NICKNAMES:
Bra, Animal, Great White Ninja, Great White Nanny, Great White Virgin,
Dingwa, RD, Dick.
PERSONAL HISTORY: Richard was born on November 13, 1975 in Fremont,
CA. He began playing the drums at age ten. At American High School in
Fremont, CA, Richard was a member of the marching, jazz, pep, and symphonic
bands. He attended LaHonda Music Camp, was voted American HS’s
Most Improved Musician in 1994, and won the highest rating in Command
Performance in the 1994 CMEA Festival. That year, Richard also co-wrote
“Dream Jungle” with classmate Jason Crabb, which they performed
at the high school’s Senior Talent Show. Richard was in All-City
and All-State Festivals, and Community College Wind Symphony at Ohlone
Community College. Before the Green Room, Richard was a member of bands
Waking Room (Hayward, CA) and Peach Doll (Holland, MI).
FAVORITE BANDS/ARTISTS: Led Zeppelin, Jane’s Addiction, Primus, Igor Stravinski, Dave Matthews Band, Korn, Front 242, 311, Enya, Sarah McLachlan, Harry Belafonte, Royal Crown Review, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Schpayla.
CURRENTLY LISTENING TO: Korn, Denise Williams
FAVORITE ALBUMS: Ritual De Lo Habitual, Jane’s Addiction; Shepherd Moons, Enya; Sailing Seas of Cheese, Primus; Led Zeppelin Box Set.
FAVORITE SONGS: “Three Days”, Jane’s Addiction; “Bonzo’s Montreaux”, Led Zeppelin; “Ornacle Flow”, Enya; “Jerry Was a Race Car Driver”, Primus; “Shot Liver Medley”, Korn; “Jump Down Spin Around”, Harry Belafonte; “Face to Face”, Siouxsie and the Banshees; “Volkswagen Girl”, Schpayla
FAVORITE MUSICAL MOMENT: “I was first inspired by Jane’s Addiction in 1991, only to find out that I had missed the last performance of their final tour. I got to see them on their reunion tour in 1997, and caught the show in SF 11/15/97. They performed a regular set, took a three minute break, and appeared on a stage that was located in the middle of the crowd. They were about five feet from me, and I got to see my idol, drummer/percussionist Stephen Perkins, go off on a tribal solo right in front of me.”
FAVORITE PASTIMES: Watching movies, drinking Pepsi, cleaning the house
FAVORITE MOVIES: Dark City, Popeye, Nightmare Before Christmas, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
FAVORITE BOOKS: Frankenstein, Mary Shelley; Les Miserables, Victor Hugo; Animal Farm, George Orwell.
MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT DURING A PERFORMANCE: “In April of 1999, we played at J.J. Finnegan’s, a bar in Holland, and we were fooling around with the song ‘Wipeout.’ As hard as it may be to believe that a drummer had never played ‘Wipeout’, I had never played the song in my life. It came to the point where there is a drum solo, and I began to do the solo in time with everyone still playing their parts. I remember looking around and seeing people begin to leave their seats to see who was drumming, and if all that racket could be coming from just one drummer. I finished to a standing ovation.”
BAND YOU PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN: Korn
FUN
FACTS: Richard was born in Fremont, California, and lived in CA until
moving to Holland in 1995.
His older brother started calling him “Animal” after the Muppet
character when he was little; playing the drums naturally followed.
Richard
is fanatical about Pepsi.
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