He has worked in various groups including country music five-piece the Wilson Pickers (2008–2012, 2015–2018) and as a solo artist.
[5] The group evolved into Sime Nugent and the Forefathers, which issued an album, More About the Benefit of Hindsight (2002) with Nugent on lead vocals, guitars and harmonica joined by Roger Bergodaz on drums, Steve Hesketh on piano, Wurlitzer and vocals and Amos Sheehan on bass guitar.
[8] Nimmervoll found that most of its tracks deal with Nugent's recent separation from a domestic partner and their child.
"[9] The artist provided his next album, Broke & Banned – Songs of Sime Nugent, in 2005 via Low Transit Industries.
[7] D W May of theDwarf.com.au observed, "sparse instrumentation is clever and considered" where "space opens up around the sublime lyric, enabling the song to breathe and adding weight to his vocal.