Nick Barker (Australian musician)

Nick Barker
A man is shown in three-quarter side profile. He is singing into a microphone on it stand while playing a guitar. He wears a red t-shirt and jeans. Behind him are stage lights and an amplified speaker.
On stage, Queensland, February 2003
Background information
Birth nameNicholas Paul Barker
OriginMelbourne, Australia
Genres
Occupations
  • Musician
  • singer-songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
  • bass
Years active1980–present
Labels
Websitefacebook.com/pages/Nick-Barker-and-The-Reptiles/279103542127590

Nicholas Paul Barker is an Australian singer-songwriter and guitarist who formed a rock, power pop band, Nick Barker & the Reptiles, in March 1988. Their cover version of Cockney Rebel's "Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)" reached the top 30 on the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Singles Chart in November 1989. They provided two top 40 albums on the related ARIA Albums Chart, Goin' to Pieces (1989) and After the Show (1991). He formed another group, Barker, in 1993, and their single, "Time Bomb", was listed at No. 20 on Triple J Hottest 100 for 1994.[1] Barker then went solo from 1995.

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