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Reno

Never Presume Anything

About Me

Half Essex boy and half Eastender
I grew up in St.Albans
Ive devoted my life to music and I love anything creative
Ive toured the world and awards have been won for music, photography and films that Ive helped to create
Songs on this page are home demos that Ive written and recorded on my own using an 8 track
Im currently going through a tough time in my life due to family problems. Without doubt the toughest time Ive ever had. Thanks to my friends who are beautiful and fantastic. Feel free to send me positive vibes
Life is a strange thing and it doesnt get any easier
The more you know the less you understand
Every single human being is different and unique
'Normal' is complete fiction
Find your own happiness and run with it
Love and Peace
Eyes To The Skies
Richie xx
"Theres thinking you're rock, trying to be rock, wanting to be rock and then theres those who dont give a fuck who genuinely are rock. With more rock than Blackpool but definately no need for a Kiss-Me-Quick hat, Richie Stevens has gone from a 15-year old chucked out of a St.Albans school to a guy the Queen invites round to her house, Prince of Darkness Ozzy Osbourne hangs out with and supports the Libertines after a random meeting. Oh and he has sat in on Paul McCartneys soundcheck and appeared on primetime TV. I have wanted to write about him for years and have put it off simply because I thought theres too much to say. Here is a bloke who works his arse off for the cause but not out of some grand gesture or need to prove himself: just because he loves it and hes incredible at it"
-Caroline Thain
St.Albans fanzine
"Richie describes working with such luminaries as Strokes Producer Gordon Raphael and Mick Jones of the Clash with a deadpan tone, which makes it sound as though its all in a days work. Which, technically, it is"
-Altered Focus Magazine
'London Zoo' 10 songs inspired by London
Composed, performed and produced by Richie Stevens
'The Persistence Of Memory' 9 songs inspired by the work of
Salvador Dali. Composed, performed and produced by Richie Stevens
'Play With Circles' 8 songs and instrumentals composed, performed and produced by Richie Stevens
Theres probably around another two or three hundred songs and instrumentals
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My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 1/7/2007
Influences:

Some of my influences/heroes include
The Clash, Ray Charles, Oscar Wilde, Beethoven, Rolling Stones, Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, The Smiths, Michel Gondry, David Bowie, Salvador Dali, Dylan, Sex Pistols, Little Richard, Debussy, The Doors, Hendrix, Kubrick, Banksy, Ricky Gervais, Truffaut, Prince, Hunter S Thompson, Orson Welles, Jerry Lee Lewis, Joseph Heller, Mars Volta, Matt Groening, Warhol, White Stripes, Eric Morcombe, Scorcese, Orwell, Kerouac, Mr.Riddles, Samuel Barber, Hitchcock, Bob Marley, Hieronymus Bosch, Smashing Pumpkins, Etherthemental, Coen Brothers, The Who, Val Stevens, Brian Wilson, Elvis and Bernie Devine

Director Hulya Gezer on the set of short film 'The Black Book'
Soundtrack by Richie Stevens

'High Treason' Cover photograph and keyboards by Richie Stevens

'Valentine Stitch' Cover photograph by Richie Stevens

Type of Label: None

My Blog

A poem inspired by Val Stevens

As time would slip and dazzle and play in unchartered ocean coated streamsPooled and refinedAlight and certain with smiling eyesFor you the crestTo hark and heraldTo whisper and pledgeThe red and gold...
Posted by Reno on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 11:58:00 PST