  niklas roger "nicke" borg, born april 3, 1973 in nÃ¤ssjÃ¶, is a swedish singer and guitarist in the backyard babies. ==career==  nicke borg was part of the backyard babies, a swedish rock band starting 1989 as lead vocals and rhythm guitarist. the band was formed in 1987 under the name tyrant with bassist tobbe (tobias fischer) as lead vocals and guitarist dregen, guitarist johan blomqvist, and drummer peder carlsson. nicke borg replaced tobbe as frontman two years after the formation of the band. blomqvist switched to bass at the same time. over the years they have released six studio albums and won a swedish grammy. ==nicke borge homeland== while the backyard babies took a break, borg worked on his solo project nicke borg homeland.icke borg homeland | free music, tour dates, photos, videos homeland has released an ep, "chapter 1" and one full length album called "chapter 2". "chapter 2" was released in january 2012 and ruins of a riot in 2013. ==melodifestivalen== nicke borg participated in melodifestivalen 2011 in the race in malmÃ¶ where he went on to number two with premium "leaving home" to the final inside the stockholm globe arena.poplight: nicke borg klar fÃ¶r melodifestivalen 2011 the song was co-written by borg with jojo borg larsson, fredrik thomander and anders "gary" wikstrÃ¶m. in the final, he finished 8th in 10 finalists. the title was won by eric saade and "popular" ==in popular culture== nicke borg is one of the characters in the book sex tips from rock stars by paul miles published by omnibus press in july 2010.http://sextipsfromrockstars.com sextipsfromrockstars.com nicke borg got his own radio show on radio station bandit rock. his radio show broadcasts from 22:00 to 00:00 every thursday.nicke borg (nicke borg) on myspace ==discography== ===albums=== ;as part of backyard babies 
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