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Formed in 1984 by two former members of the band The Birthday Party: Nick Cave & Mick Harvey. They were joined by Blixa Bargeld, Hugo Race & Barry Adamson. Cave's former girlfriend Anita Lane was also a creative influence & occasional lyricist. This line-up recorded their debut album, From Her to Eternity, released in 1984.
The name of the new project indicated the shift in Cave's role from band member, as in The Birthday Party, to band leader, & coincided with his shift in songwriting style from expressionism to detailed lyrical narrative. The group has been through many changes, with Cave & Harvey the constants.
Cave separated from Lane in the mid-1980s & began a relationship with Elisabeth Recker. While in Berlin, he released four albums with the Bad Seeds: The Firstborn Is Dead; Kicking Against the Pricks; Your Funeral, My Trial; & Tender Prey. Your Funeral, My Trial was the first album to feature the drumming of Thomas Wydler, who is the longest serving member in the band beside Nick & Mick.
In 1996, Cave and the Bad Seeds released Murder Ballads. It includes "Henry Lee", a duet with PJ Harvey, & "Where the Wild Roses Grow", a duet with Kylie Minogue. The latter was a mainstream hit in the UK & Australia, winning three ARIA Awards including "Song of the Year".
Their next album, The Boatman's Call (1997), is marked by a radical shift away from archetypal & violent narratives to biographical and confessional songs. It was his first full album to be centered around his own piano playing.
Cave then took a short break to rehabilitate from his heroin & alcohol abuse, during which time he married. The band resurfaced with No More Shall We Part in 2001.
After the release of the 2003 album Nocturama, Bargeld announced he was leaving the Bad Seeds to devote more time to Einstürzende Neubauten, leaving Mick Harvey as the only original member still in the band, other than Cave himself. The next year Cave released his first double record - the acclaimed two-disc set Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus.
In 2005, Cave & the Seeds released B-Sides & Rarities, a three-disc, 56-track collection of B-sides, rarities & tracks that had appeared on film soundtracks.
Cave has recorded the bands 14th studio album between June & August 2007.
In October 2007 Cave was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame. During his acceptance speech he cheekily took it upon himself to also induct the Australian members of the Bad Seeds, plus the members of The Birthday Party.
