Band Members:

Heath Dobbler ( vocals / guitar )
Clay Pigeons ( guitar / vocals )
Rob Shock ( guitar / vocals )
Nick Fusions ( drums / vocals )

Visit their website here: 3 Cent Nickle

How did you pick the band name?

We originally started calling ourselves nickle... Apparently some band down South already had dibs on the title, and they were creating a pretty good stir in their respective scene to boot. So we left it alone, I made mention of adding the 3 cent in front and it sounded cool I guess... so it stuck. It also helped that Clay Pigeons was given an actual 3 cent piece from his dad in law... which was quickly adopted as the band's logo.

How would you define your sound?

We had influences from so many bands... it would be ridiculous to try and list all of them, much less explain why or how they were influential in relation to us. We played punk rock and we played fast. We had a few hooks here and there enabling us to be somewhat melodic, it wasn't anything new... but for "our" scene at the time, it was refreshing.

Describe your creative process for writing and composing music?

All of us wrote lyrics, Clay and I more so then the others. Once we had lyrics, we fucked around with our instruments until we found a rhythm that could relate with ideal vocal patterns. Sometimes it worked out well and sometimes alot of good songs were scrapped because of this approach. To date... there was only one song that I can recall during the band's existence, that was ever put together "musically" before lyrics were written.

If you guys were to play with another band, which one would it be?

If we were to play ever again... it would definitely be with The Filthies, we were always a good fit for each other, in spite of the differing styles. We had a lot of fun playing with them guys. Some of our better shows indeed.

Where, How often, How did you guys practice?

The Garage was always comfortable for us. We practiced alot, no less than two days a week and sometimes five or six. Looking back, our practices were more of a hangout session, although we did take them pretty fucking serious... at times they were no more than alcohol socials. But we made an honest attempt at each practice to recreate our live shows in order to fine tune our stage presence (hard to do by the way).

Why do men have nipples?

Apparently to shove big fucking pieces of steel through, because you think it might be a good idea at the time.

- Heath Dobbler