Nick Oliveri has taken his “Death Acoustic” tour to Australia, New Zealand and Europe, now he is heading home with a run of solo shows across the United States east coast during January / February and west coast dates set to follow shortly after. Catch Nick in intimate, solo mode at :
Fri, January 22nd – Middle East , Cambridge MA
Sat, January 23rd – Pianos , New York NY
Sun, January 24th – Khyber , Philadelphia PA
Mon, January 25th – Velvet Lounge , Washington DC
Tue, January 26th – Volume 11 Tavern , Raleigh NC
Wed, January 27th – Casbah @ Tremont Music Hall , Charlotte NC
Thu, January 28th – Lenny’s , Atlanta GA
Fri, January 29th – The End , Nashville TN
Sat, January 30th – Hi Tone , Memphis TN
Mon, February 1st – Double Door , Chicago IL
Tue, February 2nd – Frequency , Madison WI
Wed, February 3rd – Southgate House , Newport KY
Thu, February 4th – Grog Shop , Cleveland OH
Fri, February 5th – Small’s , Hamtramck MI
Sat, February 6th – Garfield Artworks , Pittsburgh PA
You may know Nick as the long haired bass player on the early Kyuss albums or as the mysterious Rex Everything in The Dwarves. Others will know him as one of the creative partners behind Queens Of The Stone Age and more recently the screaming front man of Mondo Generator. He is a man that should need no introduction to rock fans across the world.
Starting his musical career as a teenager with some friends from Palm Desert, California, Oliveri played bass and wrote a number of songs on the first two albums of desert rock pioneers Kyuss. The band would go on to establish them as a cult band worldwide and ensure high interest in all the members’ future projects.
One of those projects became Oliveri’s most successful commercial venture; it was of course Queens Of The Stone Age. Alongside song writing partner Josh Homme, Oliveri played on and co-wrote the bands two most critically acclaimed and successful albums ‘Rated R’ and ‘Songs For The Deaf’.
After a split with the band in 2004, he focused his energies on his own band Mondo Generator, while also being a part time member of The Dwarves and playing bass in the very occasional band Moistboyz alongside members of Ween and Butthole Surfers.
Throughout his career delivering audiences wild and loud rock shows with the aforementioned bands, Oliveri has found time to play intimate, solo acoustic shows. Just him and his guitar, blending songs he has written for the bands he has played in, specifically written songs for the solo shows and well chosen covers. In this format he has further showcased what a great songwriter and musician he is.
In October, he documented these solo adventures with the release of his album “Death Acoustic”, a simple collection of home recordings compiled over the last twelve months highlighting this format. The release was the catalyst for a world tour which now finally hits his home country.
