Gainesville's four piece Nice Guy Eddie clearly gravitates towards the
post-new wave popsters originally sired by the Beatles, but are greatly
influenced by the almost giddy, sing-along style later popularized by the
likes of Squeeze.  Nice Guy Eddie, however, aren't afraid to tap into
earlier, patented '60s Merseyside vocals and rhythm guitars ("Memoirs,"
"Rainbow") or upbeat '60s pop akin to Freddie and the Dreamers ("Never Saw
the Sun") or even more serious, hard-edged, power pop like the Sugar-impacted
"Feast or Famine."  All laced with adoring harmonies and rich British
invasion tradition.

     What's most entertaining about Nice Guy Eddie, however, is their
infallible enthusiasm.  They're not breaking any new ground but their having
a damn fine time incorporating all of their influences, mixing and matching
with ease and flair.  The fact that they happily emulate early pop bands besid
es The Beatles is a refreshing switch all by itself-and in today's
angst-ridden, fusion-fest of a music scene, it's downright...alternative.

-Bill Templeton

As published in Moon Magazine, July 10, 1996:

Nice Guy Eddie

Snipe Hunt!

   In the whirlwind of new local music being released or scheduled
to be released soon (Homestyle, Whoreculture, bloom, Sister Hazel,
What It Is), do not skip the new release from Gainesville's Nice 
Guy Eddie.  Snipe Hunt! Mixes 90s-style garage rock with 60s goofy 
pop, all backed by good song-writing.  Not to slight the band, but 
the song "Memoirs" made me imagine a Partridge Family tribute album.
 
   "From When I Slept" is my favorite track, combining the quartet's 
pop rock with harmonica and mandolin rhythms.  Snipe Hunt! Keeps 
with the new "Gainesville sound"-southern, melodic, and happy-and 
should ensure the band a spot at the upcoming Alachua Music Harvest 4.
 
   These guys are upbeat, creative and deserving of some local airplay
as well.
 

By Colin Whitworth

Nice Guy Eddie

Snipe Hunt!

   From the opening melodic rock-pop of "Never Saw The Sun" to the 
closing harmonica and cymbal crashes of "The Right Direction," this 
jangly rock quartet concentrates on melody and song craft. Nostalgia 
in a '60s garage rock-meets-'80s new wave frame of mind is heard 
throughout, but not too strongly in either case. Harmonies abound, 
be the tune heavy or homegrown, and the song order seems nonchalantly 
thrown together, playing with the mood in an undirected fashion. The 
collection works best as a song-by-song effort, as the band apparently 
intended.
 
   Multi-instrumentalist Chris Jackson spices the songs with either 
mandolin, harmonica or keyboards to suit his fancy, while the rest of 
the band harmonizes cleanly and smoothly. Sometimes the group rocks out,
as in the heaviness and harmony of "She Don't Love Me" or the angsty 
"Feast Or Famine"; other times they wax sentimental (and infectiously) 
on cuts like "Memoirs," a song destined to be the answer to a one hit 
wonder trivia question if there ever was one. "Rainbow" is a bouncy 
little number that is a top cut (note the gritty-but-fun guitar leads 
and hook-laden melody).
 
   Overall, Snipe Hunt! is a solid song by song effort rather than an 
album "as a whole." Production is technically pretty good.

By Dennis Walkling