George Vjestica is a British guitarist and songwriter.Joao Sarmento. " Tabernacle's NYE Review" By James Simms]. thesourcemag.net."High Above The Storm" . Die Shellsuit, Die. 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."The Quietus | Reviews | Nick Cave & Warren Ellis". The Quietus. Vjestica subsequently contributed to the Bad Seeds' fifteenth studio album, Push the Sky Away (2013), and joined the band on its accompanying tour.Mark Mordue. "Astral travelling: Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds’ ‘Push the Sky Away’". The Monthly."Review: Lawless by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis · Readings.com.au" . readings.com.au. 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.
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"."Nick Cave's bandmate Geoerge Vjestica releases a solo song". Venia-Mag. Anastazija Vrzina | September 30, 2014
Personal life George Vjestica was born and grew up in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England to Croatian Serb "Music Q&A: Bandante". Big Issue North. parents Nikola and Marta Vještica (died on 31 January 2021) from Lika, Croatia. "96 death notices made in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire this week, section Marta VJESTICA". Stoke on Trent Live.
In 2009, Vjestica married the writer Rosie Mortimer with whom he has two sons.
References
"Nick Cave on Lawless, the sentimentality of sadists, and the war on drugs". avclub.com "MusicTAP" . MusicTAP "‘Welcome Back to Milk’ by Du Blonde Review". Wall Street Journal. Jim Fusilli, July 22, 2015 .
External links https://web.archive.org/web/20130117084928/http://visualsound.net/george-vjestica-uk/ https://www.nme.com/nme-video/youtube/id/EXBXjR6Kgds