Nic Dalton

Nicholas James "Nic" Dalton (born 14 November 1964) is an Australian multi-instrumentalist and record label owner. He was a member of various Australian bands including The Plunderers (1984–95), Godstar (1991–95) and Sneeze (1991–present); as well as playing with Ratcat and The Hummingbirds. He was the bass guitarist for American band, The Lemonheads in the early 1990s. He also runs the record label Half a Cow, which he co-founded in 1990. His current bands are The Sticker Club and, until recently, the Gloomchasers (who disbanded in November 2019).

Early bands

Nic Dalton was born on 14 November 1964 in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. He closed the Half A Cow bookshop (in January 1998), but continued to run the record label from the farm, while working on a new album. Dalton and Lehmann ended their relationship in April 2003, and Dalton continued to work on the album, setting himself a deadline of his 40th birthday for its recording. The album, titled Home of the Big Regret, was recorded between July and November 2004 with a folk-rock and bluegrass band Dalton called the Gloomchasers. Despite their break-up, Lehmann remained involved with the album, having co-written several of the songs and writing the liner notes for the album. A second album Play All Night was released in December 2010 and the band continued to play - with a revolving line-up - until November 2019.

Dalton joined Ratcat on bass guitar in 1998.

After a year in Melbourne, Dalton moved back to Sydney in 2006 and formed a new line-up of the Gloomchasers, as well as joining lounge act the Handlebars. In 2011 he formed a "bubblegum band for kids" called The Sticker Club with Alison Galloway, Ben Whitten, Nellie Afford, Damien 'Dizzi' Cassidy and Ruby Firmstone. Their album Scratch 'n Sniff was a joint release by ABC Kids and Half A Cow Records. Dalton also released two albums, in 2015 and 2017, under the name Chewee.

Documentary

Melbourne film maker Jarrad Kennedy is completing a documentary about Dalton, covering his work as a musician and label boss for Half A Cow. If It's Catchy, It Means You Stole It has no set release date.