Nick Peay - Alt/Pop - Sifting through the music collections of Nick Peay, you'd rediscover some of the greatest 
 music from the last four decades. It's hard to imagine that an artist could mesh so many influences into one 
 distinct sound. Yet, Nick has mixed the rock from the 70's, the flare of the 80's, and the edge of today's music 
 into a fresh, new sound that he likes to call Plain-Clothes Glam Rock.

 Since the release of his self-produced independent album, My Favorite Cliché in December of 2000, Nick has been 
 playing solo shows to promote and sell it. He says that everyone who owns a copy of it loves it. "It's amazing that 
 something recorded in a closet could turn out so well." His shows are full of energy. Nick is infamous for leg kicks 
 a la David Lee Roth and Axl Rose-like mic dances.
 
 Born Nicholas Peay (pronounced "Pay"), P's guitar skills are entirely self-taught, and after five years of music  
 theory training, he also taught himself the piano and bass. "I scream like Adam Sandler as well, or so I'm told 
 anyway." He's led bands in two different cities, during which he developed his song writing craft.
 
 Nick's recent songs, both musically and lyrically, have become wittier and more distinctively his own. "I Dream in 
 Lime," written November 2001, is essentially about strange dreams. The clever lyrics and catchy hooks make 
 reference to Billy Joel, Greenday, and Superman. "Carolina Sofa," written in March 2002, is what Nick calls his rock 
 anthem. "When my mom listened to it, she said it sounded like something Aerosmith would have done in the 70's, 
 which is exactly what I wanted the song to sound like."  Nick is currently recording his new songs for the album 
 Occupational Therapy that he plans to release in summer 2004.