Susie Bick is the second and current wife of Australian singer, songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional actor Nick Cave.
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Susie and Nick got married after Nick briefly dated PJ Harvey during the mid-1990s, with whom he recorded the duet “Henry Lee”.
Susie and Nick met in 1997.
Susie, a model was the cover model on the Damned’s 1985 album Phantasmagoria and a Vivienne Westwood model.
Susie is also the model on the cover of Cave’s album Push the Sky Away but she gave up her job when they married in 1999.
Susie’s and Cave’s twin sons, Arthur and Earl, were born in London in 2000 and raised in Brighton.
Susie co-founded the fashion label The Vampire’s Wife in 2014 and it is still in operation.
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Susie’s husband Cave’s music is generally characterised by emotional intensity, a wide variety of influences and lyrical obsessions with death, religion, love and violence.
Cave maintains The Red Hand Files, a newsletter he uses to respond to questions from fans.
Cave’s work is the subject of academic study, and his songs have been covered by a wide range of artists, including Johnny Cash (“The Mercy Seat”), Metallica (“Loverman”) and Snoop Dogg (“Red Right Hand”).
Cave was inducted into the ARIA Hall of Fame in 2007, and named an Officer of the Order of Australia in 2017.


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