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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

A rock group with an international lineup, founded in 1983 in Melbourne by Australian musician Nick Cave. Literally, the group's name translates as Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds (bad seed is an idiomatic expression close to the Russian "bad blood" and meaning a "corrupt from birth" person). The collective was founded after the breakup of Cave and Mick Harvey's first project — The Birthday Party. The new group took noise rock, as well as elements of such styles as punk rock, gothic rock, blues, and no wave, as the basis for their sound. Albums of the 1980s sound mainly in the spirit of post-punk, however, later the group began to move toward a more sophisticated sound.