6/30/2023 0 Comments Slik toxik band![]() ![]() Music to fit the mood, that makes sense to us. If he’s tired and it’s late he’ll listen to Dan Gibson Solitude records, with nature sounds and harp or piano, hanging out with his wife in the backyard, maybe he’d be listening to some reggae. If he’s cooking he might opt for smooth Jazz on Stingray. When we asked Nick what he’s listening to he was quick to let us know that it depends on what else he’s doing. While I couldn’t wrestle a release date out of Nick, it seems like they’re pretty close. That video is “Bullet Train”, picked because it sounds the closest to the new music. Two singles had been released, and they made the decision to create and release the third video instead of touring. Offers continued to come in but touring costs money. The album got some great reviews, charted on radio, YouTube videos were getting play and then the label went bankrupt. ![]() Moving into the early 80’s he started listening to heavy metal, Judas Priest, Ronnie James Dio, Dio’s version of Sabbath, Iron Maiden and that’s really where the seeds for Slik Toxik were sown.įamous Underground were signed to a label in Germany with management out of Europe and they released their debut album in 2013. As a kid, Nick listened to Kiss and Alice Cooper. Add to that his brothers listened to Queen and Zeppelin. I’m into heavy metal.” Born in ’70’s, his dad hails from Liverpool, so his listening environment had a lot of Beatles and 50’s music. ![]() Nick told us that “I write, produce, and play on this. I moved the conversation towards what else Nick is up to. “Anything I do I want to a) feel comfortable and b) be convincing.” He’s an ACTRA member and he still loves film, and GIG allowed him to marry the music and acting roles together. From there film and TV seemed like a natural move, Nick did everything from extra work to feature roles. We wondered if performing in Classic Albums Live prepared him for the role in “GIG”? Nick explained that Slik Toxik was his first project and when that ended he wanted out of music. Those two dates were in the works before the death of David Bowie in January. What started as 2 dates has now turned into 17 dates. This year Nick will be performing David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars. It’s been around for about a decade and they tour North America, and Nick has been with them almost 2 years. We started out talking about Classic Albums Live, a Toronto-Based company owned by Craig Martin. In addition to Nick, Famous Underground is longtime collaborator Laurie-Anne Green on Bass and background vocals, Desche Sparboom on drums, Darren Boyd on guitar and Michale Vassos on guitars. Nick’s been at the music game for quite some time and he’s working very hard with his bandmates on the next release with his band, Famous Underground. I had the pleasure of meeting Nick Walsh briefly after his performance in “ GIG“, the musical but this week I got to sit down and talk to Nick about what else is going on his life. ![]()
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