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Iconic drug-rock frontman, brutally poetic songwriter, cult novelist, and critically acclaimed screenwriter Nick Cave is one of the most revered artistic talents of the past three decades. Having initially risen through the music industry s ranks as leader of 1970s Australian punk outfit the Birthday Party, Cave went on to achieve global recognition with his band the Bad Seeds, whose panoramic hybrid of blues, rock, gospel and post-punk provided the discordant backdrop for Cave s lyrical dissections of religion, love, sex and death. This collection captures Cave s provocative intelligence and enigmatic vision, exploring the risks and gains of surrendering oneself to the rock n roll myth.
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Mat Snow is a veteran music journalist and former editor of Mojo magazine whose work has appeared in the Guardian, the Times and the Sunday Times. He lives in London.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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A decent enough re-hash of vintage Cave interviews but I was left feeling a little disappointed. These are journalists' oppinions of the conents and context of these interviews and therefore subjective. The only person to have true insight is the man himself. Roll on the day when we get an autobiography. Now that would be interesting ....
2 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Nick Cave is one of the most compelling performers and richly talented visionaries at work in rock today, and indeed for the last 30 years. An authorised biography looms distantly on the horizon, but for fans and students of the dark arts of song (as well as the lighter side), this is an essential collection that nuzzles you right up to the heart of the beast, peeling aside the onion skins of myth to expose the soul of a maverick whose inspired craftsmanship has alchemised his inner torment into artistry of the highest degree. These intimate -- and often controversial and combative -- interviews chronicle the changes, working methods and often harrowing back story of the modern-day Dylan-meets-Cohen-meets-Cash, and put the reader right in the room with this droll genius of pain and gallows humour. With superb rare and unseen photos by Cave insider Bleddyn Butcher and a penetrating foreword by the legendarily well-hung Mat Snow, this book roars ahead of the competition to claim the prize as easily the best non-fiction book of the year.
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12 Oct 2011
I've been a Nick Cave fan for a while and love reading interviews. When I saw that this book came out, I was a little skeptical because I assumed it was just gonna be a bunch of interviews that I had already read for free online. One day I saw a copy in a bookstore and after leafing through it, I realized that most of this stuff is not on the net. For me, the biggest selling point is the inclusion of "A Man Called Horse" by Antonella Gambotto and "Nick Cave: The Needle and the Damage Done" by Jack Barron. These pieces detail Nick Cave during his most strung out period in the 80's. After reading about them in Ian Johnston's biography of Cave, I had been searching for them on the internet but to no avail. I even considered subscribing to Rock's Back Pages for something like $100. It's really interesting stuff and doesn't show Cave in such a positive light. These pieces and others like them are what inspired NC to write the song "Scum." The rest of the interviews span Nick's entire career up to 2007. It's a really informative and interesting set of interviews.
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