Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
The Bad Seeds live in London, 2013
Background information
Origin	Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Genres	Alternative rock[1] gothic rock[2] experimental rock[3] art rock[4] post-punk[1]
Works	Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds discography
Years active	1983–present
Labels	Bad Seed Ltd. via Kobalt Label Services[5] Mute Anti-
Spinoffs	Grinderman
Spinoff of	The Birthday Party
Members	Nick Cave Thomas Wydler Martyn P. Casey Jim Sclavunos Warren Ellis George Vjestica
Past members	Mick Harvey Barry Adamson Blixa Bargeld Hugo Race Anita Lane Kid Congo Powers Conway Savage Roland Wolf James Johnston Ed Kuepper
Website	nickcaveandthebadseeds.com

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in 1983 by lead vocalist Nick Cave, multi-instrumentalist Mick Harvey and German guitarist-vocalist Blixa Bargeld. The band has featured international personnel throughout its career and presently consists of Cave, violinist and multi-instrumentalist Warren Ellis, bassist Martyn P. Casey (all from Australia), guitarist George Vjestica (United Kingdom), touring keyboardist/percussionist Larry Mullins, also known as Toby Dammit (United States), and drummers Thomas Wydler (Switzerland) and Jim Sclavunos (United States). Described as "one of the most original and celebrated bands of the post-punk and alternative rock eras in the '80s and onward",^[1] they have released eighteen studio albums and completed numerous international tours.

The band was founded following the demise of Cave and Harvey's former group the Birthday Party, the members of which met at a boarding school in Melbourne.^[6] Throughout the 1980s, beginning with their debut studio album From Her to Eternity (1984), the band drew largely on post-punk, blues and gothic rock, and formed an evolving, multinational lineup, bringing in musicians such as Blixa Bargeld, Barry Adamson and Kid Congo Powers. The band later softened their sound and incorporated other influences on studio albums such as The Good Son (1990) and The Boatman's Call (1997). Following Harvey's departure in 2009,^[7] the band broadened their sound further to include electronic and ambient styles, which feature prominently on the trilogy of studio albums Push the Sky Away (2013), Skeleton Tree (2016) and Ghosteen (2019). Wild God is their most recent, released in 2024.