David Nichols

David Nichols is a musician, author and zinester from Australia.

In 1984 David Nichols founded the band The Cannanes, an influential lo-fi group who released recordings throughout the 1980's and 1990's on independent labels such as K Records and John Porcellino's label, Spit and a Half. He has also been in the bands Blairmailer, Huon and Driving Past, and appeared on a single by The Go Team, a band from Olympia, Washington, helmed by Calvin Johnson and Tobi Vail.

David Nichols was a part of the underground zine scene in the 1980's and 1990's, prducing the zine Distant Violins, and contributing to a number of zines in Australia and the U.S., such as Boysville U.S.A., published by fellow Go Team member Jeffery Kennedy.

In the late 1990's Nichols quit The Cannanes and focused on his biography of the band The Go-Betweens, also becoming a journalist for magazines such as Puncture, Rolling Stone, and Record Mirror.

Zine

• Distant Violins

Contributions

• Boysville U.S.A.
• Lemon Meringue Pantry
• Mnemonic Hi-Fi

Publications

• The Go Betweens, Verse Chorus Press
• Baby Take A Bow: A Short History of The Cannanes,

External links

• David Nichols in Lemon Meringue Pantry Part 1
• David Nichols in Lemon Meringue Pantry Part 2
• The History of The Cannanes
• The History of Huon