NiCER were formed as a 3 piece in August 1999 and quickly established a firm grip on the Liverpool music scene. NiCER spent their early years in Liverpool, honing their individual talents whilst listening to the music of the time, such as Shack, The La’s, The Jam and later, bands such as Supergrass, The Inspiral Carpets, The Smashing Pumpkins and others too numerous and diverse to mention. The band first met during the summer of 1998 whilst each member was working in separate bands. A bond was quickly formed and they regularly met to write new material until they decided to put the theory into practice. With influences ‘cited’ as Dean Martin, Oliver Reed & George Formby, the bands first experiments with music resulted in abomination. Until “once upon a practice” there was born the inimitable power-pop / funky-punk sound that has earned NiCER the notoriety they currently hold. “NiCER live are like The Jam meets the magic roundabout, anything can happen.” Dave Wycherley: Beat magazine ’99. With many live performances and recording sessions under their belt and many more to come, NiCER are going from strength to strength and eagerly await that fateful day when they meet the mythical figure bearing pen and contract who will say to them: “Oh sorry mate, wrong band”.