Also in 2009, Cave published his second novel The Death of Bunny Munro
Cave and the band curated Australia’s first edition of the All Tomorrow’s Parties music festival that was held in various Australian locations during January 2009.
and Mute Records commenced work on a series of remastered versions of the Bad Seeds’ back catalogue (some of the remastered albums included documentary footage from Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard ).
Cave revealed his mindset during the creation of the album in a 2008 interview: “When I was making half that record I was furious because certain things had happened in my love life that seriously pissed me off. And some of those songs came straight out of that. I don’t…
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The album’s corresponding tour was later documented on the 2008 live album Live at the Royal Albert Hall .
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds released their 14th studio album Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! in 2008 and received a high level of critical acclaim. Inspired by the biblical story of Lazarus of Bethany , the album continued the punk and garage rock-inspired arrangements that were explored on the debut Grinderman…
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In October 2007 Cave was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame and, in his acceptance speech, also inducted the members of The Bad Seeds and The Birthday Party, after explaining, “I cannot really accept this until we get a few things straight. What I can’t figure out is why…
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The Abattoir Blues Tour , a two-CD, two-DVD box set with performances from the album’s promotional tour, was then released in 2007 in Europe and the US. The tour included guest backing vocalists Ase Bergstrom, Geo Onaymake, Eleanor Palmer and Wendi Rose.
The band, featuring Cave playing guitar for the first time, played garage rock -influenced music that still retained much of The Bad Seeds’ aura and released a self-titled debut album in 2007.
After operating for several years as a touring backing band for Cave’s solo work, Bad Seeds members Ellis, Sclavunos and Casey formed a new side-project Grinderman with Cave in 2006. The band, featuring Cave playing guitar for the first time, played garage rock -influenced music that still retained much of…
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