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Richard

About Me

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I'm from Birmingham, England, originally but I now live in Wrexham, Wales with my wife Laura.
I play guitar and bass; and have played in a number of alternative rock bands over the last few years, including A Silver Dawn and Tainted Red. At the moment I'm putting a few musical ideas out online on: http://www.myspace.com/desecrateddawn
I have a BA (Hons) degree in English and Media & Cultural Studies and a MA degree in Twentieth Century Writing.

My Interests

Music, 20th Century Literature, Football.

Music:

Radiohead, Flickerstick, Muse, Mike Oldfield, Long-View, Mike Peters, Longpigs, Marillion, Neil Finn, Tori Amos, Lifehouse, the Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Vega 4, Alter Bridge.

Movies:

Back to the Future, Star Wars, Labyrinth.

Television:

Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Dream Team, Friends, the Muppets, Pingu.

Books:

Johnny Panic and the Bible of Dreams, The Bell Jar, 1984, Clockwork Orange.

Heroes:

Colin Doyle, Sebastian Larsson, Dennis Bailey, Stan Lazaridis, Geoff Horsfield, Christophe Dugarry, Radiohead, the Beatles, Mike Oldfield, Ricky Otto, Louie Donowa, Paul Tait...

My Blog

Invisible to You - Davey P & Me

Check out this video: Invisible to You - Tainted Red/A Silver Dawn Add to My Profile | More Videos...
Posted by Richard on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 02:29:00 PST

Time to join a band... Bassist available!

It's been well over 2 years since being in a band... and now things are starting to settle down with the new house, I think it's time I joined a band in Wrexham. So, if anyone is looking for a bass gu...
Posted by Richard on Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:19:00 PST

30!

So it's happened.... I'm now 30!!   ..and still no sign of that Grammy!!!  ...oh well, maybe by my 40th!   Here are some random Birthday / Christmas photos:  ...
Posted by Richard on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 05:44:00 PST

Bands Reunited -part 2

...so just a few days after the A Silver Dawn reunion, Tainted Red decided to get in on the act! ;-)    ...
Posted by Richard on Sun, 31 Dec 2006 04:42:00 PST

Bands reunited???? ;-)

On Friday 15th December, all four members of A Silver Dawn were reunited (at Mark's 30th Birthday party) for the first time since 13th September 2003... the infamous 'empty' Jug of Ale ...
Posted by Richard on Mon, 18 Dec 2006 12:40:00 PST

Best ever??? lol

While bored at work, I came up with a best 'ever' Birmingham City XI (along with Mark and Dave who did Wrexham and Liverpool 'best ofs' - yeah, we were that busy! lol). They might not be the best the...
Posted by Richard on Tue, 28 Nov 2006 01:39:00 PST

Guitars

Well finally I have moved my Paul Reed Smith, my Jackson Rhoads and my Ibanez Ergodyne into our new home. ...so hopefully I'll be able to get some recording done soon!!  ...
Posted by Richard on Thu, 01 Jun 2006 11:27:00 PST

Old Bands

  I've just posted a few old photos of the good ol' days in A Silver Dawn and Tainted Red in my 'view pics' section. Also, if you want to listen to any of the old tunes then visit - Tainted Red&...
Posted by Richard on Sun, 25 Sep 2005 10:03:00 PST