Early life: MOS:OL linked in lead and infobox already← Previous revisionRevision as of 03:41, 18 October 2026 Line 34: Line 34: == Early life == == Early life == Oliver Tree Nickell was born on June 29, 1993, in [[Santa Cruz, California]], to Jesse Louis Nickell III and Christine Marie ({{nee| Begin}}).{{cite web|date=July 16, 1993|title=Dominican Hospital: Births|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel-births-dominican-h/199581142/|website=[[Santa Cruz Sentinel]]}} During his early childhood, Tree's parents worked as traveling circus performers. He spent much of his upbringing living in a mobile motor home, traveling extensively with the circus until his family permanently settled in Santa Cruz when he was 12 years old.{{cite magazine|title=Oliver Tree On The Secret To A Perfect Bowl Cut, Touring And Why American Audiences "Suck"|url=https://icon.ink/articles/oliver-tree-interview-ugly-is-beautiful/|magazine=ICON|access-date=June 15, 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926235002/https://icon.ink/articles/oliver-tree-interview-ugly-is-beautiful/|url-status=live|date=|archive-date=September 26, 2022}} Exposed to instruments that lined the walls of his family's motor home, Tree began taking piano lessons at age three, started songwriting the following year, and claimed to have written a full album by the age of six.{{cite web|title=Oliver Tree on Jango Radio |url=https://www.jango.com/music/Oliver+Tree/_full_bio|website=Jango Radio|access-date=June 15, 2026}} Oliver Tree Nickell was born on June 29, 1993, in Santa Cruz, California, to Jesse Louis Nickell III and Christine Marie ({{nee| Begin}}).{{cite web|date=July 16, 1993|title=Dominican Hospital: Births|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/santa-cruz-sentinel-births-dominican-h/199581142/|website=[[Santa Cruz Sentinel]]}} During his early childhood, Tree's parents worked as traveling circus performers. He spent much of his upbringing living in a mobile motor home, traveling extensively with the circus until his family permanently settled in Santa Cruz when he was 12 years old.{{cite magazine|title=Oliver Tree On The Secret To A Perfect Bowl Cut, Touring And Why American Audiences "Suck"|url=https://icon.ink/articles/oliver-tree-interview-ugly-is-beautiful/|magazine=ICON|access-date=June 15, 2026|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220926235002/https://icon.ink/articles/oliver-tree-interview-ugly-is-beautiful/|url-status=live|date=|archive-date=September 26, 2022}} Exposed to instruments that lined the walls of his family's motor home, Tree began taking piano lessons at age three, started songwriting the following year, and claimed to have written a full album by the age of six.{{cite web|title=Oliver Tree on Jango Radio |url=https://www.jango.com/music/Oliver+Tree/_full_bio|website=Jango Radio|access-date=June 15, 2026}} While in middle school, he picked up the guitar and began singing, joining a local [[ska]] band called Irony, which served as his first experience performing live.{{cite magazine|last=LaPierre|first=Megan|date=June 15, 2026|title=Oliver Tree Dead at 32|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/oliver-tree-dead-at-32|magazine=Exclaim!|access-date=June 15, 2026}} During high school, Tree gravitated toward hip-hop and electronic music, performing at music festivals and working as a DJ under the pseudonym Kryph, and later, Tree.{{cite web|title=Who Was Oliver Tree? All About the Eccentric Singer Killed in a Helicopter Crash|url=https://www.biography.com/musicians/a71590274/oliver-tree-helicopter-crash|website=Biography.com|access-date=June 15, 2026}} When Tree was 17 years old, he overdosed on drugs at the community art event "[[Burning Man]]", and went through an "LSD rebirth".{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3SEsDkUN1A |title=Oliver Tree Breaks Character - Wild Ride #173 |date=2023-08-10 |last=Steve-O's Wild Ride! - Podcast |access-date=2026-10-15 |via=YouTube}} While in middle school, he picked up the guitar and began singing, joining a local [[ska]] band called Irony, which served as his first experience performing live.{{cite magazine|last=LaPierre|first=Megan|date=June 15, 2026|title=Oliver Tree Dead at 32|url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/oliver-tree-dead-at-32|magazine=Exclaim!|access-date=June 15, 2026}} During high school, Tree gravitated toward hip-hop and electronic music, performing at music festivals and working as a DJ under the pseudonym Kryph, and later, Tree.{{cite web|title=Who Was Oliver Tree? All About the Eccentric Singer Killed in a Helicopter Crash|url=https://www.biography.com/musicians/a71590274/oliver-tree-helicopter-crash|website=Biography.com|access-date=June 15, 2026}} When Tree was 17 years old, he overdosed on drugs at the community art event "[[Burning Man]]", and went through an "LSD rebirth".{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3SEsDkUN1A |title=Oliver Tree Breaks Character - Wild Ride #173 |date=2023-08-10 |last=Steve-O's Wild Ride! - Podcast |access-date=2026-10-15 |via=YouTube}}