Grinderman bio

Grinderman is a garage rock band formed by Nick Cave (vocals, electric guitar, organ, piano), Warren Ellis (electric bouzouki, Fendocastor, violin, viola, acoustic guitar, backing vocals), Martyn P. Casey (bass, acoustic guitar, backing vocals) and Jim Sclavunos (drums, percussion, backing vocals); all members of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. The band was described in an initial press release as "Foul-mouthed, noisy, hairy, and damn well old enough to know better." Their debut album Grinderman is scheduled for release in March 2007. Cave plays guitar in the group; he has rarely (if ever) recorded with the instrument, and his admittedly primitive playing has changed the sound of the group's music. Two songs from the upcoming album can be heard on band's MySpace page. These songs are "No Pussy Blues" and "Get It On", which was released as a single on 8 January 2007. The self-titled album was released in the UK on 5 March 2007 and will be released in the US on 10th April 2007. With the imminent official release of the selftitled debut, the band also launched the official Grinderman website. Amongst other things, the website includes The Grinderman Podcast featuring a series of fragments of recordings from the band's writing sessions. These will not be complete songs but will instead offer a unique insight into the workings of the band. New episodes will appear regularly over the coming weeks.

Source: Wikipedia