Blood, Tooth and Claw – A Nick Cave Bestiary

Nick Cave has long used classical imagery of plants as metaphors in his songs, from flowers and trees to a bestiary of birds, bees, and hounds from hell. So much of Cave’s work feeds on the inspiration of the natural world as totemic symbols of beauty and threat.

ROCK AND ROLL SUICIDE – NICK CAVE AND THE BAD SEEDS BATTLE WITH THE BLUES – PART I

From his earliest days with The Birthday Party, Nick Cave has turned traditional blues music on its head to realise an alternative sound that goes beyond genre

PRAYERS ON FIRE: NICK CAVE AND THE BATTLE FOR TRUE FAITH

The songs of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds have long explored religion as a continued struggle between doubt, dogma and belief

THE KING IS DEAD / LONG LIVE THE KING – Nick Cave Politics & The Lash

Nick Cave, Politics & The Lash – As I write this Nick Cave controversy abounds — an iconoclast, free-thinker, conservative, arch-contrarian, also seminal songwriter