Nick Mattera

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FROM BUSKING ON THE LAS VEGAS UNDERGROUND TO TOURING THE UNITED STATES OPENING FOR THE CULT,BETTER THAN EZRA, DASHBOARD CONFESSION, TRAIN AND CHEAP TRICK TO NAME A FEW. NICK MATTERA FUSES HIS OWN POWERFUL POP/ROCK SONGS WITH THE GREAT SONGS FROM THE PAST 30 YEARS PERFORMED IN HIS OWN DYNAMIC WAY.NICK IS A 33-YEAR OLD SINGER/SONGWRITER CURRENTLY BASED IN LAS VEGAS. HIS FIRST ADVENTURE INTO MUSIC BEGAN AT THE AGE OF 7 WHEN HE STARTED PLAYING GUITAR. SOON NICK BEGAN COMBINING THE KEY ELEMENTS OF HIS SINGER/SONGWRITER INFLUENCES LIKE U2, JAMES TALOR, PEARL JAM AND TOM PETTY INTO AN APPROACH THAT BRINGS TOGETHER HIS FLUENT GUITAR PLAYING, DEEP EMOTIONAL SINGING VOICE AND INVIGORATING IMPROVISATION INTO TIMELESS SOUNDING SONGS THAT TOUCH PEOPLE OF ALL AGES.HAVING PERFORMED COUNTLESS GIGS ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WHEN HE FRONTED LAS VEGAS ROCK BAND BIG BAD ZERO (EUREKA/UNIVERSAL), HE IS NOW A REGULAR SOLO ARTIST, U2 BONO IMPERSONATOR FOR THE TRIBUTE ACT VEGAS U2 AND RUNS HIS OWN PRODUCTION COMPANY WHICH BOOKS HIMSELF AND OTHER ARTISTS IN THE LAS VEGAS MUSIC SCENE AT MANY VENUES INCLUDING FAVORITES LIKE THE PALMS CASINO, RED ROCK CASINO, HARD ROCK HOTEL AND MANY MORE.IN DECEMBER 2007 NICK RELEASED A HOLIDAY CD TITLED "NICK MATTERA'S VIVA CHRISTMAS". HE IS CURRENTLY WRITING AND DEMOING NEW MATERIAL FOR AN UPCOMING CD.