Nick Gilder
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Nicholas George "Nick" Gilder (born December 21, 1951), is an English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

-Canadian musician who first came to prominence as the frontman for the glam rock
Glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock and pop music that developed in the UK in the early 1970s, which was performed by singers and musicians who wore outrageous clothes, makeup and hairstyles, particularly platform-soled boots and glitter...

 band
Rock Band
Rock Band is a music video game developed by Harmonix Music Systems, published by MTV Games and Electronic Arts. It is the first title in the Rock Band series. The PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions were released in the United States on November 20, 2007, while the PlayStation 2 version was...

 Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd (band)
Sweeney Todd is a Canadian glam rock band that formed in 1975.The band, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, originally consisted of vocalist Nick Gilder, guitarist Jim McCulloch, bassist Budd Marr, keyboardist Dan Gaudin and drummer John Booth...

. He later had a successful solo career as a singer as well as a songwriter
Songwriter
A songwriter is an individual who writes both the lyrics and music to a song. Someone who solely writes lyrics may be called a lyricist, and someone who only writes music may be called a composer...

.

Biography

Born in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, England, Gilder was raised in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

. He began his career as front-man for the glam rock
Glam rock
Glam rock is a style of rock and pop music that developed in the UK in the early 1970s, which was performed by singers and musicians who wore outrageous clothes, makeup and hairstyles, particularly platform-soled boots and glitter...

 band Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd (band)
Sweeney Todd is a Canadian glam rock band that formed in 1975.The band, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, originally consisted of vocalist Nick Gilder, guitarist Jim McCulloch, bassist Budd Marr, keyboardist Dan Gaudin and drummer John Booth...

, which later briefly featured a very young Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams, is a Canadian rock singer-songwriter, guitarist, bassist, producer, actor and photographer. Adams has won dozens of awards and nominations, including 20 Juno Awards among 56 nominations. He has also received 15 Grammy Award nominations including a win for Best Song Written...

. Sweeney Todd had a number one hit, "Roxy Roller", that held on to the top spot in the Canadian music charts for three weeks in 1975. It went on to win a Juno Award
Juno Awards of 1977
The Juno Awards of 1977, representing Canadian music industry achievements of the previous year, were awarded on 16 March 1977 in Toronto at a ceremony hosted by David Steinberg at the Royal York Hotel...

 for "Best Selling Single
Juno Award for Single of the Year
The Juno Award for Single of the Year has been awarded since 1974 for the best single in Canada. It has also been known as Best Single and Best Selling Single.-Best Single :...

" in 1977.

Feeling they had international scope, Gilder and fellow band member, guitarist and songwriting partner, James McCulloch left the band and signed a US record deal. In his second solo album, which spawned the hit "Hot Child in the City
Hot Child in the City
"Hot Child in the City" is a pop rock ode to runaways from the album City Nights. It was recorded by Nick Gilder and it went to number one both in Canada and in the United States...

", Gilder also reached chart success in the United States. That song went to No.1 both in Canada and the US. It also earned him two more Juno Awards: "Single of the Year" and for "Most Promising Male Vocalist of the Year
Juno Award for New Artist of the Year
The Juno Award for New Artist of the Year has been awarded since 1974 as recognition each year for the best new artist/musician in Canada. The category was originally divided by separate awards for men and women...

" in Canada as well as a People's Choice Award in the US. It stalled outside the Top 40 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

, though it was featured on Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops
Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a British music chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006. After 25 December 2006 it became a radio program, now hosted by Tony Blackburn...

 and also in a Hot Gossip
Hot Gossip
-Formation:Arlene Phillips came to London to learn and teach developing American Jazz dance routines. Employed as a dance teacher, she taught at locations including the Pineapple Dance Studios and the Italia Conti Stage School. In 1974, Phillips started forming the core of a troupe; Italia Conti...

 dance routine on The Kenny Everett Video Show.

Gilder has also been successful as a songwriter for artists such as Bette Midler
Bette Midler
Bette Midler is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known by her informal stage name, The Divine Miss M. She became famous as a cabaret and concert headliner, and went on to star in successful and acclaimed films such as The Rose, Ruthless People, Beaches, and For The Boys...

, Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker
John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBE is an English rock and blues musician, composer and actor, who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice, his idiosyncratic arm movements while performing, and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles...

 and Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar is an American singer and four-time Grammy winner. She had considerable commercial success particularly in the United States...

. In 1984, the band Scandal featuring Patty Smyth
Patty Smyth
Patty Smyth is an American rock and roll musician. She first enjoyed mainstream success in 1982 as lead singer of the band Scandal and later scored a solo #2 hit with her song "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough"...

 had a number one hit with "The Warrior," which was written by Gilder and Holly Knight
Holly Knight
Holly Knight is a songwriter, vocalist and musician of pop and rock music.- Biography :She was born in New York City and started playing classical piano as a young child. She soon became interested in rock music, and left home at about sixteen to pursue her dreams...

, and it earned him a BMI Airplay Award.

Gilder's songs have been used in several movies such as Youngblood
Youngblood (1986 film)
Youngblood is a 1986 American drama film, starring Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Cynthia Gibb, Keanu Reeves and Ed Lauter.-Plots:A 17-year-old farmhand from rural New York state, Dean Youngblood has dreams of playing in the National Hockey League...

 with Rob Lowe
Rob Lowe
Robert Hepler "Rob" Lowe is an American actor. Lowe came to prominence after appearing in films such as The Outsiders, Oxford Blues, About Last Night..., St. Elmo's Fire, and Wayne's World. On television, Lowe is known for his role as Sam Seaborn on The West Wing and his role as Senator Robert...

, The Wraith
The Wraith
The Wraith is a 1986 action/science fiction film, directed and written by Mike Marvin. The film was later featured in an episode of Cinema Insomnia....

 with Charlie Sheen
Charlie Sheen
Carlos Irwin Estevez , better known by his stage name Charlie Sheen, is an American film and television actor. He is the youngest son of actor Martin Sheen....

, Barb Wire
Barb Wire (film)
-Cast:* Pamela Anderson Lee as Barbara "Barb Wire" Kopetski* Temuera Morrison as Axel Hood* Victoria Rowell as Dr. Corrina "Cora D" Devonshire* Jack Noseworthy as Charlie Kopetski* Xander Berkeley as Alexander Willis* Udo Kier as Curly...

 with Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson
Pamela Denise Anderson is a Canadian-American actress, model, producer, author, activist, and former showgirl, known for her roles on the television series Home Improvement, Baywatch, and V.I.P. She was chosen as a Playmate of the Month for Playboy magazine in February 1990...

, Scenes From the Goldmine, which includes a cameo appearance by Gilder, and in TV series like Sex and the City
Sex and the City
Sex and the City is an American television comedy-drama series created by Darren Star and produced by HBO. Broadcast from 1998 until 2004, the original run of the show had a total of ninety-four episodes...

, That '70s Show
That '70s Show
That '70s Show is an American television period sitcom that centers on the lives of a group of teenage friends living in the fictional suburban town of Point Place, Wisconsin, from May 17, 1976, to December 31, 1979...

, Ed (TV series)
Ed (TV series)
Ed is an NBC television program co-produced by David Letterman's Worldwide Pants Incorporated, NBC Productions, and Viacom Productions that aired from 2000 to 2004....

, and most recently Nip/Tuck
Nip/Tuck
Nip/Tuck is an American drama series created by Ryan Murphy, which aired on FX in the United States. The series focuses on McNamara/Troy, a plastic surgery practice, and follows its founders, Sean McNamara and Christian Troy...

.

Armand Van Helden
Armand Van Helden
Armand Van Helden is a record producer, DJ and remixer whose biggest commercial successes came from his remixes of the 1996 Tori Amos song "Professional Widow" , which reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1997, and his own track "U Don't Know Me ", which went to number 1...

 sampled "Rockaway" on his 2005 club hit, "When the Lights Go Down." The following year Nemesis
Nemesis (musicians)
Nemesis is an openly gay pop music duo consisting of the identical twin brothers Jacob and Joshua Miller. The pair can be differentiated by their hair colors; Jacob is blond, while Joshua's hair is brown. Joshua is also a few minutes older than Jacob. They were raised as Jehovah's Witnesses in...

 recorded “Hot Child in the City
Hot Child in the City
"Hot Child in the City" is a pop rock ode to runaways from the album City Nights. It was recorded by Nick Gilder and it went to number one both in Canada and in the United States...

” for their 2006 debut CD, Rise Up and Rocket
Rocket (band)
Rocket is an all-girl pop-punk band from Los Angeles, California.-Members:Current members* Lauren Rocket- Vocals* Lauren C. Rocket- Guitar, Backing vocals* Peaches Rocket- Guitar* Kristen Rocket- Bass* CC Rocket- DrumsFormer members...

 recorded “Backstreet Noise” for their CD, Girls with Candy Hearts. Phoenix-based power pop band Sugar High recorded the song "Time After Time" for a proposed tribute album and have included the song in concert.

Gilder returned to Canada in the mid-1990s, where he continues to record and tour. He has currently settled in Port Moody, British Columbia, where he lives with his family.

A CD called, “A Night On The Town, A Day In The Country” was to be released in 2005, but was shelved.

Solo

Albums:
  • 1977: You Know Who You Are
    You Know Who You Are
    You Know Who You Are is the first solo album by Nick Gilder, released in 1977 on Chrysalis Records.-Side A:# "All Across the Nation " – 4:08# "Backstreet Noise" – 3:03# "Rated X" – 3:06# "Poor Boy" – 3:00# "Genevieve" – 3:23...

    , Chrysalis Records
    Chrysalis Records
    Chrysalis Records was a British record label that was created in 1969. The name was both a reference to the pupal stage of a butterfly and a combination of its founders names, Chris Wright and Terry Ellis...

  • 1978: City Nights
    City Nights
    City Nights by Nick Gilder was released in 1978 on Chrysalis Records.- Track listing :All tracks composed by Nick Gilder and James McCulloch# "Got to Get Out"# "We'll Work It Out"# " One of the Boys"# "All Because of Love"...

    , Chrysalis Records (# 13 Can)
  • 1979: Frequency, Chrysalis Records (# 71 Can)
  • 1980: Rock America
    Rock America
    - Track listing :All tracks composed by Nick Gilder and James McCulloch# "Wild Ones "# "On The Beat"# "Night Comes Down"# "Lady You're A Killer"# "One Of The Crowd"# "Rock America"# "I've Got Your Number"# "20th Century Girl"# "Catch 22"...

    , Casablanca Records
    Casablanca Records
    Casablanca Records was an American record label started by Neil Bogart, who partnered with Cecil Holmes, Larry Harris, and Buck Reingold in 1973, and based in Los Angeles. The label was formed after all of them had left Buddah Records and secured financing by Warner Bros. Records to start the venture...

  • 1981: Body Talk Muzik
    Body Talk Muzik
    Body Talk Muzik by Nick Gilder was released in 1981 on the Casablanca Records label.- Track listing :# "She Talks "# "Prove It"# "If You Wanna Play Around"# "Try All Night"# "Private Hideaways"# "Can't Stop"# "Mystery Love"# "My Girl"...

    , Casablanca Records
  • 1985: Nick Gilder
    Nick Gilder (album)
    - Track listing :# "Scream Of Angels"# "Footsteps"# "Let Me In"# "Fingerprints"# "Miles To Go"# "Waterfront"# "Rebel"# "Nowhere To Run"# "Sabotage"# "Don't Forget""Scream Of Angels" is featured in the movie "The Wraith"....

    , RCA Records
    RCA Records
    RCA Records is one of the flagship labels of Sony Music Entertainment. The RCA initials stand for Radio Corporation of America , which was the parent corporation from 1929 to 1985 and a partner from 1985 to 1986.RCA's Canadian unit is Sony's oldest label...

  • 1997: Stairways, Spinner Music Group/Gilder Records
  • 1999: Longtime Coming, Page Music
    Page Music
    Page Music is a Canadian independent record label based in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. It is owned and operated by the father of Steven Page from the Barenaked Ladies. It was established in 1990 to release the band's second demo tape, Barenaked Lunch. The following year, it released the highly...

    /Oasis/Orchard
  • 2001: The Best Of Nick Gilder, EMI
    EMI
    The EMI Group, also known as EMI Music or simply EMI, is a multinational music company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the fourth-largest business group and family of record labels in the recording industry and one of the "big four" record companies. EMI Group also has a major...

    - Capitol Music/Razor & Tie Entertainment (The Chrysalis Years)
  • 2007: City Nights/Frequency, Collectables Records
    Collectables Records
    Collectables is a reissue record label founded in 1980 by Jerry Greene. Greene was previously associated with New York City's Times Square Record Shop, Philadelphia's Record Museum retail chain, and the Lost Nite and Crimson record labels....



Singles:
  • 1976: "She’s a Star (in Her Own Right), Chrysalis Records (#71 Can)
  • 1976: "Roxy Roller", Chrysalis Records (#1 Can, #90 US)
  • 1977: "Runaways in the Night", Chrysalis Records
  • 1977: "Rated X", Chrysalis Records
  • 1978: "Hot Child in the City", Chrysalis Records (#1 Can & US)
  • 1978: "Here Comes the Night", Chrysalis Records (#21 Can, #44 US)
  • 1978: "(She’s) One of the Boys", Chrysalis Records
  • 1978: "Got to Get Out", Chrysalis Records
  • 1979: "(You Really) Rock Me", Chrysalis Records (#35 Can, #57US)
  • 1979: "Electric Love", Chrysalis Records
  • 1979: "Metro Jets", Chrysalis Records
  • 1979: "Into the 80’s", Chrysalis Records
  • 1980: "Wild Ones (Feeling Electric)", Casablanca Records (#22 Can)
  • 1980: "Catch 22", Casablanca Records (#26 Can)
  • 1980: "Rock America", Casablanca Records
  • 1980: "I’ve Got Your Number", Casablanca Records
  • 1981: "Prove It", Casablanca Records
  • 1981: "She Talks (Body Talk)", Casablanca Records
  • 1985: "Let Me In", RCA Records (#50 Can)
  • 1985: "Footsteps", RCA Records (#95 Can)
  • 1997: "Café Heaven", Spinner Music Group Inc./Gilder Records
  • 1997: "You’re Everything (I Want to Do)", Spinner Music Group Inc./Gilder Records
  • 2000: "Roxy Roller 2000", Page Music

With Sweeney Todd

Album:
  • 1975: Sweeney Todd
    Sweeney Todd (album)
    Sweeney Todd is the first album of the Canadian glam rock band Sweeney Todd. The single "Roxy Roller" reached #1 in the RPM national singles survey on June 26, 1976, and held that position for three weeks. Singer Nick Gilder and guitarist Jim McCulloch later went on to solo careers...

    , London Records (#14 Can)


Singles:
  • 1975: "Rock ‘N’ Roll Story", London Records
  • 1975: "Sweeney Todd Folder", London Records (#36 Can)
  • 1975: "Roxy Roller", London Records (#1 Can)

Songwriting contributions

SONG ARTIST ALBUM YEAR/LABEL
"Rated X" (N. Gilder, J. McCulloch) Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar is an American singer and four-time Grammy winner. She had considerable commercial success particularly in the United States...

In the Heat of the Night 1979 Chrysalis Records
"Is It Love" (N. Gilder, J. McCulloch) Bette Midler
Bette Midler
Bette Midler is an American singer, actress, and comedian, also known by her informal stage name, The Divine Miss M. She became famous as a cabaret and concert headliner, and went on to star in successful and acclaimed films such as The Rose, Ruthless People, Beaches, and For The Boys...

No Frills 1983 Atlantic Records
"Think of Me" (N. Gilder, Martin S. Briley) Martin Briley
Martin Briley
Martin Briley is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist.He has recorded with and written for a variety of well-known musicians, as well as releasing four solo albums in his own right.-Beginnings and early bands:...

Dangerous Moments
Dangerous Moments
Dangerous Moments, Martin Briley's third album, was released in 1985.-Track listing:All tracks composed by Martin Briley# "Dangerous Moments"# "Think of Me"# "Ghosts"# "It Shouldn't Have To Hurt That Much"# "Alone At Last"# "Before the Party Ends"...

1984 Mercury Records
"The Warrior
The Warrior (song)
"The Warrior" is a song by pop/rock group Scandal, from the album of the same name. The song went to number one in Canada and number seven in the US, as well as number one on the Mainstream Rock chart in the US, in addition to winning a BMI Airplay Award in 1984.-In popular culture:*The song was...

" (N. Gilder, Holly Knight
Holly Knight
Holly Knight is a songwriter, vocalist and musician of pop and rock music.- Biography :She was born in New York City and started playing classical piano as a young child. She soon became interested in rock music, and left home at about sixteen to pursue her dreams...

)
Scandal featuring Patty Smyth
Patty Smyth
Patty Smyth is an American rock and roll musician. She first enjoyed mainstream success in 1982 as lead singer of the band Scandal and later scored a solo #2 hit with her song "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough"...

The Warrior 1984 Columbia Records
"Footsteps" Nick Gilder Youngblood
Youngblood (1986 film)
Youngblood is a 1986 American drama film, starring Rob Lowe, Patrick Swayze, Cynthia Gibb, Keanu Reeves and Ed Lauter.-Plots:A 17-year-old farmhand from rural New York state, Dean Youngblood has dreams of playing in the National Hockey League...

 (Original Movie Soundtrack)
1985/1986 RCA/Ariola International
"Tough Love" (N. Gilder, D. Hitchings) Patty Smyth
Patty Smyth
Patty Smyth is an American rock and roll musician. She first enjoyed mainstream success in 1982 as lead singer of the band Scandal and later scored a solo #2 hit with her song "Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough"...

Never Enough 1987 Columbia Records
"Hot Child in the City" ‡‡
Nick Gilder Hot Child in the City (Original Movie Soundtrack) 1987 Prism Entertainment/Paramount Home Video
"Scream of Angels" ‡‡
Nick Gilder The Wraith
The Wraith
The Wraith is a 1986 action/science fiction film, directed and written by Mike Marvin. The film was later featured in an episode of Cinema Insomnia....

 (Original Movie Soundtrack)
1987 Live Home Video
"Don't Walk Away" (N. Gilder, Duane Hitchings) ‡
Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar
Pat Benatar is an American singer and four-time Grammy winner. She had considerable commercial success particularly in the United States...

Wide Awake in Dreamland
Wide Awake in Dreamland
Wide Awake in Dreamland is Pat Benatar's eighth album, released in 1988. After a string of successful albums, this was her last rock-oriented album of the 1980s, before she would go on to try a blues-based sound. The album's lead single "All Fired Up" reached a high of #19 on the Billboard Hot 100...

1988 Chrysalis Records
"You Know We're Gonna Hurt" (N. Gilder, Rick Boston
Rick Boston
Rick Boston is a musician based in Los Angeles. As of about 1990, he was a member of Hand of Fate. He subsequently worked extensively with Dave Allen as the frontman of Low Pop Suicide, making a series of releases on World Domination Recordings...

)
Joe Cocker
Joe Cocker
John Robert "Joe" Cocker, OBE is an English rock and blues musician, composer and actor, who came to popularity in the 1960s, and is most known for his gritty voice, his idiosyncratic arm movements while performing, and his cover versions of popular songs, particularly those of The Beatles...

One Night of Sin 1989 Capitol Records
"You're Everything (I Want to Do)" (N. Gilder, Brett Walker) Brett Walker
Brett Walker
Carl Brett Walker is an American songwriter, musician, and record producer. As a singer/songwriter, his music can be heard on over 300 network television shows, including The Young and the Restless, One Tree Hill, Felicity, CSI: Miami, Everwood, Malcolm in the Middle, Baywatch, and One Life to...

Nevertheless 1994 Empire Records
"Hot Child in the City" ‡‡
Nick Gilder Went to Coney Island on a Mission from God...Be Back by Five (Original Movie Soundtrack) 1998 Evenmore Entertainment
"The Battle Hymn of the Republic
The Battle Hymn of the Republic
"The Battle Hymn of the Republic" is a hymn by American writer Julia Ward Howe using the music from the song "John Brown's Body". Howe's more famous lyrics were written in November 1861 and first published in The Atlantic Monthly in February 1862. It became popular during the American Civil War...

"
Voices of Classic Rock
Voices of Classic Rock
Voices of Classic Rock is a rock music ensemble featuring singers and musicians from classic rock groups popular in the 1970s and 1980s.Voices of Classic Rock was formed in 1998....

Voices for America (Various Artists) provided vocals 2001 Intersound Records
"Roxy Roller" Nick Gilder The Runaways
The Runaways (film)
The Runaways is a 2010 American biographical film about the 1970s all-girl rock band of the same name. The film was written and directed by Floria Sigismondi, who based the screenplay on the book Neon Angel: A Memoir of a Runaway by the band's original lead vocalist Cherie Currie...

(Original Movie Soundtrack)
2010 Atlantic Records


‡ Also provided background vocals on "Don't Walk Away" & "Cool Zero"

‡‡ Not included in the soundtrack release

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