- 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.
- He is known to be a very private person who dislikes speaking about his family or personal life.
- 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.
- Had a brief relationship with singer PJ Harvey in the mid 90's.
- Author of books "The sick bag song" and "The death of Bunny Munro".
- 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).
- Although he and his family stated in 2017 that they were moving from England to the United States after the passing of son Arthur, they continue to live in East Sussex (April 2021).
- Is the middle child. Has two older brothers: Tim (b.1952) and Peter (b.1954). Has one younger sister, Julie (b.1959).
- Singer.
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