Concrete Playground

If you imagine combining that dust storm with bass amps, amphetamines, booze, and loud guitars, all running off a generator in the desert, then you might be able to picture the beginnings of Nick Oliveri’s musical path with Kyuss, in Palm Desert, California.

Oliveri, and then Kyuss guitarist Joshua Homme went on to become the key members of Queens Of The Stone Age, sharing vocal and song writing duties on the bands albums Rated R and Songs For The Deaf. With his punk influences, the hideously-goatied Olivieri spat out some of the more abrasive yet memorable Queens songs- “Cocaine, nicotine, valium, vicodin, marijuana, ecstasy and alcohol wwwaaaaahhh! (lengthy scream)”, on Feel Good Hit Of The Summer.

After the often volatile and inebriated Oliveri was fired from Queens (he was once arrested for performing naked in Brazil) he formed his own band Mondo Generator, playing a more intense brand of punk/metal. He has moonlighted and collaborated on a plethora of projects including the Mark Lanegan band, Brant Bjork and The Bros and seminal scum-punk band The Dwarves, which bring him to Australia.

He continues his moonlighting ways by playing a few solo shows whilst here, and he'll be showing us his acoustic side with songs from his two truly solo albums Demolition Day and Death Acoustic at The Hopetoun October 10th.

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