List of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds members

The following is a complete chronology of the various line-ups of the international post-rock/alternative rock music group Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (briefly "Nick Cave - Man or Myth?"^[1] and later "Nick Cave and the Cavemen"^[2]) formed in 1984 in Melbourne, Australia, by five musicians, including three former members of the group the Birthday Party, immediately after the latter band's demise.

In addition to Melbourne, the band has been located in Berlin, Germany, Sao Paulo, Brazil, and London, UK.

**Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds line-ups**
(Winter 1983-early 1984)^[3] as Nick Cave - Man or Myth?	Nick Cave - vocals Mick Harvey - drums, keyboards, vocals Tracey Pew - bass Barry Adamson - guitar, bass Hugo Race - guitar
(Spring 1984) as Nick Cave and the Cavemen	Nick Cave - vocals Mick Harvey - drums, keyboards, vocals Blixa Bargeld - guitar, vocals Barry Adamson - bass Hugo Race - guitar
(1984) as Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds	Nick Cave - vocals Mick Harvey - drums, guitar, keyboards, vocals Blixa Bargeld - guitar, vocals Barry Adamson - bass Hugo Race - guitar
(May 1984)^[4]	Nick Cave - vocals Mick Harvey - drums, guitar, keyboards, vocals Edward Clayton-Jones - guitar, vocals Barry Adamson - bass Hugo Race - guitar
(June 1984)^[5]	Nick Cave - vocals Mick Harvey - drums, guitar, keyboards, vocals Blixa Bargeld - guitar, vocals Barry Adamson - bass Hugo Race - guitar Anita Lane - lyrics	From Her To Eternity (1984)
(1984-1985)	Nick Cave - vocals, harmonica Mick Harvey - drums, keyboards, bass, guitar, vocals Blixa Bargeld - guitar, organ, vocals Barry Adamson - bass, drums, keyboards, guitar	The Firstborn Is Dead (1985)
(April 1985)^[6]	Nick Cave - vocals Mick Harvey - drums, keyboards Rowland S. Howard - guitar Christoph Dreher - bass Thomas Wydler - drums
(June 1985-July 1986)	Nick Cave - vocals, harmonica, keyboards Mick Harvey - guitar, keyboards, bass, drums, vocals Blixa Bargeld - guitar, organ, vocals Barry Adamson - bass, keyboards, guitar Thomas Wydler - drums, percussion	Kicking Against the Pricks (1986)
(1986)	Nick Cave - vocals, harmonica, keyboards Mick Harvey - bass, keyboards, vocals, drums, guitar Blixa Bargeld - guitar, vocals Thomas Wydler - drums, percussion	Your Funeral, My Trial (1986)
(1986-1989)	Nick Cave - vocals, harmonica, keyboards Mick Harvey - bass, keyboards, vocals, drums, guitar Blixa Bargeld - guitar, vocals Kid Congo Powers - guitar Roland Wolf - keyboards Thomas Wydler - drums, percussion	Tender Prey (1988)
(1989-1990)	Nick Cave - vocals, keyboards Mick Harvey - bass, keyboards, vocals, guitar Blixa Bargeld - guitar, vocals Kid Congo Powers - guitar Thomas Wydler - drums, percussion	The Good Son (1990)
(1990-1994)	Nick Cave - vocals, keyboards Mick Harvey - guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals Blixa Bargeld - guitar, vocals Conway Savage - keyboards, vocals Martyn P. Casey - bass Thomas Wydler - drums, percussion	Henry's Dream (1992) Live Seeds (1993) Let Love In (1994)
(1994)	Nick Cave - vocals, keyboards Mick Harvey - guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals Blixa Bargeld - guitar, vocals Conway Savage - keyboards, vocals Martyn P. Casey - bass Thomas Wydler - drums, percussion Jim Sclavunos - drums, percussion
(1994)	Nick Cave - vocals, keyboards Mick Harvey - guitar, keyboards, vocals James Johnston - guitar, keyboards, vocals Conway Savage - keyboards, vocals Martyn P. Casey - bass Thomas Wydler - drums, percussion Jim Sclavunos - drums, percussion
(1994-1997)	Nick Cave - vocals, keyboards Mick Harvey - guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals Blixa Bargeld - guitar, vocals Conway Savage - keyboards, vocals Martyn P. Casey - bass Thomas Wydler - drums, percussion Jim Sclavunos - drums, percussion	Murder Ballads (1996)
(1997-2003)	Nick Cave - vocals, keyboards Mick Harvey - guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals Blixa Bargeld - guitar, vocals Warren Ellis - violin, mandolin, guitar, vocals Conway Savage - keyboards, vocals Martyn P. Casey - bass Thomas Wydler - drums, percussion Jim Sclavunos - drums, percussion	The Boatman's Call (1997) No More Shall We Part (2001) Nocturama (2003)
(2003-present)^[7]	Nick Cave - vocals, keyboards, guitar Mick Harvey - guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals Warren Ellis - violin, mandolin, guitar, vocals Conway Savage - keyboards, vocals Martyn P. Casey - bass James Johnston - keyboards, guitar, vocals Thomas Wydler - drums, percussion Jim Sclavunos - drums, percussion	Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus (2004) Abattoir Blues Tour (2001) Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! (2008)

References

[1] ttp://www.innercitysound.com.au/Nick.html#ManOrMyth

[2] ttp://www.fromthearchives.com/nc/chronology.html

[3] ttp://www.innercitysound.com.au/Nick.html#ManOrMyth

[4] ttp://www.fromthearchives.com/nc/chronology.html

[5] ttp://www.fromthearchives.com/nc/chronology.html

[6] ttp://home.iae.nl/users/maes/cave/live/ncbs80.html

[7] ttp://www.nickcaveandthebadseeds.com

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Martyn P. Casey Nick Cave Warren Ellis Jim Sclavunos George Vjestica Thomas Wydler Barry Adamson Blixa Bargeld Mick Harvey James Johnston Anita Lane Kid Congo Powers Hugo Race Conway Savage Roland Wolf
Studio albums	From Her to Eternity The Firstborn Is Dead Kicking Against the Pricks Your Funeral... My Trial Tender Prey The Good Son Henry's Dream Let Love In Murder Ballads The Boatman's Call No More Shall We Part Nocturama Abattoir Blues / The Lyre of Orpheus Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!! Push the Sky Away Skeleton Tree Ghosteen Wild God
Live albums	Live Seeds Abattoir Blues Tour Live at the Royal Albert Hall Live from KCRW Idiot Prayer
Compilations	The Best of Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds B-Sides & Rarities Lovely Creatures: The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds B-Sides & Rarities Part II
Extended plays	Distant Sky: Live in Copenhagen
Singles	"In the Ghetto" "Tupelo" "The Singer" "The Mercy Seat" "Deanna" "The Ship Song" "The Weeping Song" "Straight to You" "I Had a Dream, Joe" "What a Wonderful World" "Do You Love Me?" "Loverman" "Red Right Hand" "Where the Wild Roses Grow" "Henry Lee" "Into My Arms" "(Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For" "Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow" "Love Letter" "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" "More News from Nowhere" "We No Who U R" "Jubilee Street"
Other songs	"From Her to Eternity" "The Carny"
Cave and Ellis	The Proposition The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford The Road West of Memphis Lawless Far from Men Hell or High Water Wind River Carnage
Grinderman	Grinderman Grinderman 2 "Get It On" "No Pussy Blues" "(I Don't Need You To) Set Me Free" "Heathen Child" "Worm Tamer" "Palaces of Montezuma" Grinderman discography
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