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Nicke Andersson (also known as Nicke Royale), born August 1, 1972 is a singer, guitarist, drummer, songwriter and composer known for successfully creating music in a wide range of different genres. He has also done work as a producer as well as artwork for most the bands he has been involved with. Nicke is currently the lead singer/guitarist and songwriter of the Grammies award winning rock band The Hellacopters, the drummer and songwriter in the soulband The Solution with Scott Morgan as well as the drummer, guitarist and songwriter in the deathmetal band Death Breath. To this day Nicke has been involved in well over a hundred different official releases with different bands.

Early career as a drummer

Nicke'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 vinyls and writing for fanzines. It wasn't long before Nicke started playing music and was soon playing drums and guitars in rock and metalbands such as Brain Dead Bodies, The Breaking, Belsen Barnen, Parodi, Maximal Skandal, Sons of Satan, Blasphemy, Nihilist and a number of other bands. When Nihlist broke up in 1990, Nicke went on and joined Entombed by answering an ad in Heavy Sound a record store in Stockholm. Nicke 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

The birth of The Hellacopters

In late 1994, Nicke formed The Hellacopters as a sideproject together with Dregen, Kenny Håkansson and Robert Eriksson, all of whom earlier had been roadies during Nicke's time in Entombed. In January of 1995 they relased their first single Killing Alan on their own label Psychout Records. Their first full length album Supershitty to the Max! was relased in 1996 and was recorded in 25 hours and later awarded with a Grammy. The group recruited Andreas 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, Nicke left Entombed to focus fulltime on his new band. However the next year guitarist Dregen left The Hellacopters to focus fulltime on his other band Backyard Babies.

The 'new' Hellacopters sound

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 fulltime guitarist. The band countinued 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.

Side projects and other collaborations

Supershit 666

In 1998 Nicke together with former bandmate Dregen, Ginger (from The Wildhearts) and Thomas Skogsberg formed Supershit 666, the bands music was very reminiscent of the early Hellacopters sound. The band released a a self-titled EP in 1999 but never played live. Both Dregen and Ginger have expressed interest in playing together again.

The Hydromatics & The Solution

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 lead to the formation of The Hydromatics which went on to release their first and only record Part Unknown in 1999. Nicke and Scott 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 Nicke and Robert Pehrsson. Soon Scott Carlson and Erik Wallin joined, making the band's lineup complete. The band plays metalmusic inspired by some of Nicke's favorite early death metal bands such as Venom, Autopsy and Celtic Frost. The band released Stinking up the Night in 2006 and Let it Stink in 2007.

Other work

After releasing "By the Grace of God", Nicke was invited to join Wayne Kramer and the remaining members of the MC5 for their reunion tour in 2003 and 2004. Nicke, along with fellow Hellacopter member Robert Dahlqvist, 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, Nicke produced Swedish rockband Dollhouse's second album The Royal Rendezevous in Acetone Studio, Stockholm in late 2005. The next year he produced the Backyard Babies fifth studio album People Like People Like People Like Us.

Musical equipment

"...to have Nicke in the band is the piece de resistance you know, cause he is such a solid musician to begin with, just fundamental, knows music, knows chords, knows melodies, his technique is superior and he has the connection to the music. He gets it, you know, he understands how it all works together. So he's able to work with in the context of it and bring something to it."

Wayne Kramer of the MC5.

TYM Guitars The Royale - Nickes signature guitar.
Mosrite Ventures Model reissue
Daguet Epiphone Crestwood replica
Gibson SG
Gibson Les Paul Junior
Ibanez Iceman
DiPinto Mach IV
Gibson Flying V
Orange Heads
Marshall Cabinets

Discography

Nihilist

Nihlist demo collection (2005)

Entombed

Left Hand Path (1990)
Clandestine (1991)
Wolverine Blues (1993)
DCLXVI: To Ride Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth (1997)
Entombed (Compilation, 1997)

The Hellacopters

Supershit 666

Supershit 666 EP (1999)

The Hydromatics

Part Unknown (1999)

The Solution

Communicate! (2004)
Will Not Be Televised (2007)

Death Breath

Stinking up the Night (2006)
Let It Stink (EP, 2007)

Exteranl links

Psychout Records

References

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+{{Infobox musical artist
-'''Gerard Adriaan Heineken''' (1841?—[[March 18]], [[1893]]) was the founder of [[Heineken Brewery|Heineken]]. In 1864 he decided to purchase the [[brewery]] 'Den Hoyberg.'  Here he started to brew a new beer.
+| Name = Nicke Andersson
+| Background = solo_singer
+| Img_capt =
+| Birth_name = Niklas Andersson
+| Alias = Nick Royale, Nicke Hellacopter, David Lee Hellacopter, Punk Andersson
+| Born = {{birth date and age|1972|8|2}}<br>[[Sweden]]
+| Death =
+| Genre = [[Garage rock]], [[Rock music|Rock]], [[Soul music|Soul]], [[Death metal]], [[Death 'n' roll]]
+| Occupation = [[Musician]]
+| Years_active = 1981 - present
+| Instrument = [[Singer|Vocals]], [[Guitar]], [[Drum kit|Drums]], [[Percussion]]
+| Label = Psychout Records
+| Associated_acts = [[The Hellacopters]], [[Entombed (band)|Entombed]], [[The Solution (band)|The Solution]], [[Death Breath]], [[Backyard Babies]], [[The Hydromatics]], [[Supershit 666]], [[Nihilist (band)|Nihilist]], [[MC5]]
+| URL =
+}}
+{{Refimprove|date=May 2007}}
-Gerard Adriaan's emphasis on quality was soon rewarded with Heineken beer winning important international prizes. Gerard Adriaan Heineken was the world's first brewer to found his own laboratory for quality control. He attracted a pupil of [[Louis Pasteur]] to head this laboratory. This scientist, [[H. Elion|Doctor Elion]], isolated a [[yeast]] strain of superior quality, the Heineken A-yeast. Even today, it gives Heineken its unique taste and guarantees its quality.
+'''Nicke Andersson''' (also known as '''Nicke Royale'''), born August 1, 1972 is a [[singer]], [[guitarist]], [[drummer]], [[songwriter]] and [[composer]] known for successfully creating music in a wide range of different genres. He has also done work as a [[producer]] as well as artwork for most the bands he has been involved with. Nicke is currently the lead singer/guitarist and songwriter of the [[Grammies]] award winning [[rock music|rock]] band The [[Hellacopters]], the drummer and songwriter in the soulband [[The Solution (band)|The Solution]] with [[Scott Morgan]] as well as the drummer, guitarist and songwriter in the [[deathmetal]] band [[Death Breath]]. To this day Nicke has been involved in well over a hundred different official releases with different bands.
+==Early career as a drummer==
-At that time of Gerard Adriaan Heineken's death, the brewery had grown to become one of the largest and most important breweries in the [[Netherlands]].
+Nicke's interest began early in life with [[Kiss (band)|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 vinyls and writing for [[fanzine]]s. It wasn't long before Nicke started playing music and was soon playing drums and guitars in rock and metalbands such as Brain Dead Bodies, The Breaking, Belsen Barnen, Parodi, Maximal Skandal, Sons of Satan, Blasphemy, [[Nihilist (band)|Nihilist]] and a number of other bands. When Nihlist broke up in 1990, Nicke went on and joined [[Entombed]] by answering an ad in Heavy Sound a record store in Stockholm. Nicke 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 (album)|Left Hand Path]] and [[Clandestine (album)|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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+===The birth of The Hellacopters===
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+{{main|The Hellacopters}}
-[[Category:1893 deaths]]
+In late 1994, Nicke formed The Hellacopters as a sideproject together with [[Dregen]], Kenny Håkansson and Robert Eriksson, all of whom earlier had been [[roadies]] during Nicke's time in Entombed. In January of 1995 they relased their first single ''Killing Alan'' on their own label Psychout Records. Their first full length album [[Supershitty to the Max!]] was relased in 1996 and was recorded in 25 hours and later awarded with a [[Grammies|Grammy]]. The group recruited Andreas Lindström and supported [[Kiss (band)|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, Nicke left Entombed to focus fulltime on his new band. However the next year guitarist Dregen left The Hellacopters to focus fulltime on his other band [[Backyard Babies]].
-[[Category:Businesspeople in the brewing industry]]
-[[Category:Dutch businesspeople]]
-[[Category:Heineken]]
+===The 'new' Hellacopters sound===
-[[nl:Gerard Adriaan Heineken]]
+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 Dahlqvist|Robert 'Strings' Dahlqvist]] joined the band as their fulltime guitarist. The band countinued 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.
-[[pl:Gerard Adriaan Heineken]]
-[[pt:Gerard Adriaan Heineken]]
+==Side projects and other collaborations==
-[[fi:Gerard Adriaan Heineken]]
+===Supershit 666===
+{{main|Supershit 666}}
+In 1998 Nicke together with former bandmate [[Dregen]], Ginger (from [[The Wildhearts]]) and Thomas Skogsberg formed Supershit 666, the bands music was very reminiscent of the early Hellacopters sound. The band released a a self-titled EP in 1999 but never played live. Both Dregen and Ginger have expressed interest in playing together again.
+===The Hydromatics & The Solution===
+{{main|The Solution (band)}}
+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 lead to the formation of The Hydromatics which went on to release their first and only record Part Unknown in 1999. Nicke and Scott 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===
+{{main|Death Breath}}
+In 2005 [[Death Breath]] was formed by Nicke and Robert Pehrsson. Soon Scott Carlson and Erik Wallin joined, making the band's lineup complete. The band plays metalmusic inspired by some of Nicke's favorite early death metal bands such as [[Venom (band)|Venom]], [[Autopsy (band)|Autopsy]] and [[Celtic Frost]]. The band released ''Stinking up the Night'' in 2006 and ''Let it Stink'' in 2007.
+===Other work===
+After releasing "[[By the Grace of God]]", Nicke was invited to join [[Wayne Kramer (guitarist)|Wayne Kramer]] and the remaining members of the [[MC5]] for their reunion tour in 2003 and 2004. Nicke, along with fellow Hellacopter member Robert Dahlqvist, recorded drums and guitars for Swedish singer/songwriter [[Stefan Sundström]]s 2004 album Hjärtats melodi. Apart from being a producer/co-producer with his own bands, Nicke produced Swedish rockband Dollhouse's second album ''The Royal Rendezevous'' in Acetone Studio, Stockholm in late 2005. The next year he produced the [[Backyard Babies]] fifth studio album [[People Like People Like People Like Us]].
+==Musical equipment==
+{{Quote_box|
+ width=45%
+|align=right
+|quote="...to have Nicke in the band is the piece de resistance you know, cause he is such a solid musician to begin with, just fundamental, knows music, knows chords, knows melodies, his technique is superior and he has the connection to the music. He gets it, you know, he understands how it all works together. So he's able to work with in the context of it and bring something to it."
+|source='''[[Wayne Kramer]] of the [[MC5]].'''
+ }}
+* [[TYM Guitars]] The Royale - Nickes signature guitar.
+* [[Mosrite]] Ventures Model reissue
+* Daguet [[Epiphone Crestwood]] replica
+* [[Gibson SG]]
+* [[Gibson Les Paul Junior]]
+* [[Ibanez Iceman]]
+* DiPinto Mach IV
+* [[Gibson Flying V]]
+* [[Orange Amplifiers|Orange Heads]]
+* [[Marshall Amplifiers|Marshall Cabinets]]
+==Discography==
+===Nihilist===
+{{main|Nihilist (band)}}
+*Nihlist demo collection (2005)
+===Entombed===
+{{main|Entombed (band)}}
+*[[Left Hand Path (album)|Left Hand Path]] (1990)
+*[[Clandestine (album)|Clandestine]] (1991)
+*[[Wolverine Blues]] (1993)
+*[[DCLXVI: To Ride Shoot Straight and Speak the Truth]] (1997)
+*[[Entombed (album)|Entombed]] (Compilation, 1997)
+===The Hellacopters===
+{{main|The Hellacopters}}
+*[[Supershitty to the Max!]] ([[1996]])
+*[[Payin' the Dues]] ([[1997]])
+*[[Grande Rock]] ([[1999]])
+*[[High Visibility]] ([[2000]])
+*[[By the Grace of God (album)|By the Grace of God]] ([[2002]])
+*[[Rock & Roll Is Dead]] ([[2005]])
+*[[Head Off]] ([[2008]])
+===Supershit 666===
+{{main|Supershit 666}}
+*Supershit 666 EP (1999)
+===The Hydromatics===
+{{main|The Hydromatics}}
+*Part Unknown (1999)
+===The Solution===
+{{main|The Solution (band)}}
+*[[Communicate!]] (2004)
+*[[Will Not Be Televised]] (2007)
+===Death Breath===
+{{main|Death Breath}}
+* [[Stinking up the Night]] (2006)
+* [[Let It Stink]] (EP, 2007)
+==Exteranl links==
+* [http://www.hellacopters.com Official site of The Hellacopters]
+* [http://www.deathbreath.se  Official site of Death Breath]
+* [http://www.entombed.org/ Offical site of Entombed]
+* [http://www.grunnenrocks.nl/label/p/psychoutrecords.htm Psychout Records]
+==References==
+* [http://www.scottmorganmusic.com/scott_soulmover.html Scott Morgan - The Solution]
+* [http://www.decibelmagazine.com/features/aug2007/nickeandersson.aspx Decibel Magazine interview with Nick Royale]
+* [http://www.pennyblackmusic.co.uk/MagSitePages/Article.aspx?id=3084 Hellacopters : Interview]
+* [http://www.tymguitars.com.au/guitars_royale.html TYM-Guitars Nick Royale signature - The Royale]
+* [http://www.mysnip.de/forum-archiv/thema/10043/749054/DKT_MC5+-+Tour+-+dates.html DKT MC5 tour dates with Nick Royale]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0w08u66yTg Musikbyrån - Nick Royale Special 1 (Swedish documentary)]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3XeKoUCOus Musikbyrån - Nick Royale Special 2 (Swedish documentary)]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U-Mrk5KkTI Musikbyrån - Nick Royale Special 3 (Swedish documentary)]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1qtVO0d9iMs Musikbyrån - Nick Royale Special 4 (Swedish documentary)]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZ5yMnpcYhA Musikbyrån - Nick Royale Special 5 (Swedish documentary)]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw6y8YlM4aA Musikbyrån - Nick Royale Special 6 (Swedish documentary)]
+* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6hn1W-FfPU Musikbyrån - Nick Royale Special 7 (Swedish documentary)]
+{{DEFAULTSORT:Andersson, Nikolas}}
+[[Category:Swedish musicians]]
+[[Category:1972 births]]
+[[Category:Swedish heavy metal drummers]]
+[[Category:Swedish heavy metal singers]]
+[[Category:Swedish heavy metal guitarists]]
+[[es:Nicke Andersson]]
+[[pt:Nicke Andersson]]
+[[fi:Nicke Andersson]]
+[[sv:Nicke Andersson]]