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Rico

Rico

About Me

www.rico.co.uk

www.myspace.com/ricosanctuary

The bastard child of Tom Waits and Kurt Cobain' - Q magazine

'A one-man nihilistic sound terrorist' - Kerrang

'Electronic genius with punk rock attitude' - RockSound

Rico is a self-produced artist from Glasgow, Scotland. His music spans a variety of styles from electro punk to industrial sounding grooves. Debut album 'Sanctuary Medicines' earned him much critical acclaim in the U.K. and across Europe. He has collaborated with several artists including trip-hop legend 'Tricky' and electro godfather 'Gary Numan'. In 2003 the 'Numan vs Rico' release 'Crazier' reached no.12 in the UK single chart with the video holding the No.1 position on Kerrang TV for four weeks. Alternative versions of these collaborations are featured on Rico's current album, 'Violent Silences'. The album also has a powerful, electro re-working of the Talking Heads classic 'Psycho Killer'..

In addition to headlining four UK tours Rico has played festival dates which have included Glastonbury, Roskilde, T in the Park, Reading, Leeds, Germany's Hurricane and Southside and the Libra festival in Austria. Support slots include Gary Numan, Live, The Fall and Therapy?
Single releases include the 'Float' E.P. co-produced by DFA's Tim Goldsworthy. His work has also appeared on soundtracks to Hollywood movies including 'The Hole' and 'Nasty Neighbours' in addition to many credible TV shows.

The Doghouse in Glasgow is home to Manufractured Records and most of his production works. The studio has seen both established and local bands perched behind the mixing console.
The new live line-up have recently finished a U.K. alternative club tour.
Rico is currently in the studio working on new material

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 3/8/2005
Band Website: rico.co.uk
Band Members: Rico-vocals, Paulie C-guitar, Davey Planecrash-bass, Chris [Pink] Shelswell-samples and electronics, Gordy Turner-drums
Influences: Tom Waits, The The, NIN, Gary Numan, The Cure, Depeche Mode, Trail of the Dead, Tricky, Massive Attack, Pixies, PJ Harvey, Cash, Nick Cave, Bowie, Death in Vegas, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Rage Against the Machine, The Sex Pistols, Interpol, Garbage, Placebo, The Creatures, The Teardrop Explodes, Psychadelic Furss, Bauhaus, P.I.L. , Blues Explosion, Public Enemy, Nirvana, Four Tet, Primal Scream, Silo, Talking Heads, DJ Shadow, Ladytron, Therapy?, Marilyn Manson, The Prodigy, Deftones, Pixies
Sounds Like:

"If you're still making records without your pain
then you're still making records that
sound the same" - Rico

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Record Label: Manufractured
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Happy New Year so Download Rico Live at Bedlam QMU FREE!

As a New Year treat you can download 'Big Black Sea' and 'Bed of Nails' live from a recent RICO gig in Glasgow at www.rico.co.uk The tracks were recorded at Club Bedlam, the heart of the Scottish alt...
Posted by Rico on Fri, 06 Jan 2006 09:29:00 PST

Whitby Review by Potatojunkie on Alternative Nation

Rico play an absolutely blinding set. Christ. It's been a couple of weeks, and they're still buzzing around my head. Helpfully, the only thing I have in my notes is " Rico blow apart the world by dint...
Posted by Rico on Fri, 06 Jan 2006 10:17:00 PST

First UK No1

Not a record but a bit of nice fun, as we did a search and we are listed asthe  No1 Myspace Industrial artist with most friends & plays in the UK so our first UK No1!!!!! We are 2nd...
Posted by Rico on Wed, 30 Nov 2005 04:02:00 PST

We Have Been Neglecting You

So to make up for it we have added two tracks from the limited edition "Float EP" we did which features alternative versions to the original "Sanctuary Medicine" album tracks. For those that love "Att...
Posted by Rico on Mon, 28 Nov 2005 03:18:00 PST

Sorry for not being in touch

Hey! Thanx 4 checking out the website. We're in the studio doing some new stuff at the moment.. Take Care.....-DP-(Rico) www.rico.co.uk
Posted by Rico on Mon, 28 Nov 2005 07:53:00 PST

Born to the Devil Gun

This rare Rico cover was recorded for a tribute album to the Glasgow blues singer Frankie Miller who had a brain haemorrhage that left him semi-paralysed and learning to walk and talk again. &nbs...
Posted by Rico on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

The cost of Murdock

Hi, Like you all we are not please that a large media company has taken over Myspace a place where we found a ton of cool people. There seems to be a huge protest about this and we have have lost 300 ...
Posted by Rico on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

10000 sleeping on our Bed of Nails

Hey we promised to put something up once we got to 10000 so instead of changing one track we have done two. Freefall from Violent Silences & Bed of Nails (demo) both went down well during the rec...
Posted by Rico on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

NEW LINE UP COMPLETE

The on road Rico Noise Machine now has all of Its new pars in place. All band members have been sworn in and are in the process of earning their stripes. They are Paulie C on guitar, Davey Plane Cras...
Posted by Rico on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

Dawn Raid 9000 Thank You's

What can we say 12 weeks 9000 people and 1500+ comments telling us you like it. You are all so cool! The new track is Dawn Raid but please tell your friends to sign up to the Rico clan as 10'000 ...
Posted by Rico on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST