Nice was an indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band

Musical ensemble

A musical ensemble is a group of people who perform instrumental or vocal music. In classical music, trios or quartets either blend the sounds of musical instrument families or group together instruments from the same instrument family, such as string ensembles or wind ensembles...

 from Sydney

Sydney

Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...

, Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. The band was fronted by Randall Lee formerly of The Cannanes

The Cannanes

The Cannanes are a longstanding Australian indie pop band formed in Sydney in late 1984.-History:The original line-up of the band was Stephen O'Neil , Annabel Bleach , Michelle Cannane , Frances Gibson , and David Nichols...

 and currently of Ashtray Boy

Ashtray Boy

Ashtray Boy is an indie-rock band based around peripatetic singer-songwriter Randall Lee.-History:The band has been active since c. 1984 and was originally founded as Ashtray Boy and his Country Cousin. During the band's history they have been based in Sydney, Chicago, Vancouver and Melbourne...

 and Susannah Stewart-Lindsay, previously a member of the Adelaide based band, Rewind on the Paranoid Side. Francesca Bussey, later to be a member of The Cannanes, was a member of Nice during the recording

Sound recording and reproduction

Sound recording and reproduction is an electrical or mechanical inscription and re-creation of sound waves, such as spoken voice, singing, instrumental music, or sound effects. The two main classes of sound recording technology are analog recording and digital recording...

 sessions for their first album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

, but left during production and was credited only as a guest on that release.

Their song "Dear John", which appeared on the Nice

Nice (Nice album)

Nice is a 1994 studio album by the Australian band of the same name.The songs "Theme from Nice" and "Circuit Diagram" were featured in the 1990s Nickelodeon television series The Adventures of Pete & Pete.-Tracklisting:#"Dear John" – 3:00...

album, was covered

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 by the band Aden

Aden (band)

Aden is a band currently based in Washington, D.C. which is heavily influenced by 1970s soft rock such as Steely Dan .-History:...

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Discography

• Apple Pie
  Apple Pie (album)
  Apple Pie is a 1993 album by the Australian indie rock band Nice.-Tracklisting:#"Casandra Nova" – 2:52#"Mr. Lee" – 2:51#"Cup of Coffee" – 2:35#"On My Back in the Madhouse" – 4:30#"Total Moon" – 3:28#"My Perfect Fire" – 4:03#"Hi Tension" – 3:00...
  
  (1993)
• Nice
  Nice (Nice album)
  Nice is a 1994 studio album by the Australian band of the same name.The songs "Theme from Nice" and "Circuit Diagram" were featured in the 1990s Nickelodeon television series The Adventures of Pete & Pete.-Tracklisting:#"Dear John" – 3:00...
  
  (1994)