Martyn Casey
Nick Cave
Warren Ellis
Jim Sclavunos
Grinderman - Debut Album Out 5th March 2007
Foul-mouthed, noisy, hairy, and damn well old enough to know better, Grinderman are Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos.
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. Destination: Out!
Warren: "It was meant to be really open liberating thing, push those elements where we’d normally say ‘I don’t know about that’ and push on, relentless."
Nick: “We’re just searching for a bit of freedom"
Jim: "Ceaselessly banging away."
Warren: “Having Nick on the guitar changed the whole dynamic of the thing and threw us into a much more rudimentary ballpark."
Martyn: "It wasn't consciously two fingers to maturity but I remember thinking, all the way through, 'This isn’t bad for a bunch of old farts.'"
Nick Cave - Vocals, Electric Guitar, Electric Organ, Piano
Warren Ellis - Electric Bouzouki, Fendocastor, Viola, Violin, Acoustic Guitar, Hohner Guitaret, Backing Vocals
Martyn P Casey - Bass, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals
Jim Sclavunos - Drums, Percussion, Backing Vocals
Grinderman sound different from everyone, including themselves. As Memphis Slim put it back in 1941, "While everything is quiet and easy/ Mr. Grinder can have his way.” It's a new day. God help you all.
Playing ATP in April
Hear their first track No Pussy Blues at MySpace
Not bad, I had gone off Nick Cave as he started to get too lounge singer, but its good to see him re-exploring his dirty sounding side
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angry old men! dig it!
HAIRY angry old men
Uuhhhh, it the 3/4 handlebar the new trend in moustakkas?
get rid of that mo will ya. oh and btw i didn't like birthday party era nick. liked the "happy birthday" LP then had a rest from him. can't get the track to play. Mute records all right!
this sounds very promising. not that i don't love abbatoir/lyre
maybe..I'll reserve judgement...for now.
This is the business.
I think the mo will go well with his bald spot.
Still, bloody good stuff. Enough of soulful Nick, I say!
now that sounds like the most interesting thing he's done in years.
freakin' sweet.
Yes, I find the idea of this most exciting.
gosh.
this is fantastic news!!
Just had a listen on myspace, pretty cool.
and that photograph is what my dreams are made of.
that's quite a lineup. I didn't recognise Jim Sclavunos so I Googled him:
Jim Sclavunos is an American rock music drummer, percussionist and producer.
Sclavunos, who is a Greek-American from NYC ([1]),has performed with Sonic Youth, Tav Falco's Panther Burns, Lydia Lunch and was member of 8 Eyed Spy, The Cramps, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Alice Texas. Sclavunos is memorably described in the pages of The Wire as an "infamous elegant degenerate", has been a key player in Nick Cave’s illustrious Bad Seeds since 1994. During that time, James has also forged his own musical ensemble, The Vanity Set and their acclaimed debut album, The Vanity Set, is now available in the US.
Sclavunos long been a prime mover on the city’s vibrant underground music scene, helping to kick start the vital Bellmer Dolls, No Wave revolution (in Teenage Jesus & the Jerks & Eight Eyed Spy), before playing with such flaming hellions as Sonic Youth and The Cramps. He is currently performing with his own band The Vanity Set, while still performing with Nick Cave.
damn, great pedigree.
far out
maybe..maybe not...I just don't think I'll go there..
no guitar god, no rock.
get out of this thread then, angelic.
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S'all bout da Sydney peeps, mothahfuckahhhh
SOLD OUT!
I gots my tix
I got one too...but now I can't go.
I might be in for yours, Lax.
god damn how did i miss this? if someone has spares please pm, thanks
(for factory)
I have a spare (not really). AU$1 million, ono.
$10
Nearer.
CaptainFez said 3 hours ago:
I might be in for yours, Lax.
I offered it to a dude this morning Fez...but if he don't want it it's yours maaaan. I would have given you first dibs if I'd known you were chasing.
Is it true they announced at Meredith that it was their last ever show?
Thanks for answering my question with a full article so promptly M & N! A simple post would have been ok, you really didn't have to go to so much trouble...
Thanks! You have no idea what lengths we actually went to!
Check out Mick Turner's Exhibition, before March 31st! Mart Gallery is extremely proud to present Mick Turner from Dirty Three. To coincide with Dirty Three's upcoming Australian tour there will be a travelling exhibition of guitarist Mick
Turner's artwork. http://martgallery.com.au/exhibitions/
Mick's work is also in the window of the Edinburgh Castle (Sydney Road) for the next few days..
What's Mick Turner got to do with Ginderman? You gettin yer Dirty Three members mixed up?
Also the Ginderman remix album sounds interesting. Interesting to hear Nick Cave's vocals in different context. I prefer the remixes on the Palaces of Montezuma EP to the original. Especially the Cenzo one.
It's not ''Ginderman'', it's spelled ''Grindrman''.
WHATEVER