Purchase Rob Smith - "Be Careful What You Wish For" CD online here !!Purchase Rob Smith - "Actions Speak Louder Than Words" CD online here !!Name: Richard (anything else i tend to ignore).
Nicknames: Hey You, Breakfree, MacGyver, Daddy, The Duke, Bob.
Current Location: Wellington, New Zealand.
Most Prized Possession: Pictures of my daughter, and drawings that she has done over the years especially for me. Copies of all the CD's I have ever worked on with different people.
Your Weakness': Good looking women (it's also a strength LOL).
Your Strength's: As well as being an alright talker im a pretty good listener.....and I am damned loyal.
Worst Habits: Swearing, Smoking...I just happen to be good at them both.
Best Habits: I am very charming when I want to be.
Favourite Song/s: Queen - "Bohemain Rhapsody", Meatloaf/Jim Steinman - "Rock N Roll Dreams", Roy Orbison - "Crying", Freddie Mercury - "The Great Pretender", GONE WILD - "Heavens Above", GONE WILD - "Montage".
Favourite Lyricist/s: Freddie Mercury, Phil Lynott, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Gary Cherone.....and MYSELF.
Favourite Songwriter/s: Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon, Phil Lynott, Rob Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Neil Finn, Jim Steinman.
Favourite Singer/s: Freddie Mercury, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, Paul Rodgers, Gary Cherone, Phil Lynott, Marc Hunter (Dragon), Graham Brazier (Hello Sailor), Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Ann & Nancy Wilson (Heart).
Favourite Guitarist/s: Gary Moore, Brian May, Rob Smith, Phil Collen (Def Leppard).
Favourite Bassist/s: Phil Lynott, John Deacon, Jaco Pastorius, Steve Harris (Iron Maiden).
Favourite Drummer/s: John Bonham, Roger Taylor, Cozy Powell, Nicko McBrain, Hayden Okey (ex-Quadraphonic), Craig Harvey (Quadraphonic).
Favourite Actors/s: Russell Crowe, Bruce Willis, Sean Penn, Michael J Fox, Michelle Pfeiffer, Monica Bellucci.
Who do you think are the most attractive women?: Salmya Hayek, Monica Bellucci, Shania Twain, Jewel, Andrea Corr, Elisha Dashku. (picks tongue up out of the ashtray).
What delights you besides music?: Spending time with my daughter, catching up with friends, Genealogy research and chilling out with either a good DVD or a book....all of these have overtaken previous delights such and getting drunk, getting loose and then passing out.
What annoys you?: People ramming their opinions down my throat.
What are your proudest achievements?: Becoming a father (I grow prouder of the lil munchkin all of the time)...Getting married and spending time with my in-laws also made me very proud, overwhelmed, humbled and grateful...followed closely by being able to hold a CD in my hand that I had dreamt of making for a loooooooooong time (since i was a lil boy in fact) and having experienced that with some top blokes (Rob, Nilsy & Matt).....and lastly, having my Grandfather say he was proud of a song that Rob and I wrote, which Rob recorded about my Grandmother.
What are your biggest regrets?: Being too nice when I should have not been, not being nice when I should have been, not concentrating in music lessons at school, hitting my favourite teacher in the back of the head with a hockey stick...I am sure there are more but those are the big deal ones.
THE SONGS ON THIS PAGE:
"Escape" & "Turn Out The Lights", written and recorded by GONE WILD, from the 2007 release "GONE WILD".
"Sweet Angel", written by Richard Anderson & Svenni Bjorgvins, recorded by Svenni Bjorgvins & Lynn Carey Saylor. (so far unreleased). - DEDICATED IN LOVING MEMORY OF KARA GRAFF
"I Wish I Didn't Have To Say Goodbye", written by Richard Anderson, Rob Smith & Nils-Ole Finbak, recorded by Rob Smith & Nils-Ole Finbak, from the 2008 Rob Smith & Nils-Ole Finbak release "ATMOSPHERES". - DEDICATED IN FOND MEMORY OF FREDDIE MERCURY
"Love You Forever", written by Richard Anderson & Rob Smith, recorded by Rob Smith & Hayley Oliver from the 2008 Rob Smith, Hayley Oliver & Richard Anderson release "Something To Remember".
GONE WILD - IS OUT NOW
GONE WILD - "GONE WILD"
Mastered at Polar Music Studio's, Ratapiko, Taranaki, New Zealand by Rob Smith
Purchase the "GONE WILD" CD online here !!
©RAAA International Productions / Polar Music New Zealand /
Finbak Music / Matt D'Bass Music1. Don't Wanna Be A Star
(Anderson, Smith, Sturgess)
2. Escape
(Anderson, Smith, Sturgess, Finbak)
3. The Good Ole Boys
(Anderson, Smith, Sturgess, Finbak)
4. Gone Wild
(Anderson, Smith, Sturgess, Finbak)
5. Heavens Above
(Anderson, Smith, Sturgess, Finbak)
6. Achilles (Instrumental)
(Smith, Sturgess, Finbak)
7. War Of Words
(Anderson, Smith, Sturgess, Finbak)
8. Don't Need Them Blues
(Anderson, Smith, Sturgess, Finbak)
9. Montage
(Anderson, Smith, Sturgess, Finbak)
10. El Pronto Mofo
(Anderson, Smith, Sturgess, Finbak)
11. Ditto
(Anderson, Smith, Sturgess, Finbak)
12. Comfort Within
(Anderson, Smith, Sturgess, Finbak)
13. Introspective / Outrospective
(Anderson, Smith, Sturgess, Finbak)
14. Turn Out The Lights
(Anderson, Smith, Sturgess, Finbak)
GONE WILD are:
Rob Smith - Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Production & Arranging
Richard Anderson - Vocals, Lyrics, Concepts & Arranging
Matt Sturgess - Bass, Production & Arranging
Nils-Ole Finbak - Keyboards, Piano, WILD guitars, Production & Arranging
All lyrics by Richard Anderson / All music written and recorded by GONE WILD -
except "Don't Wanna Be A Star" - written & recorded by Richard Anderson, Rob Smith & Matt Sturgess
Chris Szkup - Guest Guitars on "Montage"
Robin Wellaway - Sax on "Heavens Above", "Don't Need Them Blues" and "The Good Ole Boys"
Carol Smith - Harmonica on "Don't Need Them Blues"
Written at:
Richard & Karen's Place, Wanganui East, Wanganui, New Zealand
Polar Music Studio's, Ratapiko, Taranaki, New Zealand
Matt D'Bass Studio's, New Plymouth, Taranaki, New Zealand
Finbak Studio's, Bodo, Norway
Granny's Attic, Pinebluff, North Carolina, USA
Gary's Place, Fairfield, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand
Chrisca Studio's, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Chris Szkup appears courtesy of Chrisca Music
Robin Wellaway appears courtesy Quadraphonic Music
Carol Smith appears courtesy of Polar Music New Zealand
...THANKS FOLKS
Purchase the "GONE WILD" CD online here !!
GONE WILD @ Soundclick.com - listen to mixes of our tracks here !! (although they sound a shitload better on disc...trust me! LOL)
"GONE WILD"
(CD - RELEASED 31ST JANUARY 2007)
- I really enjoyed every part of this album coming together, all 4 of us are really proud of what we achieved.....so much so that we are recording a double album next. Purchase the "GONE WILD" CD online here !! RICK BONE
"MS BLUES"
(CD - RELEASED 15TH JANUARY 2007)
- My friend Scott Rose who I had worked with before told me all about a friend of his who suffers from MS, it's a hell of a disease and I confess to being thankful that I don't have any health issues, so it was a great honour to have had Rick put my lyric about MS to music, Scott and also my good buddy Chris Szkup are also featured on this track "Cry Through The Pain". Proceeds from the sale of this CD go to MS research, so go and support a worthy cause ya'll !
ROB SMITH & NILS-OLE FINBAK
"ATMOSPHERES"
(CD - 2009)
- We thought it would be nice to tone things down a tad and that saw Rob and Nilsy working together on a piano-vocal based production (where Robs vocals highlighted along with some tasty piano by Nilsy), it's an honour to have contributed to this album. GONE WILD
"GONE WILD II"
(CD - 2009)
- And who said we were going soft ? Hell no !!! This is going to be twice the amount of material as the first album, mainly because it's going to be a double disc affair.....We'll be adding to the guitar-lovers pallet somewhat more with this album. ROB SMITH, HAYLEY OLIVER & RICHARD ANDERSON
"SOMETHING TO REMEMBER"
(CD - 2009)
- This is one pleasurable partnership to be involved with, we came up with a few really good songs so it was only natural that we would write and record some more really good songs together and release an album. All songs on this album are Anderson-Smith compositions. ROB SMITH
"NEVER A DULL MOMENT"
(CD -2009)
- Mr Smith heads back into the studio to work on his 3rd solo album, this being the follow-up to one of my favourite CD's (I'm not being biased I swear !!!) "Actions Speak Louder Than Words" (which is still available for purchase at... CDSuite.com )
CAROL SMITH "TRANQUILITY"
(CD - 2009)
- Rob's lovely wife Carol (did I say that ? LOL) steps up to the mic for her first solo album, this was a HUGE honour to be involved with writing a few lyrics for (the begging to be involved did the trick LOL) ROB SMITH & FRIENDS
"CO-WRITES & COLLABORATIONS 1: MOMENTS IN TIME"
(CD-2009)
- These All Star affairs that I am involved in actually first started with this album, but things being as they are other projects have been released before this one has been completed. We've got only a few tracks to complete and all the obligatory setting things up, hopefully this baby will see the light of day before the end of 2009. Rob has some pretty cool people collaborating with him on this album, and a lot of his ever so talented family as well. (I wish my family were 1 millionth as talented as his musically !) ROB SMITH & FRIENDS
"CO-WRITES & COLLABORATIONS 2: SONGBIRDS"
(CD-2009)
- And just to show we are still in that collaborative mode we have a 2nd set of collaborations being put out there, but not until 2009 ya'll coz some tunes still need to be written, and we're still in the processes of talking to some singers who we want to work with on this album, we have some exciting talent from around the world that we will be working with on this project.
Richard Anderson - Discography:
Kween - Journey In A Labyrinth - EP (1998) David Austin - A Changing Sky - CD (2001 & 2003) 003 - Chasing The Sun - CD (2001) 003 - Not For Sale - CD (2001) Annan - I Wish You Love - CD (2002) Rob Smith - Be Careful What You Wish For (2005) Rob Smith - Actions Speak Louder Than Words (2006) Quadraphonic - Live At The Marquee - Live Bootleg Album (2006) Scott Rose - Deep Something (Dec 2006) Rick Bone & Friends - MS Blues (Jan 2007) GONE WILD - GONE WILD (Jan 2007) Skater Rock Vol 1 & 2 - Various Artists - features GONE WILD - "Escape" - Versaillies Records (2008) Rob Smith & Nils-Ole Finbak - Atmospheres (2009) Rob Smith, Hayley Oliver & Richard Anderson - Something To Remember (2008) Various Artists (incl GONE WILD) - Film Soundtrack - title to be confirmed (2008) GONE WILD - GONE WILD II (2009) Rob Smith - Never A Dull Moment (2009) Rob Smith - Picking Up The Pieces (The Rock Album) (2009) Carol Smith - Tranquility (2009) Rob Smith - No Smoking (The Blues Double Album) (2009) Rob Smith & Friends - Co-Writes & Collaborations 1: Moments In Time (2009) Rob Smith & Friends - Co-Writes & Collaborations 2: Songbirds (2009) Rob Smith - In This Garden Of The Blues (2009)