strong> has appeared in numerous other films, for example alongside band colleague Blixa Bargeld(Einst\u00fcrzende Neubauten<\/strong>) in “Dandy” (1988), “Ghosts … of the Civil Dead” (1989) and “Johnny Suede” (1991) with Brad Pitt<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n

Listen to Nick Cave<\/strong> in our “Alternative Classics for the Night” playlist on Spotify:<\/p>\n\n

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