Category: Nick Cave

‘I owe Iron Maiden my English A-level!’ The great literature our writers discovered through pop music

Ahead of World Book Day on Thursday, Guardian music writers pick out the musicians whose literary references illuminated them – from Adam Ant on Joe Orton to the National on Grace PaleyI first heard the Cure’s...

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‘The nuns were convinced they were possessed by demons’: goth and metal stars select the scariest music ever made

Forget the Monster Mash. For the ultimate Halloween playlist, reach for horror soundtracks, 1940s kids’ music and Russian darkwave – all chosen by Sunn O))), Creeper, Diamanda Galás and moreBernard Herrmann...

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‘My daughter didn’t get emotional like I did’: the families who go gigging together

Concerts are now full of multigenerational fans who grew up on the music as a family. Whether Billie Eilish or Stevie Wonder, they explain the appealWhile some teenagers still wouldn’t be caught dead with their parents at...

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