The Seeds were playing my city this week... Just curious, does anybody know if the SEEDS guitarist is still Blixa, the singer from EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN?

Love Neubauten even more than the Seeds

Farewell happy fields

I was barely ten years old when I became the keeper of an Atra Virago, more commonly known as the Vargas Barking Spider.

I will buy Mr. Cave's book because I believe I will enjoy it very much.

His first novel, "And The Ass Saw The Angel", wasn't bad, but the Faulkner influences were way too obvious.

/my mother is a fish

I will read this. His first one was worth reading despite overwhelming usage of dialect.

fta: "traces the fortunes of one man and his son on a road trip around the south coast of England following the suicide of his wife."

and right now Cave is finishing up the score for the adaptation of Cormac McCarthy's The Road in which a father and son travel toward the coast after the suicide of the mother.

hmmm...

HappyHarryHardOn: The Seeds were playing my city this week... Just curious, does anybody know if the SEEDS guitarist is still Blixa, the singer from EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN?

Love Neubauten even more than the Seeds

I thought he wasn't in the band anymore, although I could be mistaken. I like early EN better than most Bad Seeds, although I gotta say, they didn't manage to stay that good for very long.

But that's ok, as no one has ever forced me to listen to late period Einsturzende Neubautenhausfraubierkindergartenhabben

fark_of_the_covenant: I will read this. His first one was worth reading despite overwhelming usage of dialect.

I've been meaning to order King Ink- not available in the states and juts haven't gotten around to it. So it's worth the exorbitant shipping?

HappyHarryHardOn: The Seeds were playing my city this week... Just curious, does anybody know if the SEEDS guitarist is still Blixa, the singer from EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN?

Love Neubauten even more than the Seeds

He isn't not in the band, but wasn't on Lazarus. If that makes sense.

Did he write this book with his Red Right Hand?

Nick Cave was great in Ghost Rider!

HappyHarryHardOn: The Seeds were playing my city this week... Just curious, does anybody know if the SEEDS guitarist is still Blixa, the singer from EINSTURZENDE NEUBAUTEN?

Love Neubauten even more than the Seeds

He is no longer with the band. I saw them Monday and was a little disappointed, maybe cause they did my favorite songs the night before, or the My Bloody Valentine show a couple days before that shattered my world, but Nick Cave really did rock, but the rocking really took away alot from some of the tracks.

/except the stellar version of Who's going to leave you Henry. That was awesome.

Blixa left the Bad Seeds after "Nocturama" in 2003. According to Nick, he lost interest in the band as the songs became less chaos and bombast and more, well, conventional. If I remember the Mojo interview correctly, he told Nick something like: "I didn't get into music to play rock and roll."

Blixa and Nuebauten are great, no doubt. But the Bad Seeds haven't suffered in his absence. Just saw Cave in Chicago earlier this week and it was the loudest, most frenzied and high-energy performances he's delivered since the mid-nineties. Jaw dropping - especially considering he's 50.

Bravo, Nick. You're the man!

Long time Cave admirer here. I was at the Sunday night Chicago show and I thought it was amazing. I can't think of anyone else who can command a stage with such a beautiful and ominously inviting presence. It was loud, dissonant, controlled and frenetic. The Bad Seeds were tight all-around and Warren Ellis positively owned stage left with his violin, mandolin, flute, bouzouki and the largest array of effects pedals I've ever seen. It was my first time being at the Riviera Theater too... very cool place.

Black Diamond Heavies were pretty cool too. Never heard of them before that show, but I will be picking up their two albums.

Fantastic night all around.

/And what is it that so fascinates me with Conway Savage? He has always seemed cool as hell to me.

FileUnderCS: Long time Cave admirer here. I was at the Sunday night Chicago show and I thought it was amazing. I can't think of anyone else who can command a stage with such a beautiful and ominously inviting presence. It was loud, dissonant, controlled and frenetic. The Bad Seeds were tight all-around and Warren Ellis positively owned stage left with his violin, mandolin, flute, bouzouki and the largest array of effects pedals I've ever seen. It was my first time being at the Riviera Theater too... very cool place.

Black Diamond Heavies were pretty cool too. Never heard of them before that show, but I will be picking up their two albums.

Fantastic night all around.

/And what is it that so fascinates me with Conway Savage? He has always seemed cool as hell to me.

See I was at the Monday Chicago show, and I was not as blown away as I expected to be. It was good, but I really expected something more. Maybe it was an off night.

jerkobson

I was at the Monday night show in Chicago, too. Don't know what was missing for you. I was pretty blown away. Just wished he had played a longer set.

As for the Riviera Theater, it's a smelly dump. Miserable place. Wish he'd played the Chicago Theater instead.

Tracy Pew is still one of the most inspiring bass players to me as a bassist. His lines were so simple but tough and visceral and drove many of Birthday Party's best songs. He had zero previous musical experience but they say the more he drank...the better he played. Pure genius.

I have truly adored Birthday Party and Nick Cave for many years now.
Einsturzende Neubauten too.

Can't believe I missed the show here in SF to see MBV instead. Talk about a show destroyed by the venue. Oh well, at least I saw the Grinderman show..

drewogatory: Can't believe I missed the show here in SF to see MBV instead. Talk about a show destroyed by the venue. Oh well, at least I saw the Grinderman show..

Really? the MBV show here was amazing. I think that was why the Nick cave show was missing something, seeing MBV two days before would make almost any concert a little less spectacular.

Bad venue, really long (like 150 yards,half a block), low stage, low ceiling.Imagine a train station with a floor over the tracks and 7 ft platforms on either side. (Which is what it used to be) Pretty big too, 6800 capacity or so. I'm short so I was screwed from the get go unless I wanted to cram in the pit area. I thought it sounded like ass as well, I moved around quite a bit and couldn't find anywhere that sounded decent.Plenty loud,but muddy as hell. It actually sounded BETTER about two blocks away. We bailed after 3 songs..

jerkobson:

I was at the MBV show and Sunday's Nick Cave. Sunday setlist was great. I had a hard time hearing though cause MBV destroyed my eardrums...

I saw the Bad Seeds the first night of their US tour in San Diego and they were farking incredible.

Best performance I have seen in years. The man can sing.