began recording debut album

Following a short Australian tour, and during a period when they were without management, Cave and his band returned to London. Cave, Harvey, Bargeld, Race and Adamson formed the project’s first consistent line-up, while Cave’s longtime girlfriend Anita Lane was credited as a lyricist on occasional songs (e.g., the title track of 1984’s From Her to Eternity ). The group, which up to this time had been nameless, adopted the moniker Nick Cave and the Cavemen, which they used for the first six months of their career. However, they were later renamed Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds in May 1984, in reference to the final Birthday Party EP The Bad Seed . They began recording sessions for their debut album in March 1984 at London’s Trident Studios and these sessions, together with the abandoned Man or Myth? sessions from September–October 1983 that were recorded at The Garden studios, formed the album From Her to Eternity , released on Mute Records in 1984. Thirlwell left during the recording sessions for Eternity , citing creative disagreements and desires to work on his own solo material. Race, and touring guitarist Edward Clayton-Jones, left to form the Wreckery in Melbourne.