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Bio Niki Buzz
Niki began his career at the tender age of three years old while playing piano with his mother and father. Seven years later (at the age of ten) he started playing drums and by the age of thirteen he won a contest
sponsored by the Godfather of soul James Brown. After that he performed as a support act
with the Ike and Tina Turner review and other legendary bands such as
Exile, Parliament Funkadelic and The GuessWho.

By the time he was 20 years old he could play 13 instruments in which his favorite was guitar. Which to this day is his primary instrument.

In 1975 Niki was very much on the scene in New York City when the legendary CBGB's was at the forefront of the punk music scene. Performing with artists as the Ramone's, Patti Smith, the Talking Heads, The Shirts and
Mink Deville, he is one of the few artists that can boast that
he was on the first "Live at CBGB'S" album as the lead
singer for the group Sun.

After working with the legendary Giorgio Gomelsky, the owner of the Craw Daddy club (who discovered the Rolling Stones), he decided to start the band Vendetta. With that band he landed a record contract
in 1982. The debut album "Vendetta" was the end result.

For the next two years he toured with the likes of Billy Squier, Foreigner, Joan Jett and numerous other rock acts.

In 1984 he started the legendary band M-80 (RoadRunner Label) with bass player Don Costa from The Ozzie Osborne Band.

After touring the United States and Europe for two years Niki embarked on a studio career where he met Curtis Knight (discoverer of Jimi Hendrix). He did drum computer programming for the likes of Anita Baker,
Whitney Houston and Kid Creole and the Coconuts.

Finishing four years of touring with Curtis Knight, The Niki Buzz Band and Pat Mears, he now runs the brand-new studio Helping Hands (March 1998) of which he is the sole owner, proprietor and engineer.

The studio already has numerous CD's to its credit: Tengeh Ascension 2021 (with reggae artists Max Edwards and Ione Oslinger), Siembras ( featuring Marco A. Carrera) and Jerome Lee's
mini-CD Basically yours not to mention The Blues
and Jazola the two latest CD's from Niki himself. Niki is considered
one of the top producers in The Netherlands.

Along with being a masterful musician, Niki is also considered one of the top midi experts in the world. He has been working with midi for the last 20 years.

In the fall of 1998 Niki traveled back to New York where he was asked to perform on the soundtrack for the "The Personals" a documentary produced by Cinemax
about the sex lives of the elderly in New York City. In March of
1999 that same film won an Oscar for Best Documentary Short Subject.

Having added an Oscar award winning film to his credits Niki is setting his sites for future film work.

Having moved to The Netherlands he has started his own record label BlackDust Records and a production company entitled Sleez Midgits Productions.

His accomplishments in The Netherlands include two Top Ten Hits on which he played guitar