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Heathen Child by Grinderman
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Grinderman Was An Australian-British Alternative Rock Band That Formed In London United Kingdom In 2006. Since Its Inception The Band Included Nick Cave Vocals Guitar Organ Piano Warren Ellis Tenor Guitar Electric Mandolin Violin Viola Guitar Backing Vocals Martyn P. Casey Bass Guitar Backing Vocals And Jim Sclavunos Drums Percussion Backing Vocals . Formed As A Side Project To Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds The Band Was Originally Known As Mini Seeds And Was Formed By Cave As "a Way To Escape The Weight Of The Bad Seeds." The Band's Name Was Inspired By A Memphis Slim Song Grinder Man Blues Which Cave Is Noted To Have Started Singing During One Of The Band's Early Rehearsal Sessions. The Band's Eponymous Debut Studio Album Grinderman Was Released In 2007 To Extremely Positive Reviews And The Band's Second And Final Studio Album Grinderman 2 Was Released In 2010 To A Similar Reception. Following Extensive Touring After The Release Of Grinderman 2 Grinderman Disbanded After A Performance At The Meredith Music Festival In Victoria Australia In December 2011. The Band Split Up In Order To Focus On The Bad Seeds Upcoming Material. However Jim Sclavunos Later Said "I Can't Predict What The Future Of Grinderman Is - If There Is A Future." The Band Reunited For A One-Off Performance At Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival In Indio California In April 2013. Http //www.Grinderman.Com
Frogtoon Music - Song Info: Heathen Child
Grinderman - Grinderman 2
"Heathen Child" Is The Fourth Single By Alternative Rock Group Grinderman And First From Their Second Studio Album Grinderman 2. Due To Be Released On September 6 2010 The Song Is The First Release From Grinderman In Three Years And Is Also The Band's First Limited Edition Double A-Side Single. The Song Has Been Described By The Band As A Song "that Cuts A Deep Seductively Heavy Groove Interjected With Dazzling Squalls Of Saw-Tooth Distortion. It Abounds In Lyrical Imagery At Turns Lascivious Paranoid Philosophic Absurd And Flat Out Abusive." Cave Spoke Further Of The Song With Uncut Magazine Mentioning That "Heathen Child" Was "a Quest To Break From Narrative Song-Writing In To Something More Impressionistic." On July 27 2010 The Final Studio Version Of The Song Was Previewed On Music Website Soundcloud By Mute Records. A Series Of Trailers The Album - Directed By John Hillcoat - Have Been Released On Grinderman's Official Website And By Mute Records Since June 28 2010. Recorded Near Westway In London The Music Video For "Heathen Child" Features A "naked Lady Lying In A Bath Of Something Milky." Cave Explained Elements Of The Music Video Noting That "the Video Follows The Fortunes Of A Worringly Young White Girl As She Sits In A Bath Confronted By The Panoply Of Fiends That Occupy Her Subconcious." British Music Magazine NME Debuted The Video For "Heathen Child" On August 9 2010.
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Grinderman Was An Australian-British Alternative Rock Band That Formed In London United Kingdom In 2006. Since Its Inception The Band Included Nick Cave Vocals Guitar Organ Piano Warren Ellis Tenor Guitar Electric Mandolin Violin Viola Guitar Backing Vocals Martyn P. Casey Bass Guitar Backing Vocals And Jim Sclavunos Drums Percussion Backing Vocals . Formed As A Side Project To Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds The Band Was Originally Known As Mini Seeds And Was Formed By Cave As "a Way To Escape The Weight Of The Bad Seeds." The Band's Name Was Inspired By A Memphis Slim Song Grinder Man Blues Which Cave Is Noted To Have Started Singing During One Of The Band's Early Rehearsal Sessions. The Band's Eponymous Debut Studio Album Grinderman Was Released In 2007 To Extremely Positive Reviews And The Band's Second And Final Studio Album Grinderman 2 Was Released In 2010 To A Similar Reception. Following Extensive Touring After The Release Of Grinderman 2 Grinderman Disbanded After A Performance At The Meredith Music Festival In Victoria Australia In December 2011. The Band Split Up In Order To Focus On The Bad Seeds Upcoming Material. However Jim Sclavunos Later Said "I Can't Predict What The Future Of Grinderman Is - If There Is A Future." The Band Reunited For A One-Off Performance At Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival In Indio California In April 2013. Http //www.Grinderman.Com
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"Heathen Child" is the fourth single by alternative rock group Grinderman, and first from their second studio album, Grinderman 2. Due to be released on September 6, 2010, the song is the first release from Grinderman in three years and is also the band's first limited edition double a-side single.
The song has been described by the band as a song "that cuts a deep seductively heavy groove interjected with dazzling squalls of saw-tooth distortion. It abounds in lyrical imagery at turns lascivious, paranoid, philosophic, absurd and flat out abusive." Cave spoke further of the song with Uncut magazine, mentioning that "Heathen Child" was "a quest to break from narrative song-writing in to something more impressionistic."
On July 27, 2010, the final studio version of the song was previewed on music website Soundcloud by Mute Records. A series of trailers the album - directed by John Hillcoat - have been released on Grinderman's official website and by Mute Records since June 28, 2010. Recorded near Westway in London, the music video for "Heathen Child" features a "naked lady lying in a bath of something milky." Cave explained elements of the music video noting that "the video follows the fortunes of a worringly young white girl as she sits in a bath, confronted by the panoply of fiends that occupy her subconcious." British music magazine NME debuted the video for "Heathen Child" on August 9, 2010. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.