Nitocris (band)

[1] Nitocris were influenced by punk rock and heavy metal artists including Black Sabbath, The Clash, Guns N' Roses, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts,Dead Kennedys, Slayer, Janis Joplin and Patti Smith.

[1] The group released their debut four-track extended play, Ten Stories Down on local independent label, Phantom Records in June.

Nitocris developed a devoted following, and regularly toured across the country: including with Sprung Monkey, The Cult, The Pursuit of Happiness, The Whitlams, Screaming Jets, Deep Purple, Rancid, Def FX, Pennywise, Midnight Oil, and Suicidal Tendencies.

[1] In February 1996 they issued the Hyperland EP, which was a reasonable success for the band but their next release Butter (1997) fared less well and problems with their former manager stalled progress for some time.

In January, their Dark Side EP was released with a music video for the lead track directed by Margot Nash and Jane Castle.

Early copies of Nitocris included a bonus disc compiling "Ten Stories Down", "Haemorrhaging Souls", "Sycophant", "Butter", "Dark Side" and "I Love Rock 'n' Roll" (cover of the Arrows 1975 recording) from previous releases.

[8] Although plans had been made to record a third album and tour overseas, however the group split up and played a final show at the Newtown Festival in November 2001.

Ancone writes and performs with Boxing with Ghosts, The fangin' Felines and The Sugar Beats and sometimes solo and with her acoustic group Tiny & The Broken Hearts.

In October–November 2007, Graye joined Doc Neeson's Angels on Tour de Force – Middle East 8 to entertain the troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.