Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian experimental rock band formed in 1983 in Melbourne, Australia. The founders were vocalist/songwriter Nick Cave, multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey, German guitarist Blixa Bargeld, and bassist Barry Adamson (previously with Magazine). The band has had at least 27 different members during its long tenure, with Cave being the lone presence throughout. Known for inventiveness, mutability, and originality, The Seeds have an impressive discography spanning a wide range of creative styles.

In September 2018, Cave started a website called The Red Hand Files as a way to respond to fan mail. He did so with such sincerity and depth that the site turned into an art project all its own. Cave continues to publish on it regularly, using fan questions as springboards to philosophize, reflect, and share an authentic relationship that has rarely (if ever) been seen from a music star of his stature.

The band has been described many ways, but Nick Cave calls The Seeds "a kind of Victorian horror show."