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| Full name |
Nick "Nicky Ricketts", aka "Ricky Rikketts" "Rikky" Oszinski |
| Birthdate |
January 27 |
| Born |
Richmond, British Columbia |
| Interests |
Music, Reading, Survival TV Shows |
| Favorite Sports team |
The Vancouver Canucks |
| Favorite band |
Tough to narrow it down to just 1, but Alice in Chains is near the top of my favorites. |
| Favorite musician & or singer |
Slash, Brent Smith |
| 1st Concert |
Nine Inch Nails |
| Accomplishments |
I sing for a pretty killer band, i graduated college, and I'm still breathing. |
| Favorite movie |
Natural Born Killers |
| Favorite tv show |
Entourage |
| Where & when did you 1st get laid? |
hahaha, in a park when I was a kid and got I busted by the cops...fuck was that embarrassing! |
| Touring stories from the road |
Ask Scotty. |
| Favorite city to play in |
I don't have one. All the fans that keep showing up and leaving a pint of blood and/or sweat behind on the floor everytime we play makes me want to go anywhere that wants to have us. There's definately aspects of certain cities I like more or less...but we always have a good time wherever and whenever we get onstage and rip our songs. |
| What do you do to get ready for showtime? |
Drink green tea, warm up my voice, have a few drinks and basically just try and psyche myself up...I think of it like getting ready for war! |
| What is your day job? |
I'm the technical producer for a few talk radio shows in Vancouver. |
| What do you tell your boss when you have to go on tour? |
I'm going on tour. They're pretty cool about getting me go when I have to. |
| Most famous person you have met? |
I've met tons of famous people because of my day job working on talk shows...I'm not really sure who was the most famous...meeting Sean Kinney and Jerry Cantrell from Alice in Chains was a big deal for me though. I've listened to their music for so many years now, and have such a great respect for what they've done musically and how honest AiC's lyrics are. |
| Pantera or Jesus? |
Pantera |
| Soundgarden or Gardening with Shell Busy? |
Hahaha...Soundgarden. Sorry Shell. |
| 54-40 or WD-40? |
WD-40 |
| DNA- or TNA? |
TNA |
| 6am or 4:20? |
4:20 |
| Van Halen or Motley Crue? |
That's not a fair question! Both are amazing! |
| Fuck You or Fuck U2? |
Fuck U2 |
| Favorite Adult actress? |
Your Mother! |
| What do you think of the music industry? |
It's gone to shit. People aren't buying records like they used to, in turn record labels aren't making money, so newer bands are getting signed, and when bands are signed most of the time they get the raw end of the deal. On the other hand, because people are downloading music for free and using social media to connect with bands, it enables bands that wouldn't have otherwise been noticed develop a real grassroots following. Interesting times we live in.
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| How is the music scene in Vancouver? |
It's tough. Not alot of venues want to have local bands play and grow a fanbase. It seems like our city would rather have a guy that knows how to spin a record or use an iPod take care of the music.
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| Big Boobs or BIG ass? |
Hahaha...it depends on who it is.
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| What is the craziest thing you have done ? |
Join Southern Death Threat.
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| If you were the Prime Minister of Canada, how would you run the Country ? |
That's a pretty broad question...but I would start by legalizing marijuana.
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| What do you say to your many fans that love you & support you ? |
Anyone that's ever taken the time to give me a chance, come out to an SDT show, read a lyric, bang their head, or offered a kind word...I can't thank you enough! Sometimes this might seem like a crazy dream we're trying to live, but it's what we love...and I thank everyone that makes themselves a part of it, because without you - there can't be us.
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