Nick 13
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 Nick 13 playing on the Warped Tour 2007. | |
| Homebase | San Jose, CA |
| Born | 1975 |
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[edit] Biography
Nick 13 (Born Kearney Nick Jones 1975 in San Jose, California) is the guitarist, vocalist, and main songwriter of psychobilly band, Tiger Army.
Nick 13 grew up listening to his father's 50's rock and roll records. As a teenager, he was introduced to punk rock through skateboarding and the local straight edge scene. He became a devoted fan of classic horror movies and horror punk, spending hundreds of dollars on old horror movie props and rare vinyl records by The Misfits, a legendary horror punk band. This influenced him to start writing darker, horror-themed songs.
Nick attended Ukiah High School with future Tiger Army stand-up bass player Geoff Kresge, who left the band in 2004. After High School, Nick 13 attended UC Berkeley. In 1991, he formed his first band, Influence 13, with Kresge and Jade Puget, now of AFI and Blaqk Audio. He formed Tiger Army in 1995 with Joel Day.
In recent years, Nick has expanded into acting and has appeared in Mary Jane's Not a Virgin Anymore (1997) (a nonspeaking cameo as Nick Jones), Live Freaky! Die Freaky! (2006) as the voice of TV Reporter #1, and in David Lynch's Inland Empire (2006) as an archaeologist.
Nick 13 is also the brother of Davey Havok (AFI, Blaqk Audio).
[edit] Projects
[edit] Tiger Army
- Temptation EP
- Tiger Army (Also featured as producer)
- Tiger Army II: Power of Moonlite
- Early Years EP (Also featured as engineer)
- Tiger Army III: Ghost Tigers Rise
- Music From Regions Beyond
[edit] Other
- AFI - Very Proud of Ya (Background vocals)
- AFI - Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes (Background vocals)
- AFI - The Art of Drowning (Background vocals)
- AFI - Sing the Sorrow (Background vocals)
- AFI - Decemberunderground (Background vocals)
- Son of Sam - Songs from the Earth (Background vocals)
- Mad Sin - Survival of the Sickest (Guest vocals)
- Give Em The Boot Vol. II - Hellcat Records compilation (Tiger Army track)
- Give Em The Boot Vol. III - Hellcat Records compilation (Tiger Army track)
- Give Em The Boot Vol. IV - Hellcat Records compilation (Tiger Army track)
- Give Em The Boot Vol. V - Hellcat Records compilation (Tiger Army track)
- Bleeding Through - The Truth the song Dearly Demented (Guest vocals)
- Blaqk Audio - CexCells (Background vocals)
[edit] Influences
50's rock and roll, The Misfits, horror movies
