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Nick Anderson
Born	Wellsville, New York
Genres	Alternative rock pop-punk indie rock DIY music
Occupations	Producer singer songwriter musician
Instruments	Vocals guitar piano keyboard
Years active	2014–present
Labels	Another Century Big Noise Music Group

Nicholas "Nick" Anderson is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known as the frontman of the alternative rock band the Wrecks since its formation in 2015. He remains their primary producer and lyricist but has recently collaborated with a variety of artists on projects outside the scope of the Wrecks.

Early life

Anderson was born in Upstate New York and grew up in rural Wellsville, the oldest of five siblings. He learned to play the piano at eight-years-old and taught himself to play the guitar at fourteen. He cites his early experience in producing to experimenting in Garageband on the iMac at his father's workplace. In December 2012, he formed his first band, Exit Plan, with Tyler Cornell, Jesse McKee, and Jimmy Dixon. The band released a four-track CD and a non-album single, "Sloot."

Aside from music, Anderson was also prolific in baseball. Anderson pitched for a varsity team at Wellsville High School from 2011 until his graduation in 2013. After setting several regional records, he played for San Diego City College in California, pursuing a two-year major in digital audio technology alongside baseball. Around this time, Anderson was featured as a successful contestent on Let's Make a Deal. While balancing his college career, seventeen-year-old Anderson continued performing at various San Diego music festivals with Exit Plan.

Career

Anderson met future band mate Aaron Kelley on Facebook around 2010 when he was fourteen-years-old. Remaining friends through 2014, Kelley introduced Anderson to recording industry executive Richard Reines, of whom he was interning for at the time, and Anderson began writing and producing for the bands that Reines managed. In September 2014, Anderson and Kelley formed a pop-punk band, Coastbound, with three others – Kyle Hulett, Steven Groot, and Taylor Enzminger. The group released five-track EP Wasting Your Breath and a mildly successful cover of The Weeknd's "The Hills." Coastbound continued performing at local music festivals in California throughout 2015; however, in September 2015, Aaron and Kelley announced their intentions to place the band on a hiatus to pursue a "new music endeavor with an indie rock project." Sometime in October 2015, Anderson's new project released a song, "Get 'Em Ready," which features in Episode 5 of CBS's Limitless.

In late 2015, Anderson and Kelley invited Billy Nally, Harrison Nussbaum, and Nick "Schmizz" Schmidt to join their new project. The Wrecks had formally begun in Thousand Oaks, California, in mid-November 2015. Through a friend's housekeeping engagement, Anderson gained access to a professional home studio, albeit without the owner's permission, and the group self-recorded three tracks for an extended play in just three days, with roommate, sound engineer, and Coastbound collaborator Andrew D'Angelo serving as co-producer. On December 22, 2016, the line-up signed with Another Century Records. Soon after, their debut single "Favorite Liar" received significant airplay and charted in the top forty on alternative radio. The single obtained five million Spotify streams within a year of its release; as of December 2020, the track boasted over twenty-five million streams.

After their record deal with Another Century Records, the Wrecks attempted to professionally record their sophomore EP in Los Angeles; however, discontent with its sound, the band abandoned the project to start from scratch. Having depleted their budget, Anderson attempted to fund their endeavors by participating in medical studies and working minimum wage jobs. The band temporarily moved into Anderson's grandmother's home in rural Wellsville, New York and finished their next EP, Panic Vertigo, at the barn studio of friend Patrick Barry. Throughout the process, D'Angelo continued to serve as the band's sound engineer and co-producer. The recording process took one and a half years, and much of it took place over the summer of 2017 during All Time Low's "Last Young Renegade Tour, of which the Wrecks opened for. Panic Vertigo was released on February 16, 2018.

The Wrecks' debut album, Infinitely Ordinary, was released on May 1, 2020. On December 18, 2020, the Wrecks released their third EP, Static.

Solo ventures

In May 2018, Anderson performed an untitled song on Episode #39 of Beyond the Pine. On the podcast, he made it clear that it was written independently from the Wrecks. Sometime later, Anderson gave the song to country band the Roads Below, managed by War Road Music. Their version was released in June 2020.

In August 2019, Hoodie Allen's song "You Should Let Me Know" was released, with lyrics, production, and vocals contributed by Anderson, and guitar supplied by fellow Wrecks guitarist Schmidt. On March 25, 2020, the band's frontman Anderson was featured alongside Hoodie on an MTV Instagram livestream during which he teased the Wrecks' upcoming album. During the same livestream, it was revealed that Anderson produced all of the song's on Hoodie's fifth album.

On May 24, 2020, Anderson's collaboration with Scotty Sire and Toddy Smith ,"Past Life," was released, marking Anderson's first major vocal venture to be independent from the Wrecks since the band's formation. On November 13, 2020, coinciding with Good Boy Daisy's debut single "Grey," Anderson announced his partnership the band as their producer. In the following year, the Wrecks would feature on the Good Boy Daisy's single "Never Learn."

Personal life

He currently resides in Encino of San Fernando Valley. Anderson is dating Hallie Mayes of Good Boy Daisy, who he has produced for.

Anderson has publicly endorsed Nerf, even recording an original song using their products. He also commends Teddy Fresh on social media and actively wears their clothing, even in promotional imagery related to the Wrecks; however, he has never had a brand deal with them.

Discography

Exit Plan

• A Love for Tomorrow (2012)

Coastbound

• Wasting Your Breath (2015)

The Wrecks

Main article: The Wrecks § Discography

• We Are The Wrecks (2016)
• Panic Vertigo (2018)
• Infinitely Ordinary (2020)
• Static (2020)

With other artists

Select list of contributions

Year	Song	Artist	Album	Contribution	Ref.
2019	"You Should Let Me Know"	Hoodie Allen	Whatever USA	Production, co-written, vocals
	"Wake Up"	Run River North	Monsters Calling Home, Vol. 2	Production
2020	"Lonely Weather"		Creatures In Your Head	Co-written
	"Bloody Nose"	The Used	Heartwork	Co-written
	"Cecilia"	Sugar Pine 7	non-album single	Production
	"Should've Been Me"	The Roads Below		Co-written
	"Grey"	Good Boy Daisy		Production, vocals
	"Don't Call Me When You're Lonely"	Fox Royale		Production
	"Out Of My Hands"
	"Past Life"	Toddy Smith, Scotty Sire, Nick Anderson		Production, co-written, vocals

Videography

Music videos

The Wrecks

Main article: The Wrecks § Music videos

Other appearances

Title	Artist	Year	Notes	Ref.
"Overrated"	Coastbound	2015	Lyric video
"The Hills" (The Weeknd Cover)			Music video
"Real Love"	Sugar Pine 7	2020	Music video
"Grey"	Good Boy Daisy		Lyric video

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Let's Make A Deal	Contestant

Web

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2018	All Night	Band	Episode: Sink or Swim
2018-2020	Sugar Pine 7	Himself	Skit: "Drama with The Wrecks" Skit: "Here's why we might have to quit..." It is noteworthy that the short features "Rich Girl" as background music, which Anderson's band, the Wrecks, would cover two years later. Beyond the Pine: #39, #88, #103, #112
2020	The Wrecks Mockumentary		Self-released mockumentary