Nick Barker is an Australian singer songwriter known for his evocative lyrics. Starting out with Melbourne punk band The Wreckery, Barker then formed his own rock/power pop band Nick Barker and The Reptiles in the late 1980s. Signed to Mushroom Records' prestigious 'White Label' imprint (created by Michael Gudinski as a condition imposed to get the signatures of Hunters & Collectors into his Mushroom stable), The Reptiles put out two albums (1989s Goin' To Pieces and 1991s After The Show) and one rare EP