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Nick Cave is back with a new band: Grinderman. Dark, gloomy and energetic as in the old days (at least judging from the first single No Pussy blues, which you can listen to on MySpace or the video of which you can watch here on 3voor12) but nevertheless different altogether.
According to the official bio, the band (Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos) are "foul-mouthed, noisy, hairy, and damn well old enough to know better. [...] Born of babbling lyrics hatched from Bosch eggshells in the Hyde-bound apocalyptic margins of the Cave brain, the Grinderman sound is an instinctual yawlp that also resurrects the demons of each musician’s past: the trashcan proselytising of Birthday Party -era Nick; Sclavunos' late 70s New York no-wave noise wisdom; Martyn Casey’s ominous Triffids bass reverb; plus Ellis' avant-garde soundtrack work and his teenage love of Black Sabbath."
Heavy stuff. But looking forward for more; the debut album is to be released early March...
[hat tip to Stef]
Fantastic description. Can't wait to hear the music
Posted by: Pub Smith | February 23, 2007 at 01:51 PM
Agree. On both remarks!
Posted by: Serge | February 24, 2007 at 09:39 AM