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Nick Cave

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September 22, 1957 in Warracknabeal, Victoria, Australia

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Nicholas Edward Cave is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional actor. He is best known for his work in the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and his fascination with American music and its roots. He has a reputation, which he disowns, for singing dark, brooding songs which some listeners regard as depressing. His music is characterised by intensity, high energy and a wide variety of influences. He currently lives in Brighton & Hove in England.

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 A...more


Average rating: 3.68 · 5,772 ratings · 649 reviews · 21 distinct works
And the Ass Saw the Angel
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 2,295 ratings — published 1989 — 33 editions
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The Death Of Bunny Munro
3.35 of 5 stars 3.35 avg rating — 2,694 ratings — published 2009 — 39 editions
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King Ink
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King Ink II
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 157 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions
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The Secret Life Of The Love...
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Complete Lyrics
4.52 of 5 stars 4.52 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions
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Anthology
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Salomé
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Gladiator 2
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The Devil's Playground
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“Music is storming, driving, relentless, devotional, slinky, subtle, heartbreakingly-beautiful sounds that, lyrically, switch from the cynical to the sanguine, the defeated to the defiant, dealing in love, war, beauty, children, romance, rejection, Pethedine, poetry, panties, God, Auden, Johnny Cash, cold potatoes, too-much-money, not enough money, writer’s block, flowers, animals and more flowers. But maybe I’m projecting here.”
Nick Cave

“But if you're gonna dine with them cannibals
Sooner or later, darling, you're gonna get eaten . . .”
Nick Cave

“Inspiration is a word used by people who aren't really doing anything.”
Nick Cave

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