Rob Nicholson (musician)

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Rob "Blasko" Nicholson

Rob Nicholson (Better known as "Blasko") is a rock musician who was born on November 24, 1969. His influences include the rock bands Iron Maiden, Motörhead, and Corrosion of Conformity. Rob is perhaps best known for his performances on Rob Zombie's solo albums.

[edit] Career History

Over the years, Rob has played a few types of instruments including the drums when he was young, the guitar, and then finally he stuck with playing the bass guitar. Rob began his career playing the bass for the Santa Monica, CA based speed/thrash metal band called Cryptic Slaughter, performing on several of their ablums. Then Rob moved on to sing lead vocals for the death metal influenced band Killing Spree. After he had finished with them, he went on to sing for Suffer. He then went on to pursue other musical interests with the alternative rock band Drown. But Rob soon left Drown to play bass for Prong, but appeared on none of their albums due to their disbanding. He then joined the popular band Danzig in Semptember of 1997, but like his last band, he did not appear on any of their albums because of his departure from the band in April, 1998. He left Danzig to tour with Rob Zombie, where he began using the nickname "Blasko". He has so far played on all of Rob Zombie's solo albums (Hellbilly Deluxe, The Sinister Urge, & Educated Horses). He also spent some time while Rob Zombie was filming to work on a side project with the founder of coffin case, Johnny Coffin. The band was composed of Johnny Coffin on lead guitar, Daniel Gray on rhythm guitar and lead vocals, DC on drums, and of course Blasko on Bass. The band was called The Death Riders and released in 2005. The Soundtrack to Depression (their debut album) was released by Horror High.

[edit] Recent

Recently, Blasko left Rob Zombie to perform with Ozzy Osbourne. On the American Witch tour, he is being replaced by Piggy D., formerly of Wednesday 13.