Nick Amoroso

Nick Amoroso (born May 17, 1970) is an American drummer, percussionist and vocalist from Burbank, California. He also produces albums, and is quite popular among singer-songwriters, having been called the "singer-songwriter's drummer" by Warner Brothers artist Holly Brook.

Playing drums since age 9, his first public music experience came with playing drums at church. By age 16, he was playing many times a week as a part of his church, as well as with fledgling bands in the San Fernando Valley. He began his musical career in the mid-1990s with the Los Angeles band Soulbelly. The band did well in the Southern California area, releasing a self-titled EP and 1999's acclaimed simple.chaotic. A 4-song EP followed in 2001, but Soulbelly disbanded in 2002 due to differing opinions on musical direction.

Amoroso went on to work with Soulbelly's bassist and principal songwriter Shane Mills, co-producing, drumming and singing backup on the 2004 release, Some Assembly Required. This album was nominated for Best Album at the 2004 Los Angeles Music Awards. Mills and Amoroso went on to create the band One Silver Astronaut, releasing Scientific American in early 2006. Amoroso also co-produced and played drums on this release.

In late 2003, Amoroso met Omarr Escoffie' of the Northern California band Slow Car Crash. Escoffie' had recently relocated to Southern California, and the two hit it off immediately; On the evening they met, Escoffie' asked Amoroso to play on what would become the Slow Car Crash EP Hope on the Other Side. The band has since released 2006's The Trip We Planned to much praise, and is currently recording the follow-up to that album, to be called Intermission.

In Summer 2006, Amoroso did some live shows in Los Angeles and New York City in support of Machine Shop Recordings artist Holly Brook's release, Like Blood Like Honey. While at home, he worked with such notable Southern California Artists as Bryan Master, Josh Halverson, Dillon Campbell and Noush Skaugen, through Summer 2007.

From September 2007 to February 2008, Amoroso played drums on 2 consecutive U.S. tours with Vanguard recording artist Matt Nathanson, in support of his release Some Mad Hope. The second tour culminated with appearances on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien (January 30, 2008) and ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live (February 15, 2008).

In April 2008, Amoroso collaborated with Eddie Argos of Art Brut and Dyan Valdés of The Blood Arm, on the recording of their side project. The band is called Everybody Was In the French Resistance ... Now. Amoroso played drums on all tracks. The album was produced and engineered by David Newton (with whom Amoroso works frequently), and is slated for release in late 2008.

Amoroso is currently working with U&L Records artists Marching Band, and continues to work with many artists in Los Angeles.

He lives in Burbank, CA with Kelly, his wife of 3 years, and has a 12 year-old son, Austen.

Discography
Albums
*Everybody Was In the French Resistance ... Now - Fixing the Charts (2008 Eddie Argos and Dyan Valdés)
*Slow Car Crash - Intermission (2008 Sacred Art)
*Dillon Campbell - Light Observations (2008 Silver Zipper)
*Nam Whang - Untitled album in production (expected release date 2009)
*Slow Car Crash - The Trip We Planned (2006 Sacred Art)
*One Silver Astronaut - Scientific American (2006 Yellowhouse Recordings)
*Slow Car Crash - Hope on the Other Side (2003 Sacred Art)
*Shane Mills - Some Assembly Required (2003 Yellowhouse Recordings)
*Soulbelly - Crash Landing EP (2001 Yellowhouse Recordings)
*Soulbelly - simple.chaotic (1999 Yellowhouse Recordings)
*Ping - Meet Your Maker (1998 Marathon Records)
*Soulbelly - Soulbelly EP (1996 Yellowhouse Recordings)

Contributions
*"Moments Like This", "Independence Day", "Karmacide" with Bryan Master - For People Like Us (2009 Bryan Master)
*"For the One" with Adam Kowalczyk - The Dream EP (2005 Adam Kowalczyk)
*"Popsicle Stick" with The Aunt Bettys - Ford Supersonic (1998 Marathon Records)
*"Return to Sender (Father's Arms)", Andy's Angels - Suffer the Children EP (1999 Marathon Records)
*"Harmonic Solitude", "Letting Go" with The Hopescope - Bring in the Sun (1998 Marathon Records)

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