Warren Ellis was born in February 1965 in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. He studied classical violin and flute and worked briefly as a teacher before travelling Europe. On his return to Australia, he played in a series of bands in Melbourne before forming Dirty Three in 1992 with guitarist Mick Turner and drummer Jim White.

Dirty Three have released nine albums to date, with 2024’s Love Changes Everything their latest. In 1993, Ellis contributed violin to Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds’ album Let Love In and was asked to join the band as a full-time member. Over the years, Ellis became an integral member of the Bad Seeds, writing, producing and playing multiple instruments, and has also worked on a number of soundtracks with Cave.

In his Letter to My Younger Self , Ellis looks back on c

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