The name nideit comes from Dave's Mother. She would call Dave an idiot when he would joke around with her, but because of her Portuguese accent, it sounded more like nid - ee- it. David lost his mom to cancer his senior year in high school and the idea for the name was born in her memory. Nideit started out as a dream to play energetic music that would move the feet of the drunken bar goers and win the hearts of music lovers everywhere. The idea formed in San Francisco where David Nunes (vocals, guitar) attended his freshman year of college. With only a handful of songs, he played to anyone who would listen. He played at bon fires at the beach, on the front steps of his apartment building and, once he acquired a fake ID open mic nights in the city. He moved home for a year and played local cafes and traveled to Sacramento for open mic nights there. David then moved again, this time to Chico where he would continue playing on his front steps and playing Thursday nights at the open mic held at Has Beans. .. Chico saw the beginnings of Nideit as a band. With the first drawings of the nideit logo the idea began to take hold. David was joined by Ryan Dutra, Bret Haggar, and Ryan Hedrick, and nideit was now officially a full band. This lineup was short lived, however, and ended when Ryan Dutra moved to Sacramento. A year later, Dave found himself moving to Sacramento and starting nideit up again with Dutra. Nideit was now a two man band, playing shows in Sacramento and Chico. Schedules changed, so once again Dave went back to open mic nights and cafes, now with 40 songs under his belt. .. Eventually he moved back to the Modesto area and began playing in local bars. It was here that Jimi Fernandes (bass, vocals) joined Dave on stage, bringing with him an acoustic bass and an uncanny ability to add back-up vocals. After many long drives to Chico, filled with singing and screaming along to the music, Dave and Jimi began to toy with the idea of a full band.