Warren Ellis (musician)
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Warren Ellis (born 1965, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia) is an Australian multi-instrumentalist and composer, most famous for his work with Dirty Three and Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. He plays violin, keyboards and mandolin.
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[edit] Background
In the early '80s he moved to Melbourne and completed a Dip. Ed. (Diploma of Education) in Music and English. He spent two years teaching in secondary schools before resigning.
In the late '80s he started writing music for theatre groups in Melbourne. He is a founding member of the instrumental three-piece band, Dirty Three, formed in Melbourne in 1992. Previously he had played with Charlie Marshall, The Blackeyed Susans, and Dave McComb of The Triffids.
In 1995 Dirty Three relocated to London. They have recorded seven albums, and a soundtrack for the John Curran directed film Praise.
In 1995, Warren was invited to play with Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds on a recording, he remained with the band and continues to play and record with them to date - having now been part of the last six albums.
In 2002, Ellis released a solo album on King Crab records called Three Pieces for Violin. In 2005 he collaborated with Nick Cave on the award-winning score of the film The Proposition.
In 2006, Ellis collaborated with Primal Scream on the track 'Hell's Coming Down' from the album 'Riot City Blues'.
Ellis currently lives in Paris, with his wife and two children.
[edit] Awards
- 2005 AFI Awards: Best Original Music Score (The Proposition)
- 2005 Inside Film Awards: Best Music (The Proposition)
- 2005 Film Critics Circle Of Australia Awards: Best Musical Score (The Proposition)
[edit] Quotes
- "We'd like to do a song, ladies and gentlemen, about how love kind of disappears after about 3 days... and you sort of like think 'I kind of like you but maybe it's not really working'. You decide that you'll lock yourself away in a room and fill yourself with as many drugs as you can. And you do this, ladies and gentlemen, and you have such a good time that you forget that you don't actually love them anymore and it doesn't matter. You're walking along one day, and because you're sort of like this indie rocker, you sort of like hear this Weezer song that says 'Oooh I look like Buddy Holly and she's Mary Tyler Moore' and you think you're Buddy Holly and she's Mary Tyler Moore and you kind of like start to think 'That's pretty cool.' Then you kind of look in the window of the shop that you're going into to buy some bread and you realize that you are actually ... Burt Reynolds ... and she's Sally Fields ... and you've been cast in Smokey and the Bandit 98. You have a toupee... and she's not The Flying Nun anymore. So that's kind of bummed you out and you think 'We really didn't find love, but we had a lot of fun on the drugs ... but if it's going to make me look like Burt Reynolds and you look like Sally Fields maybe we have to look at doing something else or maybe take another drug that makes us feel, like, kind of better than that.' But you know in this time, ladies and gentlemen, you know in this time that ... Everything Is Fucked."
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| Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds |
| Nick Cave | Mick Harvey | Blixa Bargeld | Warren Ellis | Martyn P. Casey |
| Discography |
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| Albums: From Her to Eternity | The Firstborn Is Dead | Kicking Against the Pricks | Your Funeral... My Trial | Tender Prey | The Good Son | Henry's Dream | Let Love In | Murder Ballads | The Boatman's Call | No More Shall We Part | Nocturama | Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus |
| Live: Live Seeds |
| Compilations: The Best of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds | B-Sides & Rarities |
| Videos: Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - The Videos | Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - God Is In The House | Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Road To God Knows Where / Live At The Paradiso |
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| The Birthday Party | Einstürzende Neubauten |
