Talk:Nick Cave

Pronunciation of Name

Hmm. I've never heard this business about the pronunciation of Nick's last name before and searching the web and the cited resource does not bring up a single mention of his name ever being pronounced different from the noun "cave." Vandalism? If this occured in an interview, I'm almost wondering if Nick said this as a joke.Kbroome (talk) 22:01, 9 May 2008 (UTC)

I have no idea if it was said as a joke or not but the variations in the pronunciation of the name are possible. Depends on the grandparents/parents, I suppose. Nick Cavay and the Bad Seeds. Yep. I can just imagine it. •Florrie•leave a note• 18:12, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

Since it's not in any of the sources, and I happen to think it is WP:BALLS, I went ahead and removed the sentence. Beeblbrox (talk) 19:19, 10 May 2008 (UTC)

I just changed the sentence to refer to his name (just said he wanted to go back to the original pronunciation). I heard about this in his interview on NPR (Fresh Air w/ Terri Gross), which is available online as a source. Someone more qualified with wiki-editing should do this. Also, it would be good to specify the pronunciations. The original sounds like Ca-vay, not the word cave. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.81.71.46 (talk) 20:39, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

I have been researching this, and I can find no such interview in "Beat Magazine." A search of the site comes up with nothing, and a Google search under the interview title comes up with mirrors of this Wikipedia article. The entire thing, along with the ersatz reference, should be removed from the lede until it is confirmed. ---RepublicanJacobite_{The'FortyFive'} 14:46, 23 May 2008 (UTC)

"In a 2008 interview with Beat Magazine, Cave expressed a desire to return to the original pronunciation"

Of what? Brighton, Hove, or does he just want to lose his Australian accent? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.102.4.222 (talk) 14:00, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

Drug Rehab

"He was given a choice by the Government to go to jail or try an anti-drug therapy." Huh? We are not a totalitarian state in Australia, it's Courts that can require drug rehab as an alternative to jail, not the Government. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separation_of_powers_in_Australia I'd change the entry, but I think it requires referencing and I have no idea where the person who posted it got their information in the first place. Can someone help out who's more aware of wikipedia rules? Thanks! Katblack (talk) 05:16, 18 November 2008 (UTC)

Nick Cave a devout christian???

Is anyone sure about that claim? --62.199.178.94 (talk) 14:57, 12 April 2009 (UTC)

Cave certainly isn't traditional with his beliefs, but he's made this claim multiple times. He's even written the introduction to a New Testament study. WordsAmp (talk) 22:44, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

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New External Link

I moderate the Culture Victoria website and have added a link to our story about Nick Cave which includes content produced by Nick and the Arts Centre, Melbourne.Eleworth (talk) 03:19, 5 February 2010 (UTC)

Instruments

I don't think you can call him a multi-instrumentalist as he only plays piano, guitar and keyboard and multi-instrumentalist gives a picture of someone who plays a lot more than that and it's not really a defining characteristic --Jbhf1 (talk) 04:31, 12 June 2010 (UTC)

Blixa Bargeld

How come Blixa Bargeld who was a major partner/contributor/soulmate for at least from the the start of the Bad Seeds until a few years ago is not mentioned here? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Johan Arrhenius (talk • contribs) 16:09, 9 July 2010 (UTC)

Because it's the Nick Cave page, and not the Bad Seeds page. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.66.114.62 (talk) 04:12, 3 June 2011 (UTC)

Luigi Tenco Award

On October, 6th, a user named Witchblue modified the award section, adding the Luigi Tenco Award to the prizes won by Nick Cave. The award has been removed from the article due to "no reference". Can an audio interview be considered enough as a reference? If so, there's one, done right that same day, by an italian radio. You can find it here: http://www.deejay.it/dj/radio/programma/reloaded/4/2010-10-06/Tropical-Pizza?idProgramma=24 At minute 13:00 there's the announcement of the interview (in Italian), then at minute 21:00 the host asks Cave about the prize. Cave said he's very proud of the prize: can we consider this a reliable source to add the prize in the article? I think the answer is yes. If anyone agrees and wants to change the article, you're welcome. Thanks. 79.1.71.115 (talk) 00:37, 11 October 2010 (UTC)

Grinderman is "garage rock"?

This isn't the genre I think of when I listen to it, especially Grinderman 2. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Jwikisf (talk • contribs) 18:51, 27 January 2011 (UTC)