{"name":"Grinderman","title":"Grinderman","id":3501,"slug":"grinderman","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/api/v3/core/authors/3501/?format=json","bio_short":"Grinderman was an Australian <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/tag/garage%20rock\" class=\"bbcode_tag\" rel=\"tag\">garage rock</a> band, formed by <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Nick+Cave\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Nick Cave</a> (vocals, electric guitar, organ, piano), <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Warren+Ellis\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Warren Ellis</a> (electric bouzouki, Fendocastor, violin, viola, acoustic guitar, backing vocals), <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Martyn+P.+Casey\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Martyn P. Casey</a> (bass, acoustic guitar, backing vocals) and <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Jim+Sclavunos\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Jim Sclavunos</a> (drums, percussion, backing vocals), all of whom are members of <a href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Nick+Cave+and+the+Bad+Seeds\" class=\"bbcode_artist\">Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds</a>.  After heavy touring throughout 2005 in support of <a title=\"Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus\" href=\"http://www.last.fm/music/Nick+Cave+and+the+Bad+Seeds/Abattoir+Blues%2FThe+Lyre+of+Orpheus\" class=\"bbcode_album\">Abattoir Blues/The Lyre of Orpheus</a>, Cave began writing songs on guitar, an instrument he rarely played.","artist_img":"//guitarparty.overcastcdn.com/images/Grinderman2.2e16d0ba.fill-1200x675-c100.format-jpeg.jpg","songs":[{"id":3565,"title":"Palaces of montezuma","url":"https://www.guitarparty.com/songs/palaces-of-montezuma/"}]}