December 11, 2011 15:06
Nick Cave announces Grinderman are 'over'
Singer calls time on Bad Seeds side-project while on stage at Meredith Music Festival
Photo: Jo McCaughey/NME
Nick Cave announced Grinderman are "over" at a festival in Australia.
As the band, a side-project for Cave and three members of his long-time band The Bad Seeds, closed their set at the Meredith Music Festival in Victoria this weekend, Cave dramatically announced that Grinderman were no more.
Cave said:
That's it for Grinderman. It's over.
He added: "See you all in another 10 years when we'll be even older and uglier."
The band left the stage without fuss, leaving many of the 12,000-strong crowd wondering if Cave was serious.
Grinderman began in 2006 and featured Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey and Jim Sclavunos in the line-up alongside Cave.
The quartet released two albums; the self-titled debut in 2007 and a follow up, 'Grinderman 2', in 2010.
The Meredith festival was the last stop on their recent Australian tour.
Video: Grinderman/Nick Cave Interview
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