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In the News (Sat 5 Dec 09)

  
  Press and Reviews
Sclavunos is best know for his work as drummer for Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - which has certainly rubbed off on the Vanity Set - as well as adventures in Sonic Youth, the Cramps, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks.
Sclavunos knows the end is nigh, and that the road to it is mostly shit, but he’ll be damned if that’ll stop him from having a good time before his time is up.
Sclavunos, though, is well-traveled, and his stints with Sonic Youth and the Cramps are in occasional evidence, as is an obvious affinity for Kurt Weill.
www.vanityset.com /press.html   (5882 words)

  
 Spirit Store - George's Quay
Jim’s work will be new to Irish audiences: he was the front man for successful Melbourne band The Stream and now a solo artist in his own right.
Jim’s exploration of this particular form of traditional Greek music known as ‘Rembetika’ was recently highlighted by Bad Seed drummer Jim Sclavunos in an article written for The Guardian.
Jim grew up listening to and playing this music in Melbourne (the largest Greek community outside of Athens and Thessaloniki) and is one of a few artists like Sclavunos attempting to bring it to new audiences.
www.spiritstore.ie /bios/jim_yarmouridis_biog.html   (311 words)

  
 Jim Sclavunos - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jim Sclavunos is an American rock music drummer, percussionist and producer.
Sclavunos, who is a Greek-American from NYC ([1]),has performed with Sonic Youth, Tav Falco's Panther Burns, Lydia Lunch and was member of 8 Eyed Spy, The Cramps, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Alice Texas.
Sclavunos long been a prime mover on the city’s vibrant underground music scene, helping to kick start the vital Bellmer Dolls, No Wave revolution (in Teenage Jesus and the Jerks and Eight Eyed Spy), before playing with such flaming hellions as Sonic Youth and The Cramps.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Jim_Sclavunos   (206 words)

  
 Tongue Master Records - Artists
Jim Sclavunos, memorably described in the pages of The Wire as an 'infamous elegant degenerate', has been a key player in Nick Cave's illustrious The Bad Seeds since 1994.
In his role as producer, Sclavunos was determined that his musicians would not become self-conscious about their lines or parts, insisting that they never learn entire compositions at one time.
Instead Sclavunos concentrated upon capturing moments of inspiration from his players on tape, which he would later painstakingly edit into a thrilling coherent whole.
www.tonguemaster.co.uk /artistinfo.htm   (4528 words)

  
 Jim Sclavunos   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The title track was produced by Jim Sclavunos (Sonic Youth, Cramps, Bad Seeds) and mixed by Alan Moulder (My Bloody Valentine, Nine Inch Nails).
Jim Sclavunos is a rock music drummer and percussionist.
He has performed with Sonic Youth and Nick Cave.
publicliterature.org /en/wikipedia/j/ji/jim_sclavunos.html   (55 words)

  
 Epitaph Records
And whilst 1997's The Boatman's Call and 2001's No More Shall We Part were regarded by many as a creative peak for Cave as both a songwriter and an arranger there was still that need for the band to, well, get their groove back.
And so, with a new power and energy harnessed within the band, at the start of 2004 Nick Cave took a small team of Bad Seeds -- violinist Warren Ellis, drummer Jim Sclavunos and bassist Martyn P Casey off to the tiny Misere studio in Paris as a songwriting event.
Jim Sclavunos, who's a very heavy drummer, drums through Abattoir Blues, and The Lyre Of Orpheus has Thomas [Wydler] drumming, it's lighter and quieter.
www.epitaph.com /artists/artist/130   (1231 words)

  
 Jim Duckworth - Gun Club Days
I was on guitar, Jim Sclavunos was on drums, there was another memphian on bass, and Alex sang.
I remember sitting in the audience with Jim Sclavunos while Jeffery and company set up for their sound check.
We were laughing loudly about something (we were always laughing about something) and Jeffery took it personally somehow- a fact I attributed to the cheap cold duck he had been drinking all day.
www.thegunclub.net /jim.htm   (2403 words)

  
 SAUCER-LIKE SONIC YOUTH
In the new issue of BB Gun Magazine, ex-SY drummer Bob Bert interviews ex-SY drummer Jim Sclavunos.
Their work has been consistently challenging and innovative, and they are widely regarded as one of the most intriguing and influential bands of their time.
This view has been added to by the strength of their latest record "Sonic Nurse", which also features the talents of their new fifth member Jim O'Rourke.
www.saucerlike.com /index.php?x=news&article=126   (187 words)

  
 www.myspace.com/thevanityset
Led by James Sclavunos (the tallest man in Rock and famed drummer/percussionist with Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds), The Vanity Set blend low art, high sass and raw bluster.
Sclavunos is the exquisitely tailored, six-foot-seven, howling/crooning front man with a vocal style somewhere between Adam West, Jarvis Cocker and Kermit.
Renowned for their wickedly exuberant live performances, The Vanity Set sally forth with psycho-billy guitar, creepy keys, raucous tuba, mellifluous violin & theremin, and boasts the finest rhythm section in all five boroughs of New York City.
www.myspace.com /thevanityset   (891 words)

  
 The History of Rock Music. Congo Norvell: biography, discography, reviews, links
On Abnormals Anonymous (Jetset, 1997) Congo Norvell is Powers, Norvell, Sclavunos, Brian Emrich (bass and theremin), Paul Wallfisch (keyboards) and Liz Corcoran (violin).
The upbeat Johnny In The Boudoir, propelled by cheesy keyboards of the "new wave" era, and reminiscent of Martha & The Muffins, is not representative of the rest, which mainly features dejected odes to fate, such as the whispered, noir ballad Dark Eyes and the spoken psychodrama The Last Word (vocals by Powers).
Choking Victim (Kunst, 2002) is mainly Norvell on vocals and Paul Wallfisch on piano.
www.scaruffi.com /vol5/congonor.html   (391 words)

  
 8 Eyed Spy MP3 Downloads - 8 Eyed Spy Music Downloads - 8 Eyed Spy Music Videos
A far more overtly "musical" group than Teenage Jesus & the Jerks (which also featured Lunch and Jim Sclavunos, who switched from bass to drums for the new band), 8 Eyed...
A far more overtly "musical" group than Teenage Jesus & the Jerks (which also featured Lunch and Jim Sclavunos, who switched from bass to drums for the new band), 8 Eyed Spy were no less confrontational.
A modicum of actual talent and a newfound appreciation for musical forms that predate 1977 inform 8 Eyed Spy's slightly less chaotic music, making this compilation sort of the downtown post-punk equivalent to Trout Mask Replica.
www.mp3.com /albums/261055/summary.html   (342 words)

  
 press
Produced by New York's milestone Jim Sclavunos (Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Sonic Youth, Cramps, and the drummer of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds) and released on the stylish maverick label Hungry Eye out of New York(Phantom Limbs, Weegs, Sixteens, etc), Bellmer Dolls are a melancholic inside edition of carnal lust.
Produziert von New Yorks Meilenstein Jim Sclavunos (Teenage Jesus and the Jerks, Sonic Youth, Cramps, Schlagzeuger bei Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds) und auf dem stilistischen Aussenseiter Label Hungry Eye (Phantom Libs, Weegs, Sixteens etc.) sind sie sowas wie die melancholische Insider Ausgabe adretter Fleicheslust.
The year spent on this EP and the pristine production by Jim Sclavunos (Sonic Youth, Nick Cave) is a sweet, dark, glam rock laurel for the Brooklyn goth assemblage to rest upon for some time to come.
www.bellmerdolls.com /press.html   (3062 words)

  
 nick-cave.net :: Thema anzeigen - Wer hat interesse Jim Sclavunos zu grüßen?
Jim bricht seine Versprechungen nicht, daß hat er schon oft bei SUZANNE gezeigt.
Hier nun Eure Fragen an Jim und seine Antworten
Jim: Über all die Jahre habe ich immer viel Spaß gehabt im Irving Plaza in NYC zu spielen.
www.nick-cave.net /board/viewtopic.php?p=11644   (2897 words)

  
 The Vanity Set - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Vanity Set, half of whom are second-generation Greek-Americans, are led by Jim Sclavunos (the tallest man in Rock and famed drummer/percussionist with Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds), is set in a blend low art, high sass, rebetiko music and raw bluster.
No other band leaps from the sublime to depraved, filth to elegance, camp to heartfelt urgency like these fl-fisted Post-Romanticists.
Renowned for their wickedly exuberant live performances, The Vanity Set sally forth with psycho-billy guitar, creepy keys, raucous tuba, mellifluous violin and theremin, and boasts the finest rhythm section in all five boroughs of New York City.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Vanity_Set   (183 words)

  
 From The Archives -ARCHIVES OF BLOOD- a Lydia Lunch discography(I)
Remixed at 39th Street Music Studio, NYC, by Scott Lit and Chris Stamey (with Irwin and Sclavunos).
Jim Sclavunos: percussion on Studio, drums on Live
Jim Sclavunos: percussion on A side, drums on B side
www.fromthearchives.com /ll/discography1.html   (670 words)

  
 Sonic Youth Site Menu
The album was originally conceived as a quickie single, but as more songs were written they decided to record all of their new material instead, laying the foundation for their first full-length release (though the five-song self-titled record is technically considered an album).
It's from this tour (specifically the November 15th show at The Pier in Raleigh, NC) that the live version of the Stooges' "I Wanna Be Yr Dog" was recorded.
Bob Bert had taken over for Richard Edson on drums in 1982, but left the band in early '83, and was replaced by Jim Sclavunos (Bert did play on "Making The Nature Scene" and the aforementioned "Dog").
www.sonicyouth.com /mustang/lp/lp1.html   (1545 words)

  
 Best band with two drummers? (The Fall forum)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Since the late 90ies, The Bad Seeds also have two drummers (Thomas Wydler/Jim Sclavunos).
but I think Jim Sclavunos is more of a percussionist rather than a drummer, isn't he?
Sclavunos drums on most of Abattoir Blues, Wydler on Lyre.
invisionfree.com /forums/thefall/ar/t332.htm   (1392 words)

  
 News | Gainesville.com | The Gainesville Sun | Gainesville, Fla.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
February 1996–September 2001: Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Conway Savage, Warren Ellis, Martyn P. Casey, Thomas Wydler, Jim Sclavunos.
February 2003–March 2003: Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Warren Ellis, Martyn P. Casey, Thomas Wydler, Conway Savage, Jim Sclavunos.
April 2003—: Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Warren Ellis, Martyn P. Casey, Thomas Wydler, Conway Savage, Jim Sclavunos, James Johnston.
www.gainesville.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Nick_Cave_and_the_Bad_Seeds   (490 words)

  
 Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: 'The Best Of'
Collaborations with Kylie Minogue and PJ Harvey on the singles 'Where The Wild Roses Grow' and 'Henry Lee' respectively led to mainstream chart success and The Bad Seeds widest exposure ever.
This album also saw the addition of two new Bad Seeds: Warren Ellis, of Melbourne's The Dirty Three added vibrant violin, and New York NoWave troubleshooter Jim Sclavunos pitched in atmospheric percussion.
Meanwhile, Cave, Harvey and Bargeld resumed their cinematic links with John Hillcoat, scoring his second feature film, 1996's To Have And To Hold.
www.mutelibtech.com /mute/cave/bestof.htm   (912 words)

  
 Jim Sclavunos ?
Posted by I am the eggman on February 16, 2005 17:30
Sclavunos has been a recording and touring member of the Bad Seeds for the ten years.
He's also been working as a producer engineer and mixer, Mixing Boss Hog's 2000 release,"Whiteout", producing Gogol Bordello's 2002 release, and manning the boards for Marianne Faithfull's newest disc, as well as backing her with the rest of the bad seeds.
www.brink.com /bb/topic.php?topic_id=277   (93 words)

  
 nickcaveandthebadseeds.com (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The Vanity Set featuring Jim Sclavunos release a very limited 7" single 'The Big Bang' (from the 2003 album Little Stabs of Happiness) backed with an obscure Nick Cave lullaby 'Sheep May Safely Graze' featuring guest vocalist Alice Texas.
Birthday Party t-shirts are now available from the official web site, which is now being updated regularly.
Abattoir Blues / The Lyre Of Orpheus was recorded by Nick Launay at Studio Ferber in Paris in Spring 2004 by The Bad Seeds line up of Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, Thomas Wydler, Martyn Casey, Conway Savage, Jim Sclavunos, Warren Ellis and James Johnston.
www.nickcaveandthebadseeds.com.cob-web.org:8888   (1126 words)

  
 Jim Sclavunos: Reviews, Discography, Audio Clips, and more ||| Music.com
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www.music.com /person/jim_sclavunos/1   (63 words)

  
 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
Looking like a German Robert Mitchum in "Night of the Hunter," Einsturzende Neubauten's Blixa Bargeld added slashing noise guitar and twisted surf licks, as well as performing a beautiful duet with Cave on "The Weeping Song" and screaming like a tortured banshee during the bravura encore of "Stagger Lee."
Warren Ellis of the Dirty Three alternated between folksy fiddling and a perverse update of classical violin; percussionist Jim Sclavunos was a man possessed as he hammered his orchestra chimes during "Red Right Hand," and as always, rhythm guitarist Mick Harvey was the quiet, low-key orchestrator who held it all together.
The Bad Seeds enabled Cave to transform himself into the characters in his songs.
www.jimdero.com /News2002/NickCaveApril29.htm   (472 words)

  
 nick-cave.net :: Thema anzeigen - Wer hat interesse Jim Sclavunos zu grüßen?
Habe eben die e-mail-Adresse von Jim bekommen und werde ihm in den nächsten Tagen schreiben.
Es muß sich auch niemand verkrampfen - Jim ist ein supernetter und lustiger Mensch und für fast jeden Spaß zu haben.
Außerdem mögen es die Bad Seeds allgemein lieber, wenn man sie ganz normal wie jeden anderen behandelt.
www.nick-cave.net /board/viewtopic.php?t=476   (947 words)

  
 Kill Your Idols - Lydia Lynch, Jim Sclavunos, Arto Lindsay
Cast: Lydia Lynch and Jim Sclavunos - Teenage Jesus and The Jerks, Arto Lindsay — DNA, Glenn Branca, Thurston Moore, Lee Renaldo — Sonic Youth, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Black Dice, Liars, Gogol Bordello, Michael Gira — Swans, Theoretical Girls, Suicide, A.R.E. Weapons
Interviews connect the threads between the past and the present, an ever-fertile scene is defined, celebrated and trashed with equal amounts of enthusiasm, and the creators of some of the most challenging rock music of all-time get to explain what they do, why they do it and where it's all heading.
“We weren’t trying to make music, we were trying to be monsters”, says Teenage Jesus and the Jerks bassist Jim Sclavunos.
www.phase9.tv /movies/killyouridols.shtml   (379 words)

  
 Michael Douglas and the Douglas Clan by Annene Kaye, Jim Sclavunos, New, Used Books, Cheap Prices, ISBN 1877961213
Michael Douglas and the Douglas Clan by Annene Kaye, Jim Sclavunos, New, Used Books, Cheap Prices, ISBN 1877961213
Michael Douglas and the Douglas Clan (By Annene Kaye,Jim Sclavunos)
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www.bookfinder4u.com /detail/1877961213.html   (319 words)

  
 Sonic Youth
One thing that sets this group apart from others is the nature of their dueling lead guitar attack.
Produced by the band and Jim O'Rourke, who adds bass to two tracks and "electronics" to one; Rafael Toral adds guitar to the relatively punchy "Renegade Princess," and William Winant adds percussion to "Side2Side." (DBW)
Again with O'Rourke, but much more vibrant and closer to their peak sound than the last two records.
www.warr.org /sonik.html   (3436 words)

  
 dOc DVD Review: Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds: God is in the House (2001) - Printable   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds: God is in the House (2001)
Other Stars: Mick Harvey, Blixa Bargeld, Thomas Wydler, Conway Savage, Martyn P. Casey, Warren Ellis, Jim Sclavunos
If you had to simplistically categorize the music of Nick Cave, the words "happy" and "upbeat" wouldn't likely come to mind right away, hell, if at all.
www.digitallyobsessed.com /showrevpdf.php3?ID=5119   (600 words)

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