The Cave File

Information on our musical friend...

The meager scraps of information that have been let out of the bag by Nick have found their way onto my greasy little keyboard and on to your probing little computer. The info available is arranged by my preference with little or no regard to actual order... general information, images, inspirations, song details and then everything else.


General Information

The FAQ

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The Frequently Asked Questions file. (Russian Translation available.)

The Discography

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An in-depth discography including official releases, promos, bootlegs, and more.

Lyrics and Chords

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The lyrics to many of Nicks songs with more to come.

Concert Song Lists

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A beautiful listing of the songs performed by NC&tBS at many different shows.

Nick-elodeon

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Nick's illustrious film career is small but here's the information on them all.

Nick Cave Videos

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Thanks again to Maurice, we have a a great listing of all the Cavey vids, plus most of the directors.

Cave Commerce

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Here's some tips as to where to track down some of Nick's harder-to-find works.

Contacts

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Addresses for Tender Prey, Mute and more. Also describes how to receive artist updates from Mute Records.

Bad Seed Birthdays

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Here are the dates for the Birthday Parties (and their astrological signs).

Related Bands

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Explore the bands that sits along side NC&BS in the music world. Lots of links, and new pages soon.

Art, Images and Sounds

Cover Art

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A gallery of artwork from many releases including the singles.

The Photo Album

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Pictures and photographs of Nick and the band. Currently only includes portraits of Nick and concert stage shots.

Book Covers

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Images from the covers of books by and about Nick and the Band

Sound Clips

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A growing collection of sound files in RealAudio format

Best Of Cover Artist

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Taken from The Witness, Nick talks about the cover art used for the Best Of release.

Who Has Influenced Nick

Original Seeds Album

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This compilation album collects original versions of songs that Nick has covered.

Peter Straub

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This author has provided inspiration for Nick in some of his recent albums.

Blind Lemon Jefferson

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On First Born Is Dead, Nick sings about this famous Blues pioneer.

Nick on
Leonard Cohen

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Nick points to the origins of LC's influence in his life.

James Ellroy
on Nick

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James Ellroy bad-mouths Nick in this rather scathing report from 1997.

Who Nick Has Influenced

Senator Bartlett
on Nick Cave

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This Aussie Senator mentioned Nick during his first speech in office.

Occupation: Millionaire

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Part of The Boatman's Call will end up on this new novel.

A Portrait
of Murder

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Could this Bay Area artist take a listen to Murder Ballads? Survey says: Yes!

Song and Album Details

Mack The Knife

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Kim gives us the low-down on Nick's inevitable cover of this song.

Caught Red Handed

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Excerpt from an interview where Nick discusses Red Right Hand, plus the original text from Paradise Lost.

O'Malley's Bar Extended

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Nick and the band performed on the Mark Radcliffe's show with this extended version of an already over-the-top track

St. Christina

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Nick's Christina The Astonishing is based on this description in Butler's Lives of the Saints.

The Brompton Oratory

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The song from The Boatman's Call describes an actual building. See the painting here.

X-Files

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Songs in The Key of X has more than just Nick's Red Right Hand on it.

Stagger Lee

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Details about long history of the track on Murder Ballads

Body Count

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Murder Ballads has a very bloody trail. See here to find out how bloody.

Shocking!

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Newspaper article on the "shocking" album, Murder Ballads.

Other Information

Miscellaneous

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Notes, pictures, stories and articles that range from all over.

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