George Vjestica

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George Vjestica
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George Vjestica rehearsing in 2013
Background information
Born (1967-05-02) 2 May 1967 (age 58)
Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England
Origin Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • vocals
  • piano
Years active1993–present

George Vjestica is a British guitarist and songwriter. [1] [2] He is best known as a member of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, whom he joined in 2013. Outside of his work with Cave, Vjestica has collaborated with Groove Armada, John Squire and KT Tunstall across his career and fronts the band Bandante. [3]

Contents

Prior to joining Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds as a full contributing member, Vjestica worked with Nick Cave and Warren Ellis on their film soundtracks for The Proposition and Lawless . [4] Vjestica subsequently contributed to the Bad Seeds' fifteenth studio album, Push the Sky Away (2013), and joined the band on its accompanying tour. [5] [6] Vjestica has remained in the band ever since, contributing to the albums, Skeleton Tree (2016), Ghosteen (2019) and Wild God (2024).

Vjestica worked with the director Lynne Ramsay on the music for her 2025 film, Die My Love , starring Robert Pattinson and Jennifer Lawrence.

Career

From 2006 to 2010 Vjestica toured and recorded with Groove Armada, appearing on albums, Black Light and Soundboy Rock . [7]

He has also toured with John Squire (Stone Roses), appearing on the Marshall's House album, and played guitar on KT Tunstall's debut EP False Alarm which features on the multi-million selling album Eye to the Telescope .

Although best known for his guitar work in various bands, Vjestica has released one double-sided single, "Bang Bang/She Put a Spell in Me". [8]

Personal life

George Vjestica was born and grew up in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England to Serbian-Croatian [9] parents Nikola and Marta Vjestica (died on January 31, 2021). [10]

In 2009, Vjestica married the writer Rosie Mortimer [7] with whom he has two sons.

His last name Vjestica means "witch" in Croatian.

References

  1. ↑ Joao Sarmento. " Tabernacle's NYE Review" By James Simms]. thesourcemag.net.
  2. ↑ "High Above The Storm" Archived 2016-09-15 at the Wayback Machine . Die Shellsuit, Die.
  3. ↑ "Henley on Thames News | Sixties-style psychedelic 'happening' at Nettlebed". Archived from the original on 2016-11-22. Retrieved 2016-11-22.
  4. ↑ "The Quietus | Reviews | Nick Cave & Warren Ellis". The Quietus.
  5. ↑ Mark Mordue. "Astral travelling: Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds’ ‘Push the Sky Away’". The Monthly.
  6. ↑ "Review: Lawless by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis · Readings.com.au" Archived 2018-10-12 at the Wayback Machine . readings.com.au.
  7. 1 2 "What it feels like to be married to an older rock star".
  8. ↑ "Nick Cave's bandmate Geoerge Vjestica releases a solo song". Venia-Mag. Anastazija Vrzina | September 30, 2014
  9. ↑ "Music Q&A: Bandante". Big Issue North.
  10. ↑ "96 death notices made in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire this week, section Marta VJESTICA". Stoke on Trent Live.
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