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Nick Ladish (born Nicholas E. Ladish) was born on 20.02.1979 - Nick's musical journey began in the year 1983 at the age of 4 singing along with such records as Michael Jackson's "Thriller and with such artists as John "Cougar" Mellancamp and The Police. "I remember being 4 and spending hours in my room listening to those records just singing along pretending I had a crowd I was singing for."

"At the age of 10 I began playing trombone in the school band." "By age 12 I picked up playing the drums, by 15 bass and piano and by the age of 21 the guitar." In high school Nick was a member of the r&b vocal group "Voices In Harmony" which actually made the front page of the hometown newspaper for winning an audition to appear on the show "Starseek."

While in college he continued to study music emphasising in Jazz. Says Ladish,"I love Jazz music, while in college I became obsessed with playing, listening and studying as much jazz music as I possibly could." He has been a member of several Jazz big bands, combos, grunge rock bands, punk bands, hardcore bands and even death metal bands. "I have pretty much performed in every style of band" says Ladish, "I have even been in a chamber orchrestra."

In addition to music, he has also had roles in two indie movies. Nick's new album is set to be released in the fall of 2008 as a follow up to his 2005 debut.

Former bands Nick was in include: Once Called Saul, Backbone, Zoon, Hello McFly, and Space Medicine. Though he is a solo artist, he sometimes plays with a full live band which is known as The Last Goodbye