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Nick Cave Back as Grinderman

Submitted by Colin_ORegan

Edited by Rahodeb

Tags: Nick Cave, Grinderman, Mini Seeds, No Pussy Blues, Martyn Casey, Warren Ellis, Jim Sclavunous, The Cramps, Dirty Three, The Bad Seeds

Nick Cave is back without the Bad Seeds. Formerly running with the name The Mini Seeds, the band has grown into Grinderman and consists of Nick Cave, Martyn Casey (The Triffids), Warren Ellis (Dirty Three, The Bad Seeds) and Jim Sclavunous (The Cramps).

The band describe themselves as:


...Foul-mouthed, noisy, hairy, and damn well old enough to know better.


The band's debut comes with a release on March 5th, followed by performance at the All Tomorrow's Parties Festival in the UK this April. Of the recording, Casey told the NME:


Casey said: "It wasn't consciously two fingers to maturity but I remember thinking, all the way through, 'This isn't bad for a bunch of old farts.'"

Cave added: "We're just searching for a bit of freedom."


If their first single is the least bit autobiographical, for Nick freedom equals pussy, and he speaks for aging men who agree. "No Pussy Blues," now streaming at the Grinderman myspace site, chronicles an aging rock musician's frustrations with a younger lady's lack of interest. By the end, you really do feel bad for him. You think, come on lady, what's a guy gotta do? He's not hanging out with you because you guys have so much in common.

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Peas

Peas

Colorado Springs, CO
September 2006

NOV 08, 2006 02:20 PM

SCORE. biggrin

MC_Dove

MC_Dove

Cincinnati, OH
November 2004

NOV 08, 2006 02:25 PM

yay!

Krass_of_nod

Krass_of_nod

Bend, OR
April 2005

NOV 08, 2006 02:29 PM

whoot

AndrewVeil

andrewveil

Hutchinson, KS
July 2005

NOV 08, 2006 02:40 PM

that song is really good...
sounds like something from the Birthday Party days.
if it is all like that, i think this cd will be amazing!

Marisa_DiMattia

Marisa_DiMattia

NEWSWIRE

I'm lost

NOV 08, 2006 03:01 PM

Jim Sclavunos's side project -- the Vanity Set, released a new single on vinyl that has an obscure lullaby by Cave called Sheep May Safely Graze. I have the 2003 cd of the Vanity set and it's a mix between circus oompaloompah, lounge and no wave. Basiaclly, it's an acquired taste but i love it now.

I think I follow Nick and his bad seeds too closely. it's a little obsession of mine.

ckdexterhaven

ckdexterhaven

USA
December 2005

NOV 08, 2006 03:14 PM

This site is obsessed with Nick Cave. Just an observation. wink

kaffeine

kaffeine

Montreal, QC
December 2004

NOV 08, 2006 04:35 PM

Mr. Cave obviously hasn't tried chatting me up yet. no pussy indeed!
love love

HorseheadFiddle

HorseheadFiddle

San Diego, CA
October 2004

NOV 08, 2006 05:18 PM

Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck yes.
I got the add request this morning or
last night, I don't know, sometime recently.
Oh yes. I was already thinking I might
have to the UK for this whole ordeal.
Dirty Three, Low, Grinderman, solo NIck,
Devestations, and more more more.

Jamwise

Jamwise

Australia
April 2006

NOV 08, 2006 09:48 PM

Damn, it woulda been nice (and very fuckin' trippy for me) if Hugo had been brought back into the fold.

huzzah_octopus

huzzah_octopus

Austin, TX
November 2004

NOV 09, 2006 01:52 AM

i am excited for this
plus his new mustache is FUCKING AWESOME

Dot

Dot

SUICIDEGIRL

California, USA

NOV 09, 2006 02:28 AM

sweet!

BurningLeviathan

BurningLeviathan

Australia
January 2005

NOV 09, 2006 04:18 AM

wooo!

Cherry

Cherry

SUICIDEGIRL

British Columbia, Canada

NOV 09, 2006 02:19 PM

I like how this article is written. Haha smile

Lemonkid

Lemonkid

Canada
May 2003

NOV 09, 2006 02:37 PM

Marisa_DiMattia said:
Jim Sclavunos's side project -- the Vanity Set, released a new single on vinyl that has an obscure lullaby by Cave called Sheep May Safely Graze. I have the 2003 cd of the Vanity set and it's a mix between circus oompaloompah, lounge and no wave. Basiaclly, it's an acquired taste but i love it now.

I think I follow Nick and his bad seeds too closely. it's a little obsession of mine.



Thanks for mentioning this.. it's like the Cramps meets Gary Wilson.. fantastic.

everthere

everthere

Belgium
June 2004

NOV 11, 2006 07:14 AM

When I saw him in Antwerp last September, he seemed very excited about this. He even made the audience repeat the name of the band out loud a couple of times, to make sure we'd remember.

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