Nick Cave is renowned as a vocalist, guitarist, drummer, composer, actor,
artist, screenwriter and author as part of an expansive skill set which began in
the early 1970s with the formation of The Boys Next Door, a chaotic band in the
vanguard of Melbourne's post-punk scene. The Boys Next Door relocated to London,
re-invented themselves as The Birthday Party and their uncompromising, sometimes
violent, stage shows began to lay down the foundations for the dark, gothic
reputation Cave developed over the next two decades.
Sometimes referred to as the Prince of Darkness, Cave's g...