Nick Oliveri

Nick Oliveri
Oliveri looking downward
Oliveri in 2009
Background information
Birth nameNick Steven Oliveri
Also known as
  • Rex Everything[1]
  • Pierre Pressure[2]
  • The Great French Manipulator[2]
  • Rock & Roll Komodo Dragon[3]
  • Nikolai Svetlana[4]
Born (1971-10-21) October 21, 1971 (age 52)[5]
Los Angeles, California, U.S.[5]
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • songwriter
  • singer
Instrument(s)
  • Bass
  • guitar
  • vocals
  • percussion
  • organ
  • synthesizer
DiscographyNick Oliveri discography
Labels
  • Tornado
  • Impedance
  • Schnitzel
  • Heavy Psych Sounds[6]
Member of
Formerly of

Nick Steven Oliveri (born October 21, 1971)[5] is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter. He is best known as a former bassist of Kyuss and later Queens of the Stone Age from 1998 to 2004. Oliveri is also a solo artist and frequent contributor to his friends' albums and tours, including Winnebago Deal, Masters of Reality, Turbonegro, Moistboyz, Svetlanas and Big Scenic Nowhere among many others. He is currently the frontman of his project, Mondo Generator, a punk and metal hybrid that he formed in 1997,[11] and the co-founder of the stoner rock power trio, Stöner.[12] He has also worked periodically with the Dwarves since 1993.[13]

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  6. ^ "Nick Oliveri". Heavy Psych Sounds. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  7. ^ @death_machine_2 (March 25, 2022). "Death Machine II 3/19/2022". Retrieved April 14, 2022 – via Instagram.
  8. ^ @death_machine3 (March 27, 2021). "Death Machine III Saturday April 10th Live at The Doll Hut". Retrieved April 14, 2022 – via Instagram.
  9. ^ "Bloodclot". Metal Blade Records. July 14, 2017. Retrieved May 1, 2022.
  10. ^ Bennett, J (January 22, 2015). "Don't Call it a Supergroup: Wino, Nick Oliveri, and Joey Castillo Are Royale Daemons". Vice. Retrieved June 18, 2022.
  11. ^ "Nick Oliveri". AllMusic. Retrieved on October 5, 2013.
  12. ^ "Stöner". Heavy Psych Sounds Records. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
  13. ^ Nick Oliveri - Interview July 2015 (Stoned From The Underground) on YouTube