![]() If I stood face to face with him, I’d probably end up saying something stupid too.īy the late ’90s, Cave’s instincts for romance and melancholy mostly-at least temporarily-took over where venom, rancor and bleak narratives were once his stock in trade. ![]() He’s tall, slender, charming, occasionally explosive, and with the ability to smuggle danger into even his most romantic ballads. It’s partially because of this-and partially his habit of writing characters with a ghoulish darkside or who tend to meet a grisly fate-that Cave cuts an intimidating figure. Not hecklers or annoying members of his audience. “To all us Americans, it looks like the same country,” Corgan says in an attempt at salvaging the interview with light-hearted self-deprecation.Ĭave doesn’t suffer fools gladly. ![]() It’s essentially a fiasco from the get-go after being asked the first question, Cave complains that he’s already been asked the same questions before, and by question number two, Cave is barely hiding his contempt behind his sunglasses as he corrects Corgan that they’re, in fact, an Australian band and not an English one. In 1994, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds joined the summer Lollapalooza lineup along with Smashing Pumpkins, Beastie Boys, L7, Green Day and George Clinton and Parliament, and a lightbulb clicked on for MTV’s producers to hand the mic over to Corgan during a 120 Minutes special highlighting the festival. ![]() My favorite Nick Cave story of the ’90s involves an argument with Billy Corgan-as most of the best music stories of the ’90s do. ![]()
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