THE EDITED PRESS RELEASE: “California stoner rock and punk icon Nick Oliveri looks back once again on the eighth and ninth chapters of his N.O. Hits At All compilations, featuring previously unreleased and new songs from his many projects — including Death Acoustic, Death Machine and Mondo Generator — as well as special appearances on Slash and Nebula tracks.
Born in Los Angeles, Oliveri began his career in 1987 with John Garcia, Brant Bjork, Josh Homme and Chris Cockrell in the band Katzenjammer. In early 1989, after Oliveri’s departure to play in other bands, they changed their name to Sons of Kyuss, later shortening the name to Kyuss. Oliveri rejoined the band, playing on the albums Wretch and Blues For The Red Sun. Oliveri would leave Kyuss again in early 1992, shortly after his father died in a car accident.
He joined The Dwarves as an on-again, off-again bassist under the moniker Rex Everything. 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., and The Knives. In the past he has been involved with The Desert Sessions Vol. 4 and Vol. 6. Oliveri is known for playing bare-chested and sometimes naked at gigs. Most memorably, he was arrested in Brazil, after performing nude on stage at the Rock in Rio festival. He is also half of the acoustic duo The Uncontrollable, with Dwarves frontman Blag Dahlia.”
