Grinderman (Nick Cave & Warren Ellis) "Grinderman (Self-Titled)" COLOR:ECO-BLACK making Shake The Spirit was

making Shake The Spirit was like "shaking myself awake

From their earliest post-hardcore squeals on "Crab Nebula" to the dub-inspired death march of "Behold The Salt

and with considerably more sophistication than their previous work

a stage in the process of continuing evolution

Grinderman (Nick Cave & Warren Ellis) "Grinderman (Self-Titled)" COLOR:ECO-BLACK making Shake The Spirit wasGrinderman came to be when Nick Cave was writing material in 2005 for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds album Abattoir Blues The Lyre of Orpheus. Teaming up with band members Martyn Casey (bass), Warren Ellis (violin, guitar) and Jim Sclavunos (drums), the group went into a London studio in 2006 and began a marathon session of writing material aiming to recreate the more raw, primal sound like that of Cave's celebrated post punk project The Birthday Party.