Last modified on Wed 28 Apr 2021 08.40 EDT
Anita Lane, the Australian singer-songwriter best known for her collaborations with Nick Cave, has died. A representative for her label confirmed the news. No cause of death was given, and her age – believed to have been in her early 60s – could not be immediately confirmed.
Lane was born in Melbourne and attended art school where she began dating Cave in the 1970s. The pair later moved to Europe together and they collaborated, initially for Cave’s band the Birthday Party – Lane co-wrote A Dead Song from their 1981 debut album, Prayers on Fire. The photographer Bleddyn Butcher, who extensively documented Cave’s early years, later said: “Anita’s influence on Nick’s early thinking and creative confidence was catalytic.”
Anita Lane dead: The Bad Seeds and The Birthday Party star dies age 62
Anita Lane - who was once part of bands The Bad Seeds and The Birthday Party before releasing solo albums - has now died aged 62
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Luke Turner
, April 28th, 2021 10:35
The Australian artist collaborated with the likes of Nick Cave, Einstürzende Neubauten and lots more across her career
Anita Lane has died, aged 62, a representative for her label has confirmed.
Born in Melbourne, Australia in 1959, Lane was a classmate of the Birthday Party s Rowland S. Howard, and co-wrote several tracks for the band with Nick Cave. After the Birthday Party split, she co-wrote Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds From Her To Eternity , and Stranger Than Kindness , arguably two of that band s finest songs.
Lane also worked with Kid Congo Powers, Gudrun Gut, Die Haut and Einstürzende Neubauten across her career, while she contributed vocals to Mick Harvey s Serge Gainsbourg tribute albums, and released a superb cover of These Boots Were Made For Walking with Barry Adamson.