Nick Traina
{{short description|American singer}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
|name = Nick Traina
|image = Nick Traina of Link 80.jpg
|caption =
|image_size =
|background = solo_singer
|birth_name = Nicholas John Steel Toth
|birth_date = {{birth date|1978|5|1|mf=y}}
|death_date = {{death date and age|1997|9|20|1978|5|1|mf=y}}
|origin =
|instrument = Vocals
|genre = Punk rock
|occupation = Singer-songwriter
|years_active =
|label = Asian Man
|associated_acts = Link 80, Knowledge}}
Nick Traina (born Nicholas John Steel Toth; May 1, 1978 – September 20, 1997) was the lead singer for the punk band Link 80.
Life
Traina was the son of Danielle Steel and William George Toth.{{cite news|first=Jerry|last=Carroll|url=https://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Danielle-Steel-s-Plot-Thickens-San-Francisco-3021386.php|title=Danielle Steel's Plot Thickens/San Francisco social circles buzzing as romance author, fourth husband split|newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle|date=October 22, 1995|access-date=February 5, 2022}}
Traina died by suicide by overdosing on morphine at the age of 19.{{cite book|last1=Steel|first1=Danielle|title=His Shining Light: The Story of Nick Traina|url=https://archive.org/details/hisbrightlightst00stee_0|accessdate=February 11, 2019|year=1998|publisher=Delacorte Press|isbn=978-0-38533346-7|page=[https://archive.org/details/hisbrightlightst00stee_0/page/243 243]}}
Career
Traina started his first band, Shanker, at age 13 with Max Leavitt. He joined Link 80 at age 16 and played with them for three years, touring extensively. After leaving Link 80 in August 1997, Traina formed a new band called Knowledge{{cite book|first=Jeremy|last= Simmonds|title=The Encyclopedia of Dead Rock Stars: Heroin, Handguns, and Ham Sandwiches|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PtpkCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA377|year=2012|publisher=Chicago Review Press|isbn=978-1-61374-478-9|page=377}} and recorded a demo with them that has since been released on Asian Man Records. A song titled "Gnat" was included on the release; the song was recorded years earlier with Leavitt.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9403E2DD173AF934A35755C0A96F9C8B63.html|title=Paid Notice: Deaths LEAVITT, MAX|website=New York Times|access-date=February 5, 2022}}
Discography
With Link 80:
- Remember How It Used To Be EP (1995)
- Rumble At The Tracks EP (1996)
- 17 Reasons (1996)
- Killing Katie (1997)
With Knowledge:
- A Gift Before I Go (1998)
References
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External links
- [http://linkeighty.com/ Link 80]
- {{Find a Grave|22439}}
{{Link 80}}
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Category:American punk rock musicians
Category:Place of birth missing
Category:Place of death missing
Category:20th-century American singers