Nick Oliveri Biography
Nick Steven Oliveri is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter from Los Angeles, California. Oliveri is perhaps best known as a former member of Kyuss and later Queens of the Stone Age from 1998 to 2004.
Nick is also a solo artist and frequent contributor to his friends’ albums and tours, including Winnebago Deal, Mark Lanegan Band, Masters of Reality, Turbonegro and Moistboyz, among many others.
Oliveri is as of 2019 the frontman of his project, Mondo Generator, a punk and metal hybrid that he formed in 1997. Nick has also worked periodically with the Dwarves since 1993.
10 Quick Facts About Nick Oliveri
- Name: Nick Oliveri
- Age: 50 years
- Birthday: October 21
- Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
- Height: Average
- Nationality: American
- Occupation: Multi-Instrumentalist, Singer and Songwriter
- Marital Status: Married
- Salary: Under review
- Net worth: $150 thousand
Nick Oliveri Age
Nick Oliveri is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter from Los Angeles, California. He was born on October 21. 1971 in Los Angeles, CA. Nick is 50 years old as of 2021.
Nick Oliveri Family
Nick Oliveri was born in Los Angeles and lived in LA until he was 11, and then grew up in the desert. His’s adolescence was in the Palm Springs area. His first instrument was a guitar but he later moved to bass.
His major influences were Kiss, Black Sabbath, Ramones, Rush, and Van Halen. Oliveri was described as having a Spicoli-like lifestyle growing up in his youth.
He has old brothers whose names including his’s parents are not mentioned the details are under review and will be updated soon.
Nick Oliveri Wife
Nick Oliveri is engaged to his’s wife Miren Quinoy Rua. Nick had a contest with a guy to see who could get the most referrals. That kind of shit. He won. Oliveri was kind of a jackass. It was fun. He had a good time, listening to music and stuff.
Nick Oliveri Net Worth
Nick Oliveri is an American musician. He has an estimated Net Worth Of $150 thousand dollars as of 2022. After performing with a number of other groups, he returned to Katzenjammer, now known as Kyuss, and spent the next few years recording and performing with them.
Nick Oliveri Height
Nick Oliveri is as of 2019 the leader of his personal Mondo Generator project. His standing height details are not available. The details are under review and will b updated soon.
Nick Oliveri Tour
Upcoming Events
Friday 27 September 2019 – Sunday 29 September 2019
Nick Oliveri
Street Mode Festival 2019
Street Mode Festival, Thessaloníki, Greece
Nick Oliveri 2019 Events
Wed, Jul 3 7:00 PM Belconnen ACT, Australia The Basement Canberra
Thu, Jul 4 7:30 PM Sydney NSW, Australia The Metro Theatre
Fri, Jul 5 8:00 PM Mayfield NSW, Australia Stag & Hunter Hotel
Sat, Jul 6 7:00 PM Perth WA, Australia Lucy’s Love Shack
Sun, Jul 7 6:00 PM North Fremantle WA, Australia Mojo’s Bar
Wed, Jul 10 8:00 PM Melbourne VIC, Australia Cherry
Thu, Jul 11 8:00 PM Melbourne VIC, Australia Cherry
Mon, Jul 15 6:00 PM Port Macquarie NSW, Australia Hibbard Sports Club
Nick Oliveri Death Acoustic Death Acoustic
Death Acoustic is a solo acoustic record by American musician Nick Oliveri. The album contains mostly cover songs of bands Oliveri is involved indirectly or is a fan of. Bands covered include Raw Power, GG Allin, Moistboyz, Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, The Misfits, and The Dwarves.
On January 15. 2010, the album was nominated for a High Times 2010 Doobie Award in the “Best Alternative Rock Artist” category. The winning nominees were awarded on March 21, 2010.
Nick Oliveri Queens of the Stone Age
Oliveri performing with Queens of the Stone Age at the 2003 V Festival
He was a core contributor to Queens of the Stone Age from 1998 to 2004, playing bass and providing backup and lead vocals on two of the band’s biggest albums, Rated R and Songs for the Deaf, in addition to co-writing most of the album’s songs with bandmate Josh Homme.
He first appeared on the band’s self-titled debut album in the form of a voicemail confirming his commitment to the band on the album’s final song, “I Was a Teenage Hand Model”.
Oliveri’s lead singing can be heard on songs such as “Auto Pilot”, “Tension Head” and “Quick and to the Pointless” from Rated R and “Another Love Song”, “Gonna Leave You”, “Six Shooter” and “You Think I Ain’t Worth a Dollar But I Feel Like a Millionaire,” from Songs for the Deaf.
In January 2004, following a string of dates touring in Australia, Oliveri was fired from the band, with reasoning at first being the aggressive treatment of the band’s fans, later being accusations of possible abuse to his girlfriend.
Oliveri has said to have come to the conclusion himself that during a soundcheck at a show in Spain in 2003 he acted too aggressively to Josh Homme over his relationship with then-girlfriend Brody Dalle after getting too drunk on wine, raising tension between the two.
Nick Oliveri Gear
Nick Oliveri Chats New Band And Gear
Known for his work throughout the ’90s and 2000s predominately with Kyuss and then Queens Of The Stone Age, Nick Oliveri recently sat down with Music Radar to chat about exciting new things in the works including his new band Bloodclot, as well as some of the gear that he has used over the years.
Formed earlier this year, Bloodclot features previous QOTSA drummer Joey Castillo, Danzig guitarist Todd Youth, and John Joseph, previous vocalist for New York hardcore band Cro-Mags. Throughout the interview, Oliveri highlights the influence of Cro-Mags on his early bass playing, noting that he appeared in one of the band’s music videos in the ’80s before he collaborated with Joseph in Bloodclot.
“I saw them play with Motörhead in 1986, and I’m in the video for their song ‘We Gotta Know’ somehow, so I’m really excited to play with them (John Joseph),” Oliveri said, highlighting the complexities of emulating the intensity of Cro-Mags hardcore sound.
“I did the bass after the songs were recorded, which is tougher than if you play it live – the stuff is quite demanding on your picking hand – you have to really command your part.”
Oliveri also discussed the assortment of equipment used across Bloodclot’s debut record, Up In Arms, using an assortment of solid-state and tube amplifiers in conjunction with two Orange 4×10 cabinets to retain his thunderous bass tone.
“I have a bunch of different gear that I’ve picked up over the years, as you can imagine. There’s a lot of old and new stuff, but for the last few years, I’ve been using Orange 4×10 cabs. They look like 2x10s, but there are two more 10s behind them,” Oliveri said. “I also like the old Acoustic 360 heads, so I’ve been using one of the newer solid-state ones, although I like to use tubes in the studio.”
Throughout the recording of Up In Arms, Oliveri relied upon a combination of Fender Precision’s and Dan Armstrong basses, as well as a customized P/J bass built tuned to E flat and fitted with 105’s.
“It’s got more of a Jazz neck in the low registers: it gets thinner at the bottom as a Jazz would. It doesn’t have a name on it: it’s just a black bass, and that’s the one I use in Bloodclot.”
Oliveri also told MusicRadar that his pedalboard for Bloodclot was relatively restrained in comparison to other acts, restricting his pedal usage to two fuzz/overdrive boxes: “I use a Boss Hyper Fuzz with a gain boost on it: I turn the level all the way up to where I want it to grind a little bit, and I keep that on all the time,” said Oliveri.
“The other pedal I use is a Green Rhino overdrive for certain bass-featured parts, where I need a little more lift, so I can jump out more.
Nick Oliveri Kyuss
He began his career in 1987 as a guitarist, when he formed Katzenjammer with bandmates; John Garcia, Josh Homme, Chris Cockrell, and Brant Bjork.
In early 1989, shortly after Oliveri’s departure, the band changed its name to Sons of Kyuss, and after self-releasing an EP in 1990, the band re-recruited Oliveri on bass to replace Cockrell and shortened their name to Kyuss.
Oliveri left the band following completion of Blues for the Red Sun and was replaced by Scott Reeder, who had been approached about joining Kyuss five to six months earlier during a West Coast tour with The Obsessed. Following his departure from Kyuss, Oliveri joined the Dwarves as an on again off again bassist under the moniker Rex Everything.
Nick Oliveri Mondo Generator
Nick Oliveri “under the moniker Rex Everything” formed Mondo Generator in 1997 and with friends, Josh Homme, Brant Bjork, Rob Oswald, Karl Doyle, and others, recorded the debut album, Cocaine Rodeo.
The album wouldn’t be released until three years later due to Oliveri and Homme being full-time members of Queens of the Stone Age. The album was released by cult-favorite Southern Lord Records in 2000. There was little support of the album by the way of live shows, and the band gained cult status among the most devoted Queens of the Stone Age fans.
As of April 2007, Mondo Generator was scheduled to appear on the 12th annual Ozzfest tour “otherwise known as the “FreeFest” tour”, but officially dropped off the tour on July 26. 2007 after appearing at four Ozzfest dates. Oliveri stated, “We can’t keep on touring for free! My band’s not free, it’s costing me.”
Nick Oliveri Pseudonyms
He adopted the “Rex Everything” moniker after shattering a vase over a former Dwarves bassist’s house, upon which he replied to Oliveri with “Rex Everything”.
The nickname “Rex” was originally given to Oliveri by Blag Dahlia, but the last name, which became Everything, was needed to go along with it.
“Pierre Pressure” was a nickname given to Oliveri by lifelong friend Josh Homme, to which Homme stated Oliveri pressures people into doing things they should not. “The Great French Manipulator” also came from Homme.
The aliases “Rock & Roll Komodo Dragon” and “Hardcore Troubadour” originated from an interview with Revolver magazine where Homme states that Oliveri’s “a bit like a rock and roll komodo dragon, it’s been that way for thousands of years”, whereas the latter appeared during the intro segment of the interview during which Oliveri sings “Six Shooter” from Songs for the Deaf.
Feeling Like a Millionaire
Nick Oliveri has been hammering out bass lines since he was a teenager in the late ’80s. He started out with the bands Kyuss and the Dwarves, but he is perhaps most recognized for his stint with Josh Homme’s post-Kyuss band Queens of the Stone Age, where he contributed songwriting, bass, and vocals on numerous songs like “You Think I Ain’t Worth a Dollar, But I Feel Like a Millionaire” from 2002’s Songs for the Deaf.
After a bitter split from Homme and the Queens camp in 2004, Oliveri focused on his own band Mondo Generator as well as solo, acoustic material.
Nick Oliveri Albums
Songs for the Deaf 2002
Death Acoustic 2009
Demolition Day 2004
Leave Me Alone 2014
Rated R 2000
The Punisher: The Album 2004
Queens of the Stone Age 1998
Wretch 1991
Blues for the Red Sun 1992
Dead Planet: Special Edition 2009
Nick Oliveri Live at The Casbah 10/10/2004 2004
Sons of Kyuss 1990
EP Runtastic – Power Workout (Vol. 1) 2015
Awaken: The Poison Tree Records Sampler 2010
Nick Oliveri Songs
No One Knows Songs for the Deaf · 2002
Go with the Flow Songs for the Deaf · 2002
Millionaire XXX · 2002
Feel Good Hit of the Summer Rated R · 2000
Gonna Leave You Songs for the Deaf · 2002
The Lost Art of Keeping a Secret Rated R · 2000
Another Love Song Songs for the Deaf · 2002
AutoPilot Rated R · 2000
Mosquito Song Songs for the Deaf · 2002
First It Giveth Songs for the Deaf · 2002
A Song for the Dead Songs for the Deaf · 2002
Quick and the Pointless Rated R · 2000
Six Shooter Songs for the Deaf · 2002
Tension Head Rated R · 2000
Regular John Queens of the Stone Age · 1998
The Blue Garden Masters of Reality · 1988
Green Machine Blues for the Red Sun · 1992
Better Living Through Chemistry Rated R · 2000
God Is in the Radio Songs for the Deaf · 2002
Mexicola Queens of the Stone Age · 1998
The Sky Is Fallin’ Songs for the Deaf · 2002
Ode to Clarissa Rated R · 2000
Hangin’ Tree Songs for the Deaf · 2002
Monsters in the Parasol Rated R · 2000
If Only Queens of the Stone Age · 1998
You Can’t Quit Me Baby Queens of the Stone Age · 1998
In the Fade Rated R · 2000
I Think I Lost My Headache Rated R · 2000
The Real Song for the Deaf Songs for the Deaf · 2002
Born to Hula Rated R · 2000
Infinity Heavy Metal 2000 · 2000
How to Handle a Rope Queens of the Stone Age · 1998
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