Nice Peter Quick Bio:
Augmented by serious musicianship, Nice Peter's
hysterical original acoustic pop songs are a terrific
change of pace for any modern music lover.
Trained at the Improv Olympic in Chicago, lead singer
Pete Shukoff brings his improv comedy experience to
the rock and roll stage.
Audiences across the US and UK are laughing,
dancing, and raving about this one-of-a-kind band
with a truly unique live experience.
"Tenacious D on a Weezer kick" - St Louis Riverfront Times
"Devastatingly Hilarious" - HedMag UK
"I'm sorry, we are not able to
review your material at this time" - Rolling Stone
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Articles and Reviews
Exclusive:
Rock Group Nice Peter
Explains Song '50 Cent Is A P***y'
By Nolan Strong and EbenGregory
Date: 12/6/2006 9:30 am
As the feuds in Hip-Hop seem to be at an all-time high, rock band Nice Peter
is currently raising eyebrows because of choice words aimed at superstar
rapper 50 Cent in their new song, “50 Cent is a P***y.”
In the lighthearted single, the rock band takes jabs at 50 Cent with lyrics
like, “Straight from the streets to the limousine, started off with
just his bullet holes and a big dream/ hooked up with Eminem and Dr. Dre,
now he’s gotta his own f**king video game. Yeah, b***h what, I’m
calling you out/ you’re about as gangster as the chick from No Doubt.”
Consisting of lead singer and acoustic guitarist Pete Shukoff and drummer
Kristen Regester, the two-piece band from Chicago insists that their new
song shouldn’t be taken too seriously.
“The point of the song was just that, I think I was listening to an
interview about him and he had just come out with a CD, a movie and a video
game all at the same time,” Shukoff told AllHipHop.com in an exclusive
interview. “I think the thing that bothers me about 50 Cent is that
I don’t think he is necessarily a positive image...[but] it’s
a funny line between being serious and not being serious. ”
Ironically, Nice Peter is taking the same marketing approach that 50 Cent
used for his debut album Power of the Dollar, which featured the funny,
but abrasive single "How To Rob."
50 Cent's song, which was intended to be a lighthearted record, focused
on stealing jewelry and money from various rappers and celebrities.
As a group, Nice Peter has toured internationally, performing various commentary
songs with titles like "The Bush Song," "F**k Guitar Center,"
"Cell Phones," "Spanglish" and "Tru Gangster."
“We try and poke fun of things and maybe say some things and have some
opinions,” Shukoff told AllHipHop.com. “I mean what I say in the
song, but I don’t necessarily think 50 Cent is a p***y. I think if
I met up with him in a bar, he’d take me out pretty quickly.”
Shukoff, 27, was trained at the famed Improv Olympic (iO) in Chicago. iO
alumni include Mike Myers, Chris Farley, Vince Vaughn, Andy Dick and other
famous comedians.
He said the feedback the group has received from "50 Cent is a P***y"
has been positive.
Nice Peter is currently working on a yet untitled LP, which is scheduled
to hit store sometime next year.
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Hed-Mag
Preston, England
...Pete Shukoff is a skilled musician and lyricist first and-foremost -
this is no stand-up comic hawking round a battered acoustic for laffs. The
delivery is first-class, the content consistently forthright and devastatingly
hilarious.
Riverfront Times - St Louis, MO
Critick’s Pick
Beware the joke band. Unless they're the rare beasts who combine senses
of humor with musical chops, the chuckles will eventually wear off, leaving
you with a dusty CD on the shelf.. Nice Peter's songs stand up, even under
repeated listening, and you are left with something fresh, funny, and stick-to-your-brain
catchy.
Detroit Metrotimes
If the smartass rock band Tenacious D were a little less r-a-w-k and a bit
more Weezer, they would be Nice Peter. This act’s demo, which serendipitously
made its way across Night & Day’s desk, was an instant hit, sending
the editor into immediate fits of laughter.
Emergenza Magazine
Nice Peter is what the fans were screaming on Friday Night at the Note in
Chicago. Definitely the highlight of the weekend, Nice Peter improvised
through half of the set by riffing off the crowd and holding down the music
with three chord progressions.
…never seen a band win over a crowd like Nice Peter.
All Ages Zine
CD Review: Songs For Moms
Nice Peter is a musician/comedian that is a must have if you are a fan of
Stephen Lynch. I was laughing non-stop as Nice Peter sang about being a
gangster in “True Gangster” and that was only the beginning. The
lyrics continue to get better as the CD goes on. “Spanglish” tells
the tale of meeting a girl at a Mexican restaurant that doesn’t speak
English, and you know where this heads. Yep, a love song for this girl written
completely in Spanglish. My personal faves from the album come in the last
two songs, If You Really Love Me and I Quit, You Fat Mother Fucker, an inspiring
song about telling your boss to shove it. While the lyrics are wonderful,
the music is what draws you in.
Perfect Porridge
Songs for Moms - CD Review
It's Weezer meets Tenacious D; it's Weird Al meets Adam Sandler; but it's
funnier than all of that, because it's Pete Shukoff (aka Nice Peter) --
and he's a real life dude from Chicago writing instant classics on his album,
Songs for Moms.
If you like a good pop song with hilarious, quirky, and occasionally dirty
lyrics, you're going to love Nice Peter. Trained at the Improv Olympic in
Chicago, Nice Peter not only has an incredible musical comedy album here,
his interactive, spontaneous live shows are rumored to be that perfect blend
of humor and tunage.
Beep Central- Artist Spotlight
Nice Peter: Toeing the line between madness and greatness ... and making
your little sister blush.
Turns out, there’s no need to be afraid. Not really. Pete Shukoff is,
indeed, superiorly nice and even initially shy, with a penchant for politics
and onstage madness.
Shukoff, who came to Chicago in 2001 to "make it" in improv, tends
to walk the line between seemingly utter madness and obsession to detail.
Where half of his songs, many of them cute and quirky with political and
liberal undertones, are exhaustively practiced, the other half are completely
improvised onstage (and are just as hilarious).
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We’ve heard of East Coast vs. West Coast hip-hop feuds, but how does
the Second City figure in? Apparently, the latest feud involves Chicago’s
Nice Peter, who combine improv with rock, versus 50 Cent. Now, we’re
not giving a huge amount of credence to this “feud” because we
don’t really believe that 50 Cent has actually heard the song that’s
causing the ruckus — “50 Cent is a Pussy” off the latest
Nice Peter live album.
Peter Shukoff stated to AllHipHop.com that the song isn’t all that
serious and was a response to 50 Cent’s mega-marketing campaign where
he released a CD, movie, and video game all at once. Shukoff continues,
“I mean what I say in the song, but I don’t necessarily think
50 Cent is a pussy. I think if I met up with him in a bar, he’d take
me out pretty quickly.”
Quickly perusing the other songs in Nice Peter’s discography, it doesn’t
seem like anyone would take the group’s lyrics that seriously. These
are just a few of the gems that appear on their albums: “Mystery of
the Clit,” “It’s Time to Be Gay,” and “Smoke that
Weed.” Of course, after a look at 50 Cent’s songs “Wanksta,”
“High All the Time,” and “Gatman and Robbin’,”
we think that these two have too much in common to be hating on each other
for too long.
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If you're like me, you only know Nice Peter as one of those acts that you'd
see in the listings every once in a while and think, "I can't believe
anyone would ever think that's a good name for their band." I had also
seen a promo photo of them, and I knew that they looked like dorky white
kids. So I was kinda surprised to see them on the front page of AllHipHop.com,
with a link to an exclusive interview with them.
I guess I had missed the initial web buzz about the 50 Cent "diss"
track they'd put up on YouTube. It's called "50 Cent Is a Pussy,"
and it's supposed to be funny, but it isn't very funny at all. Which is
hardly the point of them writing, recording, and posting it in the first
place. A lot of people have accused the band of just doing it for the publicity,
and I'll come to the band's defense by saying, "Well, derr." Just
Google the word "Internet" and you'll learn—actually, not
really—that something like a third of the people online at any given
moment are white dudes who still think that scene in Office Space where
the guy is rapping along to the Geto Boys is hilarious, and getting them
in on your joke styles is a good move. I don't see ThinkGeek struggling
to make ends meet. Besides, who would ever think that two dorky white kids
who play dorky alternative rock—and, if the chorus to "50 Cent
is a Pussy" is any indication, also still like Collective Soul's "Shine"—would
actually be serious about starting beef with 50? Oh yeah, about half of
the people leaving comments on their video.
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MTV Germany
Jetzt schlägt's 13! Nicht genug, dass 50 Cent in seinen eigenen Hip
Hop Reihen gedisst wird, jetzt legt sich auch noch eine Rockband aus Chicago
mit Fiddy an. Mit dem Track '50 Cent is a Pussy' sorgt die 2-Mann Band Nice
Peter derzeit in Amerika für Gesprächsstoff. Das dazugehörige
Video macht gerade auf YOUTUBE die Runde und geht nicht gerade zimperlich
mit 50 Cent's Image um. Hier ein kleiner Auszug:
'Straight from the streets to the limousine, started off with just his bullet
holes and a big dream/ hooked up with Eminem and Dr. Dre, now he’s
gotta his own f**king video game. Yeah, bitch what, I’m calling you
out/ you’re about as gangster as the chick from No Doubt.'
Eins steht fest, Nice Peter haben Eier. Aber sind wir mal ehrlich: auch
wenn's dafür von Fiddy auf's Maul gibt. Der Plan ging auf und es hat
sich für die Truppe allemal gelohnt. ;) (mo)
Hier MÜSST ihr euch den Clip ansehen. Funny Shit!!!