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Nick Douglas (Musician)
Nick Douglas (Nicholas Charles Douklias, born August 31, 1967, Camden, New Jersey) is an American musician and songwriter. He is commonly known as the bass player for the German heavy metal/ hard rock singer Doro Pesch whom he joined with in August of 1990.

Early Life
Nick grew up in Blackwood, New Jersey and is the son of John and Kathleen Douklias (Kathleen had passed away form cancer in 2011). He has a brother named John and a German half-sister (through his father) named Martina. He is the youngest of the siblings. His parents were separated when he was three years old and divorced five years later. Nick showed an early interest in art and architecture and attended a vocational high school for drafting. Simultaneously, music became a huge interest. He discovered the bass guitar by seeing a photograph of Paul McCartney playing bass and since Nick is also left handed he was encouraged to learn the bass. After weeks of saving money, he was able to purchase a used electric bass. Nick graduated high school with honors and had landed a part time drafting job but played in bands in his spare time. Nick's first bass instructor was Ralph Deal and in later years Patrick Pfeiffer and Jerry Jemmott. Jerry's teachings in particular, opened up a whole new understanding of music for Nick.

Career
When he was 19 he joined a popular New Jersey heavy metal band named Deadly Blessing. During this time Nick went by the name Nick Mitchell by suggestion of the guitarist Tony Sgro. The band signed a record deal with New Renaissance Records and recorded the album "Ascend From The Cauldron" (1988). At the age of 22 Nick left Deadly Blessing and moved to Queens, New York. Eight months later he passed an audition for the German heavy metal singer Doro Pesch of which he still plays for. Doro and the band has toured Europe many times over as well as performing in The US, Canada, Mexico, Russia, Turkey, China, Australia, Japan, Thailand and throughout South America. He has also performed and/or recorded for Blaze Bayley (Iron Maiden and Wolfsbane), Chris Caffery (Savatage, Trans-Siberian Orchestra), Deadly Blessing, and many other artists. Nick also has a small solo career as a singer/songwriter and released a solo album in called "Through The Pane" (2001). Throughout the 90's Nick also took acting lessons in New York City with Nora Colpman and has acted in two plays in The Poconos of Pennsylvania.

Discography
Deadly Blessing: "Deadly Blessing E.P." 1988 "Ascend From The Cauldron" 1988 Doro: "Rare Diamonds" (the live tracks) 1991 "Doro Live" 1993 "Angels Never Die" 1993 "Machine II Machine" 1995 "Love Me In Black" 1998 "Calling The Wild" 2000 "Fight" 2002 "Classic Diamonds" (co-writer of "She's Like Thunder") 2004 "Warrior Soul" 2006 "Anthems Of The Champion- The Queen" 2007 "Fear No Evil" 2009 "25 Years In Rock…And Still Going Strong" 2010 Jan Reimer: "All You Can Eat" 1996 Nick Douglas (solo): "Through The Pane" 2001, 2006 (Europe) Magic Red: "87 Humboldt Street" 2007 "The Unspoken Truth" 2008 Earth Minor: "Dark Matters" 2009 Chris Caffery: "Pins And Needles" 2007 Matthew K: "Matthew K" 2012