Bad Seed by Ian Johnston - ISBN: 9780349107783
Paperback
Unraveling the chaos: Nick Cave’s primal myth, music, and life.

Bad Seed

The Biography of Nick Cave

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    1 November 1996

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Summary

A widely acclaimed biography of one of rock’s most compelling, uncompromising and influential singer-songwriters, Ian Johnston’s BAD SEED offers a superb overview of Nick Cave’s career to date.

Through Cave’s fronting of the incendiary bands The Birthday Party and The Bad Seeds, producing music of unfettered expression and explosive intensity, to his creative collaborations outside of the rock industry in film and literature, BAD SEED illustrates a life lived in barely controlled chao…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349107783
ISBN-10:0349107785
Author:Ian Johnston
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Abacus
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:1 November 1996
Weight:300g
Dimensions:198mm x 134mm x 24mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

Scrupulous, complex and intriguing– NME

Gripping and well-written… an appropriately pukka examination - Q

Harshly compelling… an enthralling biography… Bad Seed stands worthy of the man and that is some achievement - Esquire

Scrupulous, complex and intriguing - NME

A primer of the fearful side of rock… very well written - Mojo

About The Author

Ian Johnston

As a freelance writer, Ian Johnston has contributed numerous articles on film and music to various publications. He has also worked on several music videos. His book on the career of the The Cramps was described as “one of the best and most diligently researched music books of all time.”

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