IT'S A SAD FACT!!!! No.2: Nick's Previous Life

Nick began his adult life in a somewhat turbulent fashion. Mixing with the wrong crowd, shortly after graduating from Harvard, he was, not only, dramatically accused of causing the 1937 Hindenburg disaster, he was also convicted and sentenced to 25 years in Louisiana State Penitentiary. This was to be a defining moment in Nick's life and where he was to learn the myriad of skills that would prove vital in later life.

Shortly after his infamous escape (which still to this day remains a mystery, although many rumours involving the use of a helicopter and his pet hamster Jim have circulated) he began his short stint as a pilot, illegally smuggling 20 tons of beef per day across the Mexican border.

After an out of court settlement made with the Mexican government, he decided to take on an assumed name: Nick (with a silent k). It was under this alias that he became the darling of the nation, appearing in the 1950s 'Rug campaign' under the slogan: "We all love a nice rug!!"

This was a stable and happy time in Nick's life, but it was not long before his agent convinced him to put down the rug, and pick up a pair of boxing gloves. Brutal yet precious, disastrous yet rug-loving: his experience blasted him through the amateur rankings and it was not long until, in 1964, he was offered a title fight.

However this was not to be, for at the height of his career, finally the US government, forever on his tail, caught up with him. Offered a pending sentence, in return for his help in top-secret operation, Nick (no longer with the silent K) was rocketed into space. It was here that he was to remain for almost 40 years (or so the USA would like us to believe).

This period is an unclear time in the Nick history, but it is safe to say that: without this experience and those that came before, he would no be the fine bass player he is today.................................