Nicke Andersson
Andersson performing with the Hellacopters in 2008
Background information
Birth name	Anders Niklas Andersson
Also known as	Nick Royale, Nicke Hellacopter, David Lee Hellacopter, Punk Andersson
Born	(1972-08-01)1 August 1972 (age 52) Sweden
Genres	Rock,garage rock,hard rock,punk rock,soul,heavy metal,extreme metal
Occupation(s)	Musician, record producer, songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, drums
Years active	1981–present

Anders Niklas Andersson (born 1 August 1972), also known asNicke Andersson, is a Swedish musician best known as the singer and guitarist for the rock bandThe Hellacopters and drummer for thedeath metal bandEntombed. Besides his work with the Hellacopters and Entombed, Andersson currently plays and writes songs for the soul bandThe Solution, the death metal bandDeath Breath, the hard rock bandLucifer, and rock band Imperial State Electric.^[1]

Andersson has been involved in over a hundred official releases with different bands, done work as a producer, contributed instrumental and vocal parts, and created artwork for most of the bands he has been involved with.

Anderson has been quoted by contemporary artists as saying "Death metal for me is probably howcomposers of horror scores see their music to themovies."^[2]

Andersson's interest began early in life withKISS as his favorite band. He soon discovered his childhood friend and future bandmate Kenny Håkanssons's father's record collection and bands such asThe Ramones andSex Pistols. His interest soon turned towards heavier music,trading cassettes and vinyl and writing forfanzines.^[3] It wasn't long before Andersson started playing music and was soon playing drums and guitars in rock and metal bands such as Brain Dead Bodies, The Breaking, Belsen Barnen, Parodi, Maximal Skandal, Sons of Satan, Blasphemy,Nihilist and a number of other bands.

Andersson formed Nihilist after answering an ad in Heavy Sound, a record store in Stockholm.^[3] When Nihilist broke up in 1989,^[4] the same musicians formed Entombed with a different bass player. Andersson was predominantly the drummer in the band but also contributed to bass, guitars and vocals. Entombed derived influence from various different genres, but mostly fromdeath metal on the band's first two albumsLeft Hand Path (which was recorded when he was 18)^[5] andClandestine. With their third album the group started incorporating more traditional influences fromhard rock andheavy metal and the albumWolverine Blues is widely considered to be the origin ofdeath 'n' roll.^[6]

In late 1994, Andersson formed The Hellacopters as a side project withDregen, Kenny Håkansson and Robert Eriksson, all of whom earlier had beenroadies during Andersson's time in Entombed. In January 1995 they released their first singleKilling Allan on their own label Psychout Records.^[7] Their first full-length albumSupershitty to the Max! was released in 1996 and was recorded in 25 hours and later awarded with aGrammies. The group recruited Anders Lindström and supportedKISS on their Scandinavian shows in 1997. The album was followed up the next year withPayin' the Dues. Due to the band's success, Andersson left Entombed to focus full-time on his new band. However, the next year guitarist Dregen left The Hellacopters to focus full-time on his other bandBackyard Babies.^[8] With their third record The Hellacopters changed the direction of their music to a cleaner sound than the early garage/punk rock style. The band continued to tour with temporary replacements beforeRobert 'Strings' Dahlqvist joined the band as their full-time guitarist.^[9] The band continued to release albums and tour extensively in Scandinavia, Europe and other parts of the world as well as opening forThe Rolling Stones on two shows in 2002. In 2006 The Hellacopters joined forces withThe Hives,Backyard Babies,The Soundtrack of Our Lives andMillencolin and embarked on a successful tour throughout Sweden. The band broke up after the release of their seventh full-length album,Head off, a collection ofcover songs, which was followed in 2008 by a last tour through Europe and Scandinavia.

While on tour in USA with The Hellacopters, the band played several shows in the same venue as the formerSonic's Rendezvous Band singer Scott Morgan. This led to the formation ofThe Hydromatics which went on to release their first record Parts Unknown in 1999. Andersson and Morgan teamed up once again in 2004 this time under the name The Solution to releaseCommunicate, which was followed byWill Not Be Televised in 2007.^[10]

In 2005Death Breath was formed by Andersson and Robert Pehrsson. Soon Scott Carlson and Erik Wallin joined, making the band's lineup complete. The band plays metal music inspired by some of Andersson's favorite early extreme metal bands such asVenom,Autopsy andCeltic Frost. The band releasedStinking Up the Night in 2006 andLet It Stink in 2007.^[11]

After the breakup of The Hellacopters, Andersson formed Cold Ethyl along with Thomas Eriksson, Tobias Egge and Dolf De Borst fromThe Datsuns, who opened together with"Demons" for The Hellacopters during the later part ofThe Tour Before the Fall. The band states that they have no interest in recording or releasing any material at this time and that the only way to experience the band is through their live shows. The band played their first show at Debaser Slussen in Stockholm early 2009 and held a short tenure at the club Fanclub.^[12]

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At first a Nicke Andersson solo recording project Imperial State Electric soon evolved into a touring band with the same members as Cold Ethyl. They toured Scandinavia and Europe during 2010–2011 on the back of the first self-titled record (released Jan. 2010). I.S.E played mostly headline shows and festivals but there were also support act slots to KISS and Guns N' Roses. For the recording of the second album "Pop War" (released 9 March 2012) Imperial State Electric was declared a band proper. The "Pop War" tour was unofficially started with two gigs supporting The Hives, one "by invitation only" secret gig on 28 March 2012 and one official The Hives gig three days later. The Imperial State Electric Pop War tour officially started on 4 April at Katalin in Uppsala, Sweden.

In March 2017, it was announced that Andersson had joined the bandLucifer as drummer.^[13] He had started writing songs with his now-wife and Lucifer vocalist Johanna Sadonis in 2016, when two of its members had left.^[14][15] As he is a multi-insturmentalist, Lucifer recorded their second album in Andersson's home studio without a complete band, only the addition of guitarist Robin Tidebrink.^[15] The band's third and fourth albums,Lucifer III (2021) andLucifer IV (2022), were each nominated for Best Hard Rock/Metal at theGrammis awards.^[16][17]

In 1998 Andersson, with former bandmateDregen, Ginger (fromthe Wildhearts) and Thomas Skogsberg, formedSupershit 666. The band's music was very reminiscent of the early Hellacopters sound.^[19] The band released a self-titled EP in 1999 but never played live. However, Dregen and Ginger have both expressed interest in playing together again, possibly as Supershit 666.^[20] After releasingBy the Grace of God, Andersson was invited to joinWayne Kramer and the remaining members of theMC5 for their reunion tour in 2003 and 2004.^[21] In 2004 Andersson joined up with Swedish punk veteran Johan Johansson from KSMB and Strindbergs. They released the single "(Komma ut ur matchen) NU!", a Swedish version of "(Gotta get som action) NOW!" They were joined by musicians such as Anders "Boba" Lindström and Dregen from Hellacopters and Sulo from Diamond Dogs. The single also contained the song "8 pm", an English version of the KSMB song "Klockan 8". Along with fellow Hellacopter member Robert Dahlqvist, Andersson recorded drums and guitars for Swedish singer/songwriterStefan Sundströms 2004 album Hjärtats melodi. Apart from being a producer/co-producer with his own bands, Andersson produced Swedish rock band Dollhouse's second album,The Royal Rendezevous, in Acetone Studio, Stockholm in late 2005. Also at Acetone Studio he played onNeil Leyton'sThe Betrayal of the Self album along withBackyard Babies's guitaristDregen. The next year he produced the Backyard Babies's fifth studio album,People Like People Like People Like Us.^[22] In 2009, it was announced that Andersson andNeil Leyton have a side project called The Point, with a 7" single titled "Give it a try" due to be released in the spring of 2010.

• Greco 1977 Les Paul Standard – Chambered body Tobacco Sunburst. It has three custom fitted pickups, oneDiMarzio Super Distortion in the bridge position and twoDiMarzio Classic PAF in the middle and neck positions. This guitar was given as a birthday gift to Nicke Andersson on his 40th birthday, August 2012. All custom work and fitting done by luthier Janne Helge.
• Berg Electric Guitars "Goblin" – Custom built for Nicke Andersson with a single Dimarzio Super Distortion humbucker in the bridge position.

High gloss black with Bent maple bindings (appearing to be cream plastic to the naked eye) on body, head and neck. Made by then-apprentice luthier Thomas Berg, as a qualifying piece of work.Mr Berg has also built The Imperial model guitar (based on the early hard radius edge body Epiphone Coronet with custom features including a Crestwood headstock) for Tobias Egge and Nicke.

• Berg Electric Guitars "Imperial" built for Imperial State Electric guitarists Tobias Egge and Nicke Andersson by Thomas Berg of Berg Electric Guitars.

Based on the symmetrical shaped, hard radius edge body Epiphone Coronet (later Coronet models had more rounded edges on body)Custom features include a Crestwood deluxe style bound, inline headstock, J200 type inlay, single Dimarzio DP100 and a wraparound bridge.

• Greco Les Paul Standard – black with white body binding.
• Eagle 12-string – "The Eaglebacker", a 12-string Rickenbacker clone.
• TYM Guitars The Royale – Andersson's signature guitar.^[23]
• TYM Guitars Wosrite Black Beauty^[24]
• TYM GuitarsJohnny Ramone model
• TYM Guitars Versatone
• Mosrite – Ventures Model reissue
• HalkanCrestwood Deluxe – Replica made in Sweden
• Daguet –Epiphone Crestwood replica.^[25]
• Gibson SG Custom – Creamwhite finish with threehumbuckers
• Mosrite Ventures model
• Gordon Smith GS LP Junior – Single cutaway
• Gordon Smith GS LP Junior – Double cutaway
• Gibson Les Paul Junior – SingleP-90 pickup
• Gibson Les Paul Custom
• Iceman – Custom built by Sengenbjerg with threehumbuckers^[26]
• DiPinto Mach IV – All black finish twosingle coil pickups^[27]
• Gibson Flying V – Converted to left-hand
• Edwards Flying V
• Hagström bass

• Orange OTR-12 amplifier
• Marshall Amplifiers
• Fender Twin Reverb
• Lehnert Rambler 25w combo

• Nihilist (drums (1987–1989))
• Mezzrow (bass (1988–1989))
• Entombed (drums (1989-1997, 2016–present), vocals (1991))
• The Hellacopters (guitars, vocals (1994–2008, 2016–present))
• Daemon (Drums (1996))
• Supershit 666 (as Nick Royale: drums (1999))
• The Hydromatics (as Nick Royale: drums, percussion, backing vocals (1999))
• Kurt-Sunes med Helveteshundarna (vocals, guitars (2004))
• Death Breath (drums, guitars) (2005–present)
• The Solution (as Nick Royale: drums, percussion, guitars, backing vocals (2004–present))
• Imperial State Electric (vocals, guitars (2008–present))
• Lucifer (drums, guitar, bass (2017–present))^[14]

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