Spike Nicer heard the call of a Siren and followed it into the deep, craving sweet strains of music as he descended into the abyss.  Or he took up the guitar during a stint as a submariner, in cramped quarters, fingers aching for a hobby.  Spike Nicer is a crafty fellow, fixing flanges, cranking camshafts, smithing sprockets, wracking ratchet stops, balancing ball bearings and lathing metallurgic lumps into usable contraptions.  Or he’s a tunesmith with an ear for an engaging melody, an instinct for a good story and a passion for musicianship.  Spike Nicer is a desert nomad, clad in his Bedouin best, fighting heat and dust with heroic élan.  Or he found himself on a dingy boondoggle, trying to make the most of a monotonous year in a disheveled camp of squatters with malodorous incense continually wafting through the air.  Spike Nicer is a flyboy – leather jacket on, aviator shades with a sunglint dazzle and a movie star smile of both charisma and mischief.  Or he’s a helicopter pilot in the unglamorous grind of safety protocols, equipment checks and all levels of accountability serving as a grunt aviator.  Spike Nicer has never had a good romantic relationship.  Or he exaggerates his experiences and observations, turning them into stories that ring true and sound like the stories we, the listeners, are reluctant to admit may have occurred in our own lives.
                                                           
Composing since the age of 15 and performing since the mid-1990s, Spike Nicer is an independent singer/songwriter who draws on his wealth of life experience to inspire his guitar-based musical compositions.  The motley array of jobs and professions that dot his resume have allowed him to meet more colorful characters than most people do over the course of a lifetime.  Spike would like to emulate the smooth soul of Sam Cook, compose with the tortured, redemptive spirit of Johnny Cash, warble with the unmistakable character of Tom Waits, or simply croon to throngs of libidinous women like Elvis or Tom Jones.  But mostly, Spike is just Spike, and these talented artists are his mentors and inspirations.
 
Spike Nicer currently has one album out, Acquired Taste, and two more soon to follow: Rock or Something and Mystery Time.  He performs in the Clarksville, TN area, as well as Nashville, but you may be able to talk him into heading out your way.