◇ image via WikipediaNick Cave & the Bad Seeds
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Kylie Minogue, The Gun Club, Neil Young, PJ Harvey and Dirty Three. Those roots explain a lot about how Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as PJ Harvey, Mark Lanegan, The Cure, Mick Harvey and R.E.M., sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Metallica, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 25 connections around Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, reaching back through Kylie Minogue and forward to Metallica. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1983 by lead vocalist Nick Cave, multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey and German guitarist-vocalist Blixa Bargeld. The band has featured international personnel throughout its career and presently consists of Cave, violinist and multi-instrumentalist Warren Ellis, bassist Martyn P. Casey, guitarist George Vjestica, touring keyboardist/percussionist Larry Mullins, also known as Toby Dammit, and drummers Thomas Wydler (Switzerland) and Jim Sclavunos. Described as "one of the most original and celebrated bands of the post-punk and alternative rock eras in the '80s and onward", they have released eighteen studio albums and completed numerous international tours.
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Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds connections
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds grew out of Kylie Minogue, The Gun Club, Neil Young and PJ Harvey, shares an orbit with PJ Harvey, Mark Lanegan, The Cure and Mick Harvey, went on to shape Metallica. 25 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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