Nick Oliveri is an American musician from Palm Desert, California, playing bass guitar, acoustic guitar, electric guitar and delivering a relentless vocal style.
He is most widely known as a bassist with Kyuss, Queens of the Stone Age, and Dwarves, and has also performed with the reunited Kyuss under the names Kyuss Lives! and Vista Chino.
As a bandleader, his main project is Mondo Generator, a punk/metal hybrid that he formed in 1997.
Born in Los Angeles, Oliveri began his career in 1987 with John Garcia, Brant Bjork, Josh Homme and Chris Cockrell under the band name Katzenjammer. In early 1989, after Oliveri's departure to play in other bands, the band would change its name to Sons of Kyuss, later shortening the name to Kyuss. He later rejoined the band, playing on the albums Wretch and Blues for the Red Sun.
However he is perhaps best known as a member of 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, Mark Lanegan Band, Masters of Reality, Turbonegro, Moistboyz aka Dickie Moist and the O.T.C., The Dwarves and The Knives.
A true Rock'N'Roll legend with an endlesss succession of World tours under his belt.
"Get ready to be dragged into a scummy, dingy, graffiti laden punk dive. Intense, frenzied riffs fill our ears, our head swirls, the energy in the air is electric... This is where Oliveri is at his best; he really captures a rawness and agitation that is reminiscent of the punk of old with a bit of flair."
- METAL EPIDEMIC
Location: Palm Desert, USA
Members: Solo or band format
FFO: QOTSA, The Dwarves, Mondo Generator
