Nicole Row

Row was born and raised in Fresno, California. She grew up in a house without musical instruments, so her first music participation was through singing. Row was "obsessed with" the ska punk band Sublime, and was inspired by their bassist Eric Wilson. She picked up the bass guitar at age 17. She leaned toward jazz and funk music, practicing music by Larry Graham, Marcus Miller and John Paul Jones. After that, she supported one-off performances by many artists including Troye Sivan. Row toured with Miley Cyrus for most of 2017, supporting Cyrus's Younger Now album. Row came into rehearsals expecting to play nothing but keyboard bass, but Cyrus directed her musicians to bring more personal flair to the live show. On upright bass, Row backed Cyrus singing "Malibu" at the 2017 Billboard Music Awards in May, and again in June for The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, also performing "Inspired". Cyrus included Row for a performance on the television series The Voice. Again on upright bass, Row accompanied Cyrus performing "Younger Now" on BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge in September. Playing electric bass guitar in October, Row supported Cyrus singing "The Climb" on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Row appeared several times backing Cyrus on Saturday Night Live in 2017–18. ==Panic! at the Disco==

in 2018, playing a five-string bass As a touring musician, Row replaced Panic! at the Disco bass player Dallon Weekes who left the band in December 2017. Her first concert with the band was in Cleveland, Ohio, on March 19, 2018. Longtime Panic! at the Disco frontman Brendon Urie was expected to play bass in studio recordings, keeping Row in a touring role. In January 2023, Urie announced that the band would break up in March. Row's final date with the band was at the conclusion of the Viva Las Vengeance Tour in England on March 10, Between Panic dates, Row collaborated with other musicians, including Dua Lipa on the song "Levitating" performed live for Time 100 Next in May 2021. Row backed Christina Perri singing "Evergone" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show in April 2022. She joined Jack Conte's Scary Pockets YouTube project covering Chicago's "Saturday in the Park" in July 2022, and also for a re-invention of the Bruno Mars song "Grenade". Row played again with Panic at the fifth When We Were Young festival on October 18–19, 2025, performing Panic's first album ''A Fever You Can't Sweat Out'' in its entirety, commemorating its 20th anniversary. ==Incubus==

Row first worked with Incubus as a temporary replacement for bass player Ben Kenney who was recovering from brain surgery. Kenney's first replacement was Tal Wilkenfeld who toured with Incubus for two months, then in March 2023 Row began rehearsing to replace Wilkenfeld. The band joked about her youth, noting that her birth year of 1991 was the same year that Incubus was founded. DJ Chris Kilmore observed that she "brings our collective age down". In the studio, Row covered bass duties on Morning View XXIII, a 2023 re-recording of the 2001 Incubus album Morning View. Boyd praised Row's musicianship, saying she "put her own stamp" on the old songs, After Kenney notified the band that he would not return, Row officially joined Incubus on bass and Boyd said she had "become part of this band family." ==Equipment==

Row's first bass guitar was a Gretsch Junior Jet. During her years with Panic! at the Disco, she was sponsored by the pedal division of EBS Professional Bass Equipment, and used many EBS pedals along with other makes. She became an F Bass Artist in August 2023. To honor the sound established by the band's previous bassist, Ben Kenney, she uses a pick on some songs rather than her fingers. She said in September 2024 that she was looking forward to adding more of the slap bass technique used by Incubus's first bassist, Dirk Lance, on nu metal songs such as "A Certain Shade of Green". Row has expanded her pedal collection to its greatest extent with Incubus, having previously been a minimalist: "I was that annoying person who felt all of the sound had to come from their hands." Her pedals now include a Dunlop Mini Crybaby Wah, a Dunlop Volume Pedal Mini, an Electro-Harmonix POG (polyphonic octave generator), an MXR Phaser, an Ibanez Chorus, a Darkglass Vintage Microtubes, an Electro-Harmonix Bass Big Muff, a Darkglass Microtubes B3K, and an MXR Envelope Filter. and Marco Bass Guitars. Under luthier Roger Sadowsky, Row learned how to construct bass guitars, and she began to design her own models with the guidance of L. Ellis Hahn of L.E.H. Guitars. ==Personal life==

Row is based in Greater Los Angeles with her dog Scout. An outline representing Scout is inlaid into her custom F Bass BN5 instrument. ==References==