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Bad Seed: The Biography of Nick Cave
Ian Johnston
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Description for Bad Seed: The Biography of Nick Cave
Paperback. This is a biography of musician Nick Cave, from his early days with "The Birthday Party". Charting his career, it explores Cave's idiosyncratic, obsessive lyrical visions, which make no concession to prevailing musical fads. Insights into his turbulent personal life are also given. Num Pages: 352 pages, Section: 16, b&w. BIC Classification: AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 256.
A widely acclaimed biography of one of rock's most compelling, uncompromising and influential singer-songwriters, Ian Johnston's BAD SEED offers a superb overview of Nick Cave's career to date. Through Cave's fronting of the incendiary bands The Birthday Party and The Bad Seeds, producing music of unfettered expression and explosive intensity, to his creative collaborations outside of the rock industry in film and literature, BAD SEED illustrates a life lived in barely controlled chaos: and unravels the motivation and unique appeal of a reluctant icon whose songs, according to the Rolling Stones, possess "the authority of the most primal kind of ... Read more
A widely acclaimed biography of one of rock's most compelling, uncompromising and influential singer-songwriters, Ian Johnston's BAD SEED offers a superb overview of Nick Cave's career to date. Through Cave's fronting of the incendiary bands The Birthday Party and The Bad Seeds, producing music of unfettered expression and explosive intensity, to his creative collaborations outside of the rock industry in film and literature, BAD SEED illustrates a life lived in barely controlled chaos: and unravels the motivation and unique appeal of a reluctant icon whose songs, according to the Rolling Stones, possess "the authority of the most primal kind of ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349107783
SKU
V9780349107783
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About Ian Johnston
As a freelance writer, Ian Johnston has contributed numerous articles on film and music to various publications. He has also worked on several music videos. His book on the career of the The Cramps was described as "one of the best and most diligently researched music books of all time."
Reviews for Bad Seed: The Biography of Nick Cave
Gripping and well-written... an appropriately pukka examination Q Harshly compelling... an enthralling biography... Bad Seed stands worthy of the man and that is some achievement Esquire Scrupulous, complex and intriguing NME A primer of the fearful side of rock... very well written Mojo