From the primal screams of The Birthday Party to the elegant, debauched cool of his later albums with the Bad Seeds, Nick Cave has been a singular artist. But he's always held true to his inspirations, from the gospel-inspired '50s rock and R&B of Elvis and Screamin' Jay Hawkins, through the artistic fearlessness of Nico and Scott Walker, to the violent intensity of The Stooges and Suicide.