Nice (Australian band)
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Nice was an indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band
Musical ensemble
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 from Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. The band was fronted by Randall Lee formerly of The Cannanes
The Cannanes
The Cannanes are a longstanding Australian indie pop band formed in Sydney in late 1984.-History:The original line-up of the band was Stephen O'Neil , Annabel Bleach , Michelle Cannane , Frances Gibson , and David Nichols...

 and currently of Ashtray Boy
Ashtray Boy
Ashtray Boy is an indie-rock band based around peripatetic singer-songwriter Randall Lee.-History:The band has been active since c. 1984 and was originally founded as Ashtray Boy and his Country Cousin. During the band's history they have been based in Sydney, Chicago, Vancouver and Melbourne...

 and Susannah Stewart-Lindsay, previously a member of the Adelaide based band, Rewind on the Paranoid Side. Francesca Bussey, later to be a member of The Cannanes, was a member of Nice during the recording
Sound recording and reproduction
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 sessions for their first album
Album
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, but left during production and was credited only as a guest on that release.

Their song "Dear John", which appeared on the Nice
Nice (Nice album)
Nice is a 1994 studio album by the Australian band of the same name.The songs "Theme from Nice" and "Circuit Diagram" were featured in the 1990s Nickelodeon television series The Adventures of Pete & Pete.-Tracklisting:#"Dear John" – 3:00...

album, was covered
Cover version
In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 by the band Aden
Aden (band)
Aden is a band currently based in Washington, D.C. which is heavily influenced by 1970s soft rock such as Steely Dan .-History:...

.

Discography

  • Apple Pie
    Apple Pie (album)
    Apple Pie is a 1993 album by the Australian indie rock band Nice.-Tracklisting:#"Casandra Nova" – 2:52#"Mr. Lee" – 2:51#"Cup of Coffee" – 2:35#"On My Back in the Madhouse" – 4:30#"Total Moon" – 3:28#"My Perfect Fire" – 4:03#"Hi Tension" – 3:00...

    (1993)
  • Nice
    Nice (Nice album)
    Nice is a 1994 studio album by the Australian band of the same name.The songs "Theme from Nice" and "Circuit Diagram" were featured in the 1990s Nickelodeon television series The Adventures of Pete & Pete.-Tracklisting:#"Dear John" – 3:00...

    (1994)
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