- Sung his beautiful ballad, "Into My Arms", at the funeral of 'Michael Hutchence' (during which someone tried to throw themselves off a balcony). The funeral was filmed for TV but, out of respect for Hutchence, Cave refused to allow his song to be recorded.
- Left Australia in the 1980 and has not lived there since then.
- He had twin sons, Arthur Cave and Earl Cave, with his wife Susie Bick. Tragically, his son Arthur died in July 2015 following a fall from a cliff.
- Author of the books 'And The Ass Saw The Angel' and 'King Ink'.
- Shot to fame in the 1980s as head of the band The Birthday Party and climbed to greater prominence in the 1990s with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, where he recorded a duet with Australian superstar Kylie Minogue, "Where The Wild Roses Grow" (1995).
- Viviane Carneiro is the mother of his eldest son, Luke.
- He announced in 2017 that he and his family planned to move from Brighton, their home for nearly forty years, to Los Angeles, California.
- Winner of the 2005 Q Classic Songwriter Award.
- Was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia in the Officer in the General Division in the 2017 Australia Day honors for distinguished service to the performing arts as a musician, songwriter, author and actor, both nationally and internationally, and as a major contributor to Australian music culture and heritage.
- Is a talented pianist.
- Currently involved in the filming of his screenplay, The Proposition (2005), which stars Ray Winstone and Guy Pearce and is directed by John Hillcoat. (October 2004)
- He lived in Brighton, England from 1980 to 2017.
- Recorded song "Henry Lee" with singer PJ Harvey for the Nick Cave and the Bad seeds album "Murder Ballads" (1996).
- Father of Jethro Cave (b. 1991). Mother is model Beau Lazenby.
- Father was Colin Frank Cave, an english and math teacher and Dawn Cave (née Treadwell), a librarian in the high school Nick attended.
- Auditioned for the part of "Patrick Channing" in The First Power (1990).
- Singer.
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