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omg! Its Nick Vivid!!!

NYC's Glam Trash Kingpin - Classic Rock Magazine, October '05

About Me

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My name is Nick. I am a rock n roller and music industry mogul. I have my own rock and punk new media company called MegaPlatinum Entertainment. You can hear and learn more by clicking on the MegaPlatinum link in my top 24. I play numerous musical instruments, engineered and produced live and in studio for hundreds of bands, have received critical acclaim in international music publications, and my video editing and audio sync work has appeared on DVDs such as the 4x platinum selling Kissology series. I am also an concert event producer/promoter and internet 2.0 specialist/technical guru. When it comes to rock n roll, I do it all, and I never do anything by halves.
I'm currently residing in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. I have a loft with my cat Charlie "Watts" Vivid, a private rehearsal and recording studio, a lava lamp, a sizeable music collection, and plenty of books on spirituality. Williamsburg is the center of the indie rock movement at the moment. I've always dreamed to be in the center of a music, art, and culture scene, but I wish to God it hadn't been this one.
I have a great love for larger than life icons, and get very excited by soul driven extreme art and music that reaches to the higher realms. I try to live with principles beyond my means, ever hoping to create a glimpse of the impossible within my current reality. And, to balance out all this seriousness, I like some absurdity in my life to keep my sense of humor alive, which, as it turns out, I get plenty of.
In a past life, I was possibly a bridge builder, or perhaps jimi hendrix.

My Interests

Music, art, reading, performing, making a spectacle out of myself, candles, cuddling, engineering, writing, recording, vintage wearables and playables, extravagance, looking into your eyes, stealing your lighter, strutting down the street while I feel the grace of God shine down upon the heavenly creation that is my beautiful body :), having a sense of humor, making you smile and laugh, "the cold 50/50" (half coke/half diet coke), "the hot 50/50" (half french vanilla cappuccino/half hot chocolate), working my program, prayer, meditation, bikram yoga..

I'd like to meet:

anyone who isn't afraid to shamelessly flaunt their true inner beauty...

Music:

Lots of classic rock, classic punk, nwobhm, stoner, psychadelic, acidrock, prog, krautrock. KISS, T.Rex, Sabbath, Led Zep, Darkness, Bowie, Radiohead, Lou Reed, Iggy, Stooges, NY Dolls, MC5, The Left End, AC/DC, Bjork, Witchcraft, Dungen, Television, Sly and the Family Stone, Rolling Stones, Prince, CSNY, Neil Young, Steely Dan, Sugarhill Gang, Diamond Nights, Diamond Head, The Sweet, Pantera, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Duran Duran, White Stripes, Andromeda (UK), Annexus Quam, Beastie Boys, Black Crowes, Mastodon, Nirvana, Melvins, Necromandus, Sonic Youth, The Cure, Plasmatics, The Godfather of Soul and Hardest working man in showbiz - Mr. James Brown, Ike and Tina, Tina all by herself, Betty Davis, Southern Death Cult, Blue Oyster Cult, ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, Mountain, Grand Funk Railroad, Van Halen, BB King, Ramones, The Who, The Guess Who, Johnny Thunders and the Heartbreakers, Queens of the stone age, ELO, The Dictators, Smashing Pumpkins, Stone Roses, Sensational Alex Harvey Band, Savoy Brown, T.2., Pentagram, Rose Tattoo, Guns and Roses, Catherine Wheel, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Spinal Tap, Brett Smiley, Slade, The Damned, Bang, Witchfinder General, Boris, Fu Manchu, Jane's Addiction, James Gang, Pavement, Blue Cheer, STP, Motorhead, Queen, Buzzcocks, Porno for Pyros, Sloan, P.I.L., Sex Pistols, Soundgarden, Electric Wizard, The Master's Apprentices, Socrates Drank The Conium, Freedom's Children, Toad, Badger, Christopher, Cream, Blind Faith, (And that's all I'll give Eric Clapton - amazing on those records, and everything after sucks), Odin (UK), The Cars, San Francisco's Shiver, Host, Smiths, Bee Gees, Earth and Fire, Earth Wind and Fire, other assorted 70's AM Gold Pop and Soul.... There's more, but you get the idea...

Movies:

Shawshank Redemption, Kiss Meets the Phantom, The Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner movie.

Television:

I have rabbit ears and rarely use them

Books:

The Big Book (not the Christian one - the Blue one), The Dhammapada, Zen Flesh Zen Bones, Ralph Waldo Emerson - Selected Essays, assorted Stephen King, Hell's Angel, Last Temptation of Christ, Our Band Could Be Your Life, Rock n Roll Rebellion, Hammer of the Gods, Walk This Way.

Heroes:

Tony from 12th Street

My Blog

Holy Sh*t! I had the time of my life

The Trash Bar Festival was an amazing success. Everyone who was there felt it. The sense of spirit and unity and purpose was undeniable. You could tell you were at something that was a little bit spec...
Posted by omg! Its Nick Vivid!!! on Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:09:00 PST

Live At The Trash Bar Festival

THE TRASH BAR ANNOUNCES THE RECORDING OF IT'S FIRST LIVE ALBUM; VALIENT THORR CD RELEASE PARTYWilliamsburg Brooklyn rock institution celebrates 4 year anniversary with 4 record set, 16 bands, and Vali...
Posted by omg! Its Nick Vivid!!! on Fri, 30 May 2008 11:13:00 PST

Brett Smiley Track on Uncut Bowie Tribute!

UNCUT have another DAVID BOWIE special collectors edition magazine published for their June issue.On sale on 24th April, the magazine contains twelve page special that lists Bowie's thirty greatest s...
Posted by omg! Its Nick Vivid!!! on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 01:49:00 PST

Spread This! Get involved!

The time has come and the first of MegaPlatinum Entertainment's 2008 initiatives is upon us.The MegaPlatinum Entertainment "Spread This!" online campaign is a peer to peer filesharing initiative that ...
Posted by omg! Its Nick Vivid!!! on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 12:10:00 PST

Montreal Fistful of Rock Festival Lineup Confirmed!

GREAT NEWS! MOST OF THE BAND HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED and here is the list:What: 1st Annual international  "Fistful of Rock & Roll Festival" - 4 shows !When: Friday December 7 & Saturday Dece...
Posted by omg! Its Nick Vivid!!! on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 11:45:00 PST

My weekend at Dai Bosatsu Zendo

I had the opportunity to spend the weekend at Dai Bosatsu Zendo, a Buddhist Monestary in NY's Catskill Mountains this past weekend. It was the most amazing experience. I can't thank the monks, nuns, a...
Posted by omg! Its Nick Vivid!!! on Tue, 18 Sep 2007 10:06:00 PST

AMP Magazine Review - Aug/Sept 07

by Sal Canzonieri. WOW! I am almost totally speechless! A real motherfucker of a debut! THIS IS AMAZING Alice Cooper Mott the Hoople style GIGANTIC RIFF Glam ROCK! This band is way TOO GOOD for shit...
Posted by omg! Its Nick Vivid!!! on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 11:09:00 PST

State of the Vivid

I certainly fent the effects of the full moon/mercury retrograde mix this past weekend. Saturday afternoon the police lock on my loft's front door broke, and while sussing out the situation with my ro...
Posted by omg! Its Nick Vivid!!! on Tue, 03 Jul 2007 04:01:00 PST

Zunevibe.com Review.. niceness..

The Nick Vivid EffectNick Vivid: Vocals, Guitars, KeyboardsShane Kerton: DrumsWelcome to the first installment of ZuneVibe.com's own Featured Artist section. It's our pleasure to introduce to you, fro...
Posted by omg! Its Nick Vivid!!! on Fri, 15 Jun 2007 07:31:00 PST

my father was black. this is the proof

who knew a "cool" could spawn a "vivid"? circa 1970... (yes, my dad is bradley j cool)
Posted by omg! Its Nick Vivid!!! on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 01:39:00 PST