Nicke Andersson (also known as Nicke Royale), born August 1, 1972, is the lead singer/guitarist/songwriter of the Swedish rock n' roll band The Hellacopters. He also played drums in a soul orientated project with Scott Morgan from Sonic's Rendezvous Band called The Solution.
In the past, he has played guitar in The Hydromatics and Supershit 666, a project with Backyard Babies' guitarist Dregen and The Wildhearts' vocalist Ginger, played drums and wrote songs in the Swedish death metal band Entombed, released a solo EP on Nomad/Fandango Records, and singles on the Swedish label Wild Kingdom under the name of the Nick Royale Gang.
In late 2005 Nicke Andersson produced Swedish rockband Dollhouse in Acetone Studio, Stockholm. The recording session resulted in the second album by Dollhouse titled "The Royal Rendezvous".
Most recently, Andersson has released what is touted as an "old school death metal" side project called Death Breath on Relapse Records.