Nozzle is a British guitar-based rock band from

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, England, formed in 1995 by guitarist and songwriter Dave Blomberg, formerly with the English band New Model Army. Later it also featured members of

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and Asylum.

History

Nozzle's first album called ''Winter'' was released on German independent label

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in 2001 by the line up featuring Dave Blomberg (vocals and guitar), James Davis (drums), Matt Round (bass guitar) and Danny Vuckovic (guitar). It was described by the press as "a lush combination of rock guitars with a dynamic rhythm section, melodic vocals and dark, moody atmospherics" and received favourable reviews in the some European music magazines (''Zillo'', ''Orkus'', ''

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'' and others). While working on the album, Nozzle played a series of dates in Europe which included appearing at the Nom Del Rock Festival in

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near

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in Italy and a successful headline tour in Germany in 1999. Nozzle's second album ''Twisted Vision'', recorded live in the studio, was released in September 2004 on New Model Army's label Attack Attack Records, distributed in Europe through Rough Trade. This line up was Dave Blomberg along with Michael Dean from New Model Army on drums,

and soho dolls' guitarist Toni Haimi on guitar and John Forrester on bass formerly of

and The Colour Mary. In September 2005, Nozzle were signed by

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's label

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in the United States. The band released two EPs, the ''Mystery'' EP 2005 and the ''Let Me Down'' EP (2006). Whilst with

one of Nozzle's songs "Fatal Beauty" featured as part of the soundtrack for Nicholas DiBella's American independent film ''

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'', a drama/thriller film starring

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and

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. Nozzle, featuring Dave Blomberg on guitar and vocals, Leigh Winsor on bass guitar and Joe Breban on drums, released their third album ''Empires'' in May 2008 on their own Flowermountain Records label.

References

External links

newmodelarmy.org

Nozzle.org.uk
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