Grinderman go to smutty old man heaven, where Nick Cave is already considered a patron saint

Grinderman go to smutty old man heaven, where Nick Cave is already considered a patron saint

Weep tears into your mustache: Nick Cave’s filthy side band Grinderman seem to have disbanded. News of their dissolution comes from The Quietus, who report that, at the end of Grinderman’s set at the Meredith Music Festival in Victoria, Australia, Cave announced, “That’s it for Grinderman. It’s over.” Granted, he also evidently added, “See you all in another ten years when we’ll be even older and uglier.” There’s been no official word as of yet, but if we’re to take everything literally, then goodbye to current iteration of Grinderman, hello to Grinderman in 2021! Nick Cave will be 64 years old by then!

Of course, Grinderman breaking up is kind of like a band not breaking up at all. Every member of the band is also in Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, who I assume (and hope and pray) are still a band. Maybe if you ask Nick Cave nice enough, he’ll throw a few Grinderman songs into their set. Maybe he’ll also spit in your face and tell you that you’re a pig dying in a gutter in some forsaken town where even mothers couldn’t love their own kids. Really, it could go either way with that guy.

• Grinderman: http://www.grinderman.com

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