With Nick Campbell Complete

Also credited as Nick "Thor" Campbell

Los Angeles bassist, composer, and educator. Bass on The Luke Walton Band’s Goodbye/Hello (2010); Thornton-era showcases with Walton and Rozzi Crane; Justin Klunk EP (2013). Records as Nick Campbell Destroys; session work with Pomplamoose, Scary Pockets, Vulfpeck, Charlie Puth, and Meghan Trainor; Scott’s Bass Lessons tutor.

Nick Campbell was the bassist in The Luke Walton Band on Goodbye/Hello (September 1, 2010): Logan Shrewsbury drums, Peter Lee Johnson violin, Campbell bass, Luke Walton guitar and voice. Walton called him “Thor” in college — a nickname that stuck on the LP credits and in later interviews (Growing as an Artist).

The same Thornton cohort ran weekly LA shows. On the 2010 California coast tour (San Diego → San Francisco) — Walton and Rozzi Crane’s first tour together, self-booked — The Luke Walton Band ran one bill while Crane’s band was the same Walton lineup with Sam Wilkes on bass (Nick Campbell played bass on the LP and showcase clips, not that road leg). Surviving Popular Music Showcase 2010 footage documents Crane vocals with Walton guitar and Campbell bass on Toto and Jill Scott covers.

Campbell returned on Justin Klunk – EP (July 19, 2013): Klunk sax · Gabe Rudner keys · Campbell bass · Walton guitar · Nate Laguzza drums.

Publicly, Campbell is a sought-after LA session bassist and composer. SoundBetter and La Bella Strings list sideman work with Pomplamoose, Scary Pockets, Vulfpeck, Charlie Puth, Meghan Trainor, Nigel Hall, Moonchild, and others. Under Nick Campbell Destroys he releases industrial jazz-funk originals — albums Art (Dec 2022) and Live for the Highest Bidder (Jul 2023) — and teaches on Scott’s Bass Lessons.

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