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Years active
  
1981–present


Name
  
Nicke Andersson

Role
  
Singer

Nicke Andersson

Birth name
  
Anders Niklas Andersson

Also known as
  
Nick Royale, Nicke Hellacopter, David Lee Hellacopter, Punk Andersson

Born
  
1 August 1972 (age 51) Sweden (
1972-08-01
)

Genres
  
Garage rock, rock, hard rock, garage rock revival, punk rock, garage punk, soul, death metal, death 'n' roll, heavy metal, thrash metal, psychedelic rock

Instruments
  
Vocals, guitar, bass guitar, drums, clavinet, percussion

Music groups
  
The Hellacopters (1994 – 2008)

Movies
  
Sonic Revolution: A Celebration of the MC5

Albums
  
Wolverine Blues, DCLXVI: To Ride Shoot Str, Honk Machine, Left Hand Path, Clandestine

Similar People
  
Dregen, Alex Hellid, Lars Goran Petrov, Ulf Cederlund, Robert Dahlqvist

Occupation(s)
  
Musician, songwriter

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Nicke Andersson (also known as Nick Royale), born 1 August 1972, is a Swedish singer, guitarist, drummer, songwriter and composer most known for his work as the singer and guitarist of the successful Grammy award winning rock band The Hellacopters and drummer for Swedish death metal band Entombed. He has also done work as a producer as well as artwork for most the bands he has been involved with. Besides his work with the Hellacopters, Andersson is currently the drummer and songwriter in the soul band The Solution with Scott Morgan as well as the drummer, guitarist and songwriter in the death metal band Death Breath. Andersson has been involved in well over a hundred different official releases with different bands. He is currently touring with his new project, Imperial State Electric. Andersson was also the drummer of Tiamat in 1989, who were under the name of Treblinka, but he was no longer in the group by that year and he did not record any material with them.

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Recording career

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Andersson's interest began early in life with KISS as his favorite band and soon discovered his childhood friend and future band mate Kenny Håkanssons father's record collection and bands such as The Ramones and Sex Pistols. His interest soon turned towards heavier music, trading cassettes and vinyl and writing for fanzines. It wasn't long before Andersson started playing music and was soon playing drums and guitars in rock and metal bands such as Brain Dead Bodies, The Breaking, Belsen Barnen, Parodi, Maximal Skandal, Sons of Satan, Blasphemy, Nihilist and a number of other bands.

Entombed

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Andersson formed Nihilist after answering an ad in Heavy Sound, a record store in Stockholm When Nihilist broke up in 1989, the same musicians formed Entombed with a different bass player. Andersson was predominantly the drummer in the band but also contributed with bass, guitars and vocals as well. Entombed took influences from many different genres but mostly from death metal in the band's first two albums Left Hand Path and Clandestine. With their third album the group started incorporating more traditional influences from hard rock and heavy metal and the album Wolverine Blues is widely considered to be the origin of Death 'n' roll.

The Hellacopters

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In late 1994, Andersson formed The Hellacopters as a side project together with Dregen, Kenny Håkansson and Robert Eriksson, all of whom earlier had been roadies during Andersson's time in Entombed. In January 1995 they released their first single Killing Allan on their own label Psychout Records. Their first full-length album Supershitty to the Max! was released in 1996 and was recorded in 25 hours and later awarded with a Grammy. The group recruited Anders Lindström and supported KISS on their Scandinavian shows in 1997. The album was followed up the next year with Payin' the Dues. Due to the band's success, Andersson left Entombed to focus full-time on his new band. However the next year guitarist Dregen left The Hellacopters to focus full-time on his other band Backyard Babies. With their third record The Hellacopters changed the direction of their music to a more cleaner sound than the early garage/punk rock style. The band continued to tour with temporary replacements before Robert 'Strings' Dahlqvist joined the band as their full-time guitarist. The band continued to release albums and tour extensively in Scandinavia, Europe and other parts of the world as well as opening up for The Rolling Stones on two shows in 2002. In 2006 The Hellacopters joined forces with The Hives, Backyard Babies, The Soundtrack of Our Lives and Millencolin and embarked on a successful tour throughout Sweden. In 2007 the band announced that they would be breaking up after the release of their 7th full-length album 'Head off', a collection of cover songs which will be followed by a last tour through Europe and Scandinavia. After the breakup of The Hellacopters Andersson is planning on recording a solo record, exactly what direction the album will take is still not decided.

Scott Morgan collaborations

While on tour in USA with The Hellacopters, the band played several shows in the same venue as the former Sonic's Rendezvous Band singer Scott Morgan. This led to the formation of The Hydromatics which went on to release their first record Parts Unknown in 1999. Andersson and Morgan teamed up once again in 2004 this time under the name The Solution to release Communicate which was followed up with Will Not Be Televised in 2007.

Death Breath

In 2005 Death Breath was formed by Andersson and Robert Pehrsson. Soon Scott Carlson and Erik Wallin joined, making the band's lineup complete. The band plays metal music inspired by some of Andersson's favorite early extreme metal bands such as Venom, Autopsy and Celtic Frost. The band released Stinking Up the Night in 2006 and Let It Stink in 2007.

Cold Ethyl

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After the breakup of The Hellacopters, Andersson formed Cold Ethyl along with Thomas Eriksson, Tobias Egge and Dolf De Borst from The Datsuns who opened up together with "Demons" for The Hellacopters during the later part of The Tour Before the Fall. The band states that they have no interest in recording or releasing any material at this time and that the only way to experience the band is through their live shows. the band played their first show at Debaser Slussen in Stockholm early 2009 and held a short tenure at the club "Fanclub".

Imperial State Electric

At first a Nicke Andersson solo recording project Imperial State Electric soon evolved into a touring band with the same members as Cold Ethyl. They toured Scandinavia and Europe during 2010–2011 on the back of the first self-titled record (released Jan. 2010). I.S.E played mostly headline shows and festivals but there were also support act slots to KISS and Guns N' Roses. For the recording of the second album "Pop War" (released 9 March 2012) Imperial State Electric was declared a band proper. The "Pop War" tour was unofficially started with two gigs supporting The Hives, one "by invitation only" secret gig on 28 March 2012 and one official The Hives gig three days later. The Imperial State Electric Pop War tour officially started on 4 April at Katalin in Uppsala, Sweden.

Other work

In 1998 Andersson, together with former band mate Dregen, Ginger (from The Wildhearts) and Thomas Skogsberg formed Supershit 666, the band's music was very reminiscent of the early Hellacopters sound. The band released a self-titled EP in 1999 but never played live. However Dregen and Ginger have both expressed interest in playing together again, possibly as Supershit 666. After releasing "By the Grace of God", Andersson was invited to join Wayne Kramer and the remaining members of the MC5 for their reunion tour in 2003 and 2004. In 2004 Andersson joined up with Swedish punk veteran Johan Johansson from KSMB and Strindbergs. They released the single (Komma ut ur matchen) NU!. A Swedish version of (Gotta get som action) NOW! They were joined by musicians such as Anders "Boba" Lindström and Dregen from Hellacopters and Sulo from Diamond Dogs. The single also contained the song 8 pm, an English version of the KSMB song Klockan 8. Along with fellow Hellacopter member Robert Dahlqvist, Andersson recorded drums and guitars for Swedish singer/songwriter Stefan Sundströms 2004 album Hjärtats melodi. Apart from being a producer/co-producer with his own bands, Andersson produced Swedish rock band Dollhouse's second album The Royal Rendezevous in Acetone Studio, Stockholm in late 2005. Also at Acetone Studio he played on Neil Leyton's The Betrayal of the Self album along with Backyard Babies's guitarist Dregen. The next year he produced the Backyard Babies fifth studio album People Like People Like People Like Us. In 2009, it has been announced that Andersson and Neil Leyton have a side-project called The Point, with a 7" single titled "Give it a try" due to be released in the spring of 2010.

Selected discography

  • 1988 Mezzrow – Frozen Soul (Bass)
  • 1990 Entombed – Left Hand Path (Drums, bass, artwork)
  • 1991 Entombed – Clandestine (Drums, lead vocals, artwork)
  • 1993 Entombed – Hollowman (Drums, arrangements)
  • 1993 Entombed – Wolverine Blues (Drums, guitar, artwork)
  • 1996 The Hellacopters – Supershitty to the Max! (Vocals, guitar, maracas)
  • 1991 DismemberLike an Ever Flowing Stream (Lead guitar)
  • 1996 Daemon – Seven Deadly Sins (Guitars, drums)
  • 1997 Entombed – DCLXVI: To Ride Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth (Drums, percussion)
  • 1997 Entombed – Entombed (Drums, guitar)
  • 1997 The Hellacopters – Payin' the Dues (Vocals, guitar, piano, percussion)
  • 1997 Entombed – Wreckage (Drums)
  • 1997 The Hellacopters/GlueciferRespect the Rock (Vocals, guitar)
  • 1998 The Backyard Babies – Total3 (Songwriting)
  • 1998 Electric Frankenstein/Hellacopters – Electric Frankenstein Vs. The Hellacopters (Vocals guitar)
  • 1999 The Hellacopters – Grande Rock (Vocals, guitar)
  • 1999 Supershit 666 – Supershit 666 (Drums)
  • 1999 The HydromaticsPart Unknown (Drums, percussion backing vocals)
  • 1999 The Hydromatics – Fluid Drive (Drums, percussion)
  • 2000 The Hellacopters – High Visibility (Vocals, guitar, clavinet, percussion)
  • 2000 The Hellacopters – Cream of the Crap Vol. 1 (Vocals, guitar)
  • 2001 The Hellacopters/The Flaming SideburnsWhite Trash Soul (Vocals, guitar)
  • 2002 Scarve – Luminiferous (Songwriting)
  • 2002 The Hellacopters – By the Grace of God (Vocals, guitar, percussion, piano)
  • 2002 Entombed – Sons of Satan Praise the Lord (Drums)
  • 2002 The Hellacopters – Cream of the Crap Vol. 2 (Vocals, guitar)
  • 2003 Mensen – Oslo City (Mixing, percussion)
  • 2004 Kurt-Sunes med Helveteshundarna – (Komma Ut Ur Matchen) NU! (Guitar, vocals)
  • 2004 The Solution – Communicate! (Production, drums, percussion, guitar, backing vocals)
  • 2004 MC5Purity Accuracy (Guitar, vocals)
  • 2004 Stefan SundströmHjärtats Melodi (Drums, backing vocals)
  • 2005 The Hellacopters – Rock & Roll Is Dead (Vocals, guitar, percussion, piano)
  • 2005 Nihilist – Nihlist (1987–1989) (Drums, guitar, artwork)
  • 2005 Dollhouse – The Royal Rendezevouz (Production)
  • 2006 Death Breath – Stinking Up the Night (Drums, guitar)
  • 2006 Neil Leyton – The Betrayal of the Self (Guitar)
  • 2006 Jeff Walker Und Die Flüffers – Welcome To Carcass Cuntry (Vocals)
  • 2006 The Hellacopters – Air Raid Serenades (Vocals, guitar, percussion)
  • 2006 Backyard Babies – People Like People Like People Like Us (Production)
  • 2007 Death Breath – Let It Stink (Drums, guitar, bass)
  • 2007 The Solution – Will Not Be Televised (Production, drums, percussion, guitar, backing vocals, mixing, artwork)
  • 2008 The Hellacopters – Head Off (Vocals, guitar, percussion)
  • 2008 Bullet – Bite the Bullet (Mixing)
  • 2009 The Bitter TwinsGlobal Panic! (Lead guitar, vocals)
  • 2010 Imperial State Electric – Imperial State Electric (Vocals, guitar, bass, drums, percussion, keyboard)
  • 2010 Stefan Sundström – 5 Dagar i Augusti (Piano, backing vocals, percussion)
  • 2010 Necronaut – Necronaut (Lead guitar)
  • 2011 Imperial State Electric – In Concert! (Vocals, guitar)
  • 2011 Stefan Sundström – Jonny Dunders Elektriska Circus Live! (Piano)
  • 2011 Morbus Chron - Sleepers in the Rift (Producer, Recording, Engineering, Mixing)
  • 2012 '77 – High Decibels (Production, mixing, additional vocals)
  • 2012 Imperial State Electric – Pop War (Vocals, guitar, production, engineering, artwork)
  • 2015 Honeymoon Disease - "The Transcendence" (Co-Producer)
  • TBA Death Breath – Upcoming studio album (Guitar, drums)
  • TBA The Hellacopters – Upcoming live album (Vocals, guitar)
  • References

    Nicke Andersson Wikipedia