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Nice (band)

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Labels
  
Feel Good All Over

Active from
  
1991

Albums
  
Apple Pie, Nice

Active until
  
1994

Record label
  
Feel Good All Over

Genres
  
Indie rock, Pop rock

Origin
  
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Years active
  
1991 (1991)–1994 (1994)

Associated acts
  
The Cannanes, Rewind on the Paranoid Side, Ashtray Boy

Past members
  
Randall Lee, Susannah Stewart-Lindsay, Francesca Bussey, Jo Packer, Mark King

Nice was an Australian indie rock band which formed in 1991. The band was fronted by Randall Lee formerly of The Cannanes and later of Ashtray Boy on vocals and guitar; Susannah Stewart-Lindsay, previously a member of the Adelaide-based band, Rewind on the Paranoid Side, on guitar; and Jo Packer on drums. Francesca Bussey, later a member of The Cannanes, was a member of Nice on bass guitar during the recording sessions for their first album, Nice (1992), but left during production and was credited only as a guest. Bussey was replaced on bass guitar by Mark King.

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Allmusic's Nitsuh Abebe felt that Nice, which was issued by United States label, Feel Good All Over, showed that "Lee's dark jangle sounds absolutely stunning, and while the record's songwriting isn't as consistent as one might hope, the majority of it works incredibly well, with unconventional time signatures and progressions keeping things from falling into strummy banality". "Dear John", which was the lead track on Nice, was covered by the band Aden. The band's songs "Theme from Nice" and "Circuit Diagram" from their 1993 album, Apple Pie, were included in the popular 1990s Nickelodeon show The Adventures of Pete & Pete. Adebe described Apple Pie as "a step toward the more varied pop sound" of Lee's future work with Ashtray Boy.

Discography

  • Nice (1992)
  • Apple Pie (19 October 1993)
  • Songs

    Circuit DiagramNice · 1994
    Theme From NiceNice · 1994
    Christiana ANice · 1994

    References

    Nice (band) Wikipedia