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	Nick Lowe - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nick Lowe (born Nicholas Drain Lowe, on March 24, 1949) is a singer-songwriter and producer who records and performs a number of different musical styles.
		Lowe was quoted as saying that he had "escaped from the tyranny of the snare drum", when explaining his move away from regular pop music that would get played on mainstream radio.
		Lowe was also a member of the short-lived mainly studio project Little Village with John Hiatt, Ry Cooder, and Jim Keltner.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nick_Lowe (665 words)

	Nick Lowe
		Lowe released his debut album, Jesus of Cool (retitled Pure Pop for Now People for its American release), in 1978, which featured his first British Top 10 hit, "(I Love the Sound Of) Breaking Glass." The single "American Squirm" was released in the fall of 1978 to little success.
		Lowe and Edmunds toured with Rockpile to support their respective 1979 albums, and the pair were the subject of the BBC documentary "Born Fighters" later that year.
		Lowe returned with Nick the Knife in February of 1982, supporting the album with a band featuring guitarist Martin Blemont and keyboaridst Paul Carrack; the group was first called The Chaps, but their name changed to Noise to Go during the American tour.
	www.80sretromusic.com /biography/L/nl.htm (1404 words)

	Nick Lowe
		Nick Lowe, (born March 24, 1949) is a rock and roll singer-songwriter.
		Lowe's best-known song from the Brinsley Schwarz era is probably "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding", which was a major hit for Elvis Costello in the early 1980s.
		Other well-known songs by Lowe include: "Cruel to Be Kind", "I Knew The Bride When She Used To Rock'N'Roll", "I Love The Sound of Breaking Glass" and "All Men Are Liars".
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ni/Nick_Lowe.html (205 words)

	VH1.com : Nick Lowe : Biography
		Lowe was concerned with bringing back the tradition of three-minute pop singles and hard-driving rock & roll, but he subverted his melodic songcraft with a nasty sense of humor.
		Lowe wanted to leave United Artists, but the label refused to let him go, so he proceeded to record a series of deliberately unmarketable singles in hopes of getting kicked off the label.
		Lowe released his debut album, Jesus of Cool (retitled Pure Pop for Now People for its American release), in 1978, which featured his first British Top Ten hit, "(I Love the Sound Of) Breaking Glass." The single "American Squirm" was released in the fall of 1978 to little success.
	www.vh1.com /artists/az/lowe_nick/bio.jhtml (1464 words)

	NPR : A Talk with Nick Lowe
		That may be one reason Lowe is at least as well known for his songwriting and producing as for his performing.
		Lowe, his pals Dave Edmunds and Graham Parker, and other British "pub-rockers" are credited not so much with creating punk as with building the platform upon which punk could flourish.
		Edmunds and Lowe achieved some success together in the band Rockpile in the late 1970s, but it was mostly the pair's loyal fan base that drove the success of the group's single album.
	www.npr.org /programs/atc/features/2002/aug/nicklowe (531 words)

	Nick Lowe, MP3 Music Download at eMusic
		Lowe began producing records at a rapid rate, helming the Damned's debut album, Damned Damned Damned -- the first British punk album -- and Costello's My Aim Is True in 1977; he would produce all of Costello's albums between My Aim Is True and 1981's Trust.
		Lowe also produced singles by Wreckless Eric, the Rumour, and Alberto y los Trios Paranoias as well as Graham Parker's early albums.
		Nick the Knife was a moderate hit, but its follow-up, 1983's The Abominable Showman, was a flop.
	www.emusic.com /artist/11573/11573565.html (1493 words)

	Nick Lowe at Borders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Then I almost missed the beginning of Nick’s brief set as I literally made it to the top floor of Borders, huffing and puffing and, uh, ‘glistening’ after I ran from the office and had the pleasure of cramming myself on a shockingly hot and cramped Tube train.
		Nick had earlier joked about that—thanking those of us who came to see him, and saying that those who were just browsing, well (long pause), could they please move along as they were taking up valuable floorspace.
		Nick, in a navy pinstripe oxford shirt, fl trooz and shoes, was the most elegant person there, and I mean no offence by that (he claims the prize so easily).
	www.aboutlastnight.org.uk /NickLoweBorders01.htm (1377 words)

	NICK LOWE: The Convincer (Yep Roc) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Nick Lowe has made a career out of an eclectic, tap your toe sort of pop.
		Not unlike Costello, as Lowe begins to age, he is beginning to mellow.
		For those who haven't seen Lowe in awhile the sight and the sound may be a bit of a shock.
	www.thenightowl.com /reviews/nicklowe.htm (347 words)

	CNN.com - Nick Lowe, without compromise - November 28, 2001
		Nick Lowe: At 52, he's getting some of the best reviews of his career for his new album, "The Convincer."
		Lowe can still rock -- witness the sizzling "Has She Got a Friend?" -- but the songs are more introspective now, more thoughtful, the lyrics carefully wrought from pieces of a life well lived.
		"Nick is producing music that he wants to produce, in his own way, without question," says Dicker.
	archives.cnn.com /2001/SHOWBIZ/Music/11/28/nick.lowe (1185 words)

	Nick Lowe - Rockintown Bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Nick Lowe's music, often in conjunction with Dave Edmunds and/or Rockpile, was a joyous hopped up sound.
		Lowe started with Brinsley Schwartz in the early '70s and found himself attracted to roots Rock which was about as far out of fashion as it could get.
		Lowe has released nearly a dozen albums and each has something worth remembering, except "Dig My Mood." Lounge music was in vogue for about three weeks in the '90s and Lowe jumped on the bandwagon to his own determent.
	www.rockintown.com /cable/nick_lowe.html (282 words)

	Telarc International:
		The casual fan may remember "Cruel To Be Kind," Lowe’s catchy pop hit from 1980, but Lowe—a cult figure since his days at the forefront of UK pub band Brinsley Schwarz in the mid-'70s, and later in Rockpile with Dave Edmunds—is anything but a one-hit wonder.
		Labour of Love—The Music of Nick Lowe is a sampler of Lowe’s lengthy and diverse catalog, as heard through the ears of contemporaries, collaborators, friends and admirers.
		Labour of Love—The Music of Nick Lowe is scheduled for release on the heels of The Convincer, Lowe’s new album on Yep Rock (release date: September 11, 2001) that completes a trilogy beginning with The Impossible Bird and Dig My Mood.
	www.telarc.com /gscripts/title.asp?gsku=3538 (664 words)

	Be Stiff Nick Lowe Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Artist: Nick Lowe Born: March 24th, 1949 City: Walton-On-Thames, England.
		Cat #: Buy 1 Artist: Nick Lowe A Side: So it goes B Side: Heart of the city A Matrix: earthlings awake B Matrix: three chord trick, yeh Released: 14th August 1976 Comments: Stiff's first single.
		Cat #: Buy 21 Artist: Nick Lowe A Side: Halfway to paradise B Side: I don't want the night to end A Matrix: a man can be a wimp B Matrix: but a wimp can't be a man Released: 1977 Comments: Produced by Nick Lowe.
	www.bestiff.co.uk /artists/nicklowe/nicklowe.htm (128 words)

	Amazon.com: Jesus of Cool: Music: Nick Lowe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		I think Nick Lowe was a member of a UK pub-rock band Rockpile before he went solo with this classic album, which was released under different titles in the UK and USA.
		Nick Lowe's words here and on his other great album, "Labour of Lust," are what rock and roll lyric writing is all about.
		Nick has gone through some bad times since 1978, but he made a lot of money from a wretched version of what is perhaps his most famous song (after "Cruel to Be Kind"), "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace Love and Understanding." Which he deserved.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00000117H?v=glance (1734 words)

	Nick Lowe : The Impossible Bird - Listen, Review and Buy at ARTISTdirect
		Nick Lowe's best records have always been full of clever lyrics and undeniable pop craftsmanship; the exception is The Impossible Bird.
		For most of the 1980s, Lowe had been appropriating country and R&B influences, but The Impossible Bird is where he fully incorporates those styles into his songwriting.
		Lowe doesn't abandon his gift for melody; "Soulful Wind" and "12-Step Program (To Quit You Babe)" are as catchy as anything he's ever written.
	www.artistdirect.com /nad/store/artist/album/0,,203157,00.html (249 words)

	Jelly review: Nick Lowe
		Lowe’s twangy guitar sounds have been replaced by sad accordions and weeping organs.
		Once he stood tall as the crowned Prince of Pub rock, but now all that’s left is a despondent Lowe, slouched upon his regular barstool at the pub, and burying his blues in song.
		Digging Lowe’s new mood takes a little extra digging on the listener’s part; but although the earth is hard, the treasure’s fine.
	www.jellyroll.com /06/nicklowe.html (420 words)

	Ink 19 :: Nick Lowe
		Those familiar with Nick Lowe appreciate his peculiar sense of humor, which often cloaks the most serious subjects with an ironic set of lyrics and music.
		Lowe does away with his trademark subterfuge on this album, and the mood is somber and introspective.
		From the almost a capella opening of "Faithless Lover" to the closing "Cold Grey Light of Dawn," you are treated to a side of Nick Lowe that previously only reared its head infrequently ("Baker Street" comes to mind).
	www.ink19.com /issues_F/98_05/wet_ink/music_lp/064_nick_lowe_nf.html (203 words)

	Nick Lowe @ Filmbug
		Nick Lowe, (born March 24, 1949) is a rock and roll singer-songwriter and producer.
		Lowe's best-known song from this era is probably I Knew The Bride When She Used To Rock'N'Roll, (a reworking of Chuck Berry's You Never Can Tell a.k.a.
		On the 1977 Live Stiffs compilation, with a pickup band called Last Chicken In The Soup, he virtually sneers out his contempt for all concerned; in 1985, fronting Nick Lowe and his Cowboy Outfit on the album The Rose of England, he hasn't changed the words, but the tone is entirely different, even affectionate.
	www.filmbug.com /db/22105 (382 words)

	Nick Lowe Discography
		Part 1 lists his recordings for the Stiff Label from 1976 to early 1978 (and a few recordings that weren't released on Stiff but are on the Wilderness Years compilation).
		All tracks are written and produced by Nick Lowe except where otherwise stated.
		Information on each release includes the title and/or track listing, other artists (if applicable), the format, the label and catalogue number, the release date, a brief history of the record, its chart placings (where applicable) and the matrix messages which can be read in the record's run-off grooves (selected releases only, mainly Stiff singles).
	members.tripod.com /nicklowedisc (379 words)

	Nick Lowe Discography at CD Universe
		Q - 4 Stars - Excellent Goldmine - Recommended This is 25-song tour through Nick Lowe's first seven albums, which represented a more-or-less unbroken stream of yearly releases before he changed his pace (he released three full albums of new material in the next decade).
		Nick Lowe holds a unique position in British pop history, being a key architect in punk and pub-rock as well as power pop.
		When those influenced by pub-rock kick-started the punk movement in the late '70s, Lowe was in the vanguard once more, this time as a solo artist turning out snappy New Wave pop.
	www.cduniverse.com /search/xx/music/artist/Lowe,+Nick/a/Nick+Lowe.htm (281 words)

	TrouserPress.com :: Nick Lowe
		Lowe's tunes, though, are invariably well-crafted, charming and offbeat enough to hold attention.
		Nicks Knack is a complementary collection of another 16 tracks, including Rockpile's "Now and Always," a rare B-side ("Basing Street") and a balanced selection of mostly second-string material from Lowe's pre-Cowboy Outfit albums.
		The quiet grace of this handsome, affecting, lovelorn record is outside Lowe's familiar realm, but he seems to have reached it naturally, ready to make the most of a little understatement.
	www.trouserpress.com /entry.php?a=nick_lowe (1146 words)

	NEW WAVE SINGLE SLEEVE GALLERY - 3 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Nick Lowe - Bowi 7" EP (Live Side) "Born a Woman" "Shake That Rat"/(Dead Side) "Marie Provost" "Endless Sleep" - Siff LAST 1, U.K. pressing, 1977.
		Nick Lowe - 7" single "Cruel to be Kind"/"Endless Grey Ribbon" - Radar ADA 43, U.K. pressing, 1979.
		Nick Lowe - 12" single "Half a Boy and Half a Man"/"Awesome" "Cruel to be Kind" - F-Beat XX34T, U.K. pressing, 1984.
	www.endlessgroove.com /issue6/nwgal03.htm (296 words)

	SBF 2004: Nick Lowe Review
		With no introduction, Nick Lowe nonchalantly walks on the stage with his guitar looking like it was a summer's day on the Costa Del Sol.
		Saying, "I wish I brought my woolly with me," Nick warms up the crowd with the mid-tempo "What's Shakin' On the Hill," and "I've Let Things Slide," a tender, self-deprecating ballad with a touch of old Mexico that illustrates Lowe's mastery of wringing emotion from his straightforward, "just the facts, Ma'am" lyrics.
		Then they roared into wild applause as Nick Lowe just walked off the stage with the same unflappable manner that he came on with.
	www.strictlybluegrass.com /2004/review.cgi?artist=NICK_LOWE (222 words)

	Nick Lowe band (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Nick Lowe's always been something of an underdog.
		As a solo artist, Lowe has steadily, sometimes haphazardly, mapped out a Pure Pop For Now People ('77) and Labour of Lust ('79) are two of the better albums of their respective years (and that's saying something); Nick The Knife ('82) and Pinker and Prouder than Previous ('87) aren't far behind those.
		The latter LP even has the distinction of being in one Rock "Guide" as one of the best records of the '80's, and in yet another as one of the "worst records of all time." You know Nick was doing something right.
	www.virginiamusicflash.com /nicklowe.htm (249 words)

	Reviews of Nick Lowe \| The Impossible Bird and Grammy Awards (Sheryl Crow, Tony Bennett, Don Was)
		Lowe, who is now 45, emerged from his early 70s pub-rock band, Brinsley Schwarz (with whom he wrote the classic "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love, and Understanding"), to help launch the British punk movement as a co-founder of Stiff Records.
		In addition to work throughout the 80s as a producer, Nick also was one of the four musicians on Bring the Family (1987), the comeback album from John Hiatt.
		Lowe has become fully focused on his songs, which he says happened after he "was encouraged by Elvis [Costello] to do some solo acoustic shows, what they now call Unplugged.
	www.cdshakedown.com /031595.htm (781 words)

	Nick Lowe
		Nick Lowe has been the self-appointed "Jesus Of Cool," the "Abominable Showman," and "Basher," pounding out "Pure Pop for Now People." He rocked the world as bassist with the short-lived but practically legendary Rockpile, and done stellar work as a yeoman producer with a startlingly eclectic array of bands.
		Lowe switched gears fairly radically with 1994's Impossible Bird, trading the big beat for a subtler, but no less enchanting, crooning country style.
		Thankfully, Lowe is beyond writing "hits," or at least songs that he thinks will have a commercial impact, and spent the last years constructing an album of low-key country/pop/soul gems.
	www.penduluminc.com /MM/August/nicklowe.html (694 words)

	Nick Lowe + Bill Kirchen - PopMatters Concert Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The turnaround time between Kirchen and Lowe was negligible, owing mostly to the fact that both fellows were performing in a solo capacity.
		When Lowe strode onto the stage, there was little question that he was not only an elder statesman of British pop/rock (and, now, alt-country) but, arguably, one of the coolest people in the room.
		Lowe stuck with relatively recent material with the first part of the show, visiting The Impossible Bird ("Soulful Wind"), Party of One ("What's Shakin' On The Hill"), The Convincer ("Has She Got a Friend?", "Lately I've Let Things Slide"), and Dig My Mood ("Faithless Lover").
	www.popmatters.com /music/concerts/l/lowe-nick-020803.shtml (1147 words)

	NICK LOWE DISCOGRAPHY - PART 1
		Nick's face appears on the custom label, but the effect is spoiled by the push-out centre.
		Nick's backing was by a pick-up band, The Last Chicken In The Shop, who were Larry Wallis, Terry Williams, Pete Thomas, Dave Edmunds and Penny Tobin.
		I'm not sure what Nick Lowe track is sampled but i'll assume Heart Of The City.
	members.tripod.com /nicklowedisc/stiff/stiff.html (790 words)

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