Grinderman (The Bad Seeds lite!) is 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 of whom are members of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds.
They release their new studio album Grinderman 2 through Mute on 13th September (14th in North America on Anti). Grinderman 2 was recorded in 2009 at London's RAK, State of The Ark and Assault and Battery studios. Co-produced by Grinderman and Nick Launay, the album was mixed by Launay at London's British Grove in August 2009 and LA's Seedy Underbelly in April 2010.
Grinderman's twenty-date European tour will kick off at Nottingham's Rock City on 25th September.
Sat 25th Sept Nottingham Rock City
Mon 27th Sept Leeds University
Tue 28th Sept Glasgow Barrowlands
Wed 29th Sept Manchester Academy
Fri 1st Oct London Hammersmith Apollo
Mon 4th Oct Lausanne Les Docks
Tue 5th Oct Zurich Volkshaus
Wed 6th Oct Milan Live
Thu 7th Oct Rome Atlantico
Sun 10th Oct Vienna Gasometer
Mon 11th Oct Munich Muffathalle
Wed 13th Oct Leipzig Haus Auensee
Thu 14th Oct Berlin Columbiahalle
Fri 15th Oct Cologne E-Werk
Sun 17th Oct Brussels Ancienne Belgique
Wed 20th Oct Utrecht MCV
Thu 21st Oct Hamburg Docks
Sat 23rd Oct Copenhagen Falkoner Theatre
Sun 24th Oct Randers Power Station
Tue 26th Oct Paris Cite de la Music
