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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In 2005 the band released B-Sides & Rarities , a three-volume, 56-song collection of B-sides , rarities and compilation tracks that was released on Mute Records in Europe, the US and the UK.
Also in 2005, Cave completed work on his script for The Proposition , set in 19th-century Australia directed by John Hillcoat . Cave and Ellis collaborated on the film’s score, a partnership that later also scored the films The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) and…
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In 2004 the band released the acclaimed two-disc set Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus , with Bargeld replaced by the English actor, guitarist and organist James Johnston , a member of Gallon Drunk and former guest member of the Bad Seeds from a Lollapalooza tour ten years prior…
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In 2004 the band released the acclaimed two-disc set Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus , with Bargeld replaced by the English actor, guitarist and organist James Johnston , a member of Gallon Drunk and former guest member of the Bad Seeds from a Lollapalooza tour ten years prior…
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Shortly after the album’s release, Blixa Bargeld left the band after 20 years to devote more time to Einstürzende Neubauten.
The band then released Nocturama in 2003.
The band then released Nocturama in 2003. The album marked a return to band-oriented and collaborative arrangements, as previous releases involved a decreased level of input from Cave’s bandmates. Nocturama garnered mixed reviews, with critic Eric Carr stating that “in truth, it may still be the group’s best work since…
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The proper follow-up to The Boatman’s Call was 2001’s No More Shall We Part . The record featured guest appearances by Kate & Anna McGarrigle and was generally well received in reviews: one critic hailed the album as an “entire album of deeply tragic and beautiful love songs without irony,…
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The track was later covered by Johnny Cash on his 2000 album American III: Solitary Man .