George Vjestica
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George Vjestica rehearsing in 2013 | |
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| Born | 2 May 1967 Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England |
| Origin | Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, England |
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| Years active | 1993–present |
George Vjestica is a British guitarist and songwriter. 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.
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. Vjestica subsequently contributed to the Bad Seeds' fifteenth studio album, Push the Sky Away (2013), and joined the band on its accompanying tour. 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.