{"id":16266,"date":"2021-11-09T11:46:39","date_gmt":"2021-11-09T11:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=16266"},"modified":"2021-11-09T11:46:42","modified_gmt":"2021-11-09T11:46:42","slug":"nick-barker-releases-new-single-hell-sux-on-22nd-november-out-on-golden-robot-records","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2021\/11\/09\/nick-barker-releases-new-single-hell-sux-on-22nd-november-out-on-golden-robot-records\/","title":{"rendered":"NICK BARKER releases new single ‘Hell Sux’ on 22nd November, out on Golden Robot Records"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Nick Barker<\/strong> has been a familiar painting hanging on the walls of the Australian music scene since the late 1980s. He further rose to prominence with his band The Reptiles<\/strong>, releasing the hit cover version of Steve Harley\u2019s \u2018Make Me Smile\u2019.<\/strong>

‘Hell Sux\u2019<\/strong> is the opening track from Barker\u2019s personal favourite album,1998’s Damn Mermaids<\/strong>. At the time, Barker played as part of a raw 3-piece band featuring Linc Jones <\/strong>on bass and the late Craig Whitelock<\/strong> on drums. Recorded live and loud, \u2018Hell Sux\u2019<\/strong> is all Marshall amps and 1958 Les Paul Juniors.The remastered version of \u2018Hell Sux\u2019<\/strong> drops on all digital platforms via Golden Robot Records <\/strong>on November 22nd.

Barker recently also released a remastered version of the original track \u2018Where I Wanna Be\u2019 (feat. Felicity Urquhart)<\/strong>. \u2018Where I Wanna Be\u2019<\/strong> and the upcoming single \u2018Hell Sux\u2019<\/strong> both come from the upcoming release Ones You Missed\u2013Vol.1<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pre-Save\/Pre-Order’Hell Sux’<\/strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>

ABOUT NICK BARKER<\/strong>
Nick Barker left his suburban home at 17 and began his career as a bass player in Melbourne\u2019s eclectic inner city post-punk scene, cutting his teeth in iconic venues like the Ballroom and the Prince of Wales with bands such as\u00a0The Curse<\/strong>,\u00a0Beach House<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0A Singing Dog<\/strong>, precursor to the now infamous\u00a0Lubricated Goat<\/strong>. The most notable of these was\u00a0The Wreckery<\/strong>, with whom he played on five albums.

In 1988, Nick\u2019s new band,\u00a0Nick Barker and the Reptiles<\/strong>, began playing bars around town, sparking interest from The White Label. They had their first break through with the Chris Bailey-produced single,\u00a0\u2018Another Me\u2019<\/strong>, followed by four crazy years of booze-soaked pub rock.\u00a0The Reptiles<\/strong>\u00a0released two albums:\u00a0Goin\u2019 to Pieces<\/strong>\u00a0in 1989, which included the hit cover version of\u00a0Steve Harley\u2019s \u2018Make Me Smile\u2019<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0After the Show\u00a0<\/strong>in 1991, recorded in Melbourne and Memphis, and produced by Joe Hardy (ZZ Top, Georgia Satellites, Steve Earle<\/strong>). Sadly,\u00a0The Reptiles<\/strong>\u00a0fell apart in 1993 after the release of\u00a0Loose<\/strong>, an EP that gave an insight into the band\u2019s true potential.

Nick released his first solo album in 1994.\u00a0Happy Man<\/strong>\u00a0spawned the single\u00a0\u2018Time Bomb\u2019<\/strong>, which ended up at number 20 on Triple J\u2019s Hottest 100 in 1994. In 1996, he followed up with the dark and gritty,\u00a0Damn Mermaids.\u00a0<\/strong>This was his\u00a0personal favourite, although the album marked the end of his ten-year association with Mushroom Records. Nick kept moving and in 1998 landed a major role in the 1998 Australian movie,\u00a0\u2018Amy\u2019<\/strong>, alongside Rachael Griffith and Ben Mendlesohn, also writing and recording five songs for the soundtrack.

He released another four albums over the next ten years:\u00a0Returned Service<\/strong>, a live solo record, and\u00a0Backyard 6<\/strong>, both on Mick Thomas\u2019s Croxton Records label;\u00a0C-sides<\/strong>, an album of stripped down re-recordings of his favourite songs as part of Liberation\u2019s Acoustic series; and\u00a0Blackwater Blues<\/strong>\u00a0in 2009, recorded live on a 16 track in Mick Thomas\u2019s backyard studio.

Nick\u2019s last two albums were released under The Heartache State name, with what was supposed to be a collective quickly becoming another vehicle for his songwriting. 2014\u2019s self-titled CD was released, which was then followed by\u00a0Last of the Buffalo<\/strong>\u00a0in 2016 through\u00a0Golden Robot Records<\/strong>.

A tireless songwriter and performer, Nick has toured the UK, Europe, North and South America and Asia. He\u2019s written songs with the likes of\u00a0Tim Rogers, Paul Kelly, Jimmy Barnes, Earl Slick, Mick Thomas\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Felicity Urquhart<\/strong>\u00a0– just to name a few.

Nick has seen the Australian music industry spin, chase its tail, die, resurrect and do it all over again. Thirty-five years later, he\u2019s still here and no one is more surprised than him.

Golden Robot Records<\/strong>\u00a0will release his back catalogue on digital, vinyl and a Box Set. He is excited with the opportunity to get back into the studio with what he says is \u2018a new direction and fistful of bloody good songs.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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