Member Since: 5/31/2007
Band Website: rick-smith.com
Band Members: I'm Rick Smith, 23, born and raised in Miami, FL. I'm best known for my drum work with Torche and Shitstorm.
Influences: Black metal (mostly from the school of Beherit and Sarcofago), heavy industrial (i.e. Swans, Laibach, Godflesh etc), noise/drone, early death metal (Autopsy, early Morbid Angel, Death, etc), old school grindcore (REPULSION and NAPALM DEATH!!!), Aphex Twin, early powerviolence scene, Discharge and their many disciples, 80's NYHC, tons of extreme Japanese music, My Bloody Valentine, minimalistic techno/idm, lots of classic rock, 80's death thrash, Jimi Hendrix, Black Sabbath and the wave of stoner rockers to follow, Miami Bass and booty music, 90's amrep noise rock scene, Dead Can Dance, Kraftwerk, shoegaze, 60's psych and garage, Guided By Voices, early fast hardcore, punk and new wave, Albini's projects, slow extreme doom, 90's grunge/alternative, early oi, crust (old and new), neofolk (Death In June, Ordo Rosarius Equilibrio, etc), Crash Worship, traditional reggae and ska, dub reggae, UK dubstep, drum and bass, tribal drum music, MELVINS woship, raw live recordings and all kinds of other stuff I can space out or sink my teeth into.
Sounds Like: Torche, Shitstorm, Mehkago N.T., Inebriation City, The Goslings, Field, Little Wing, Bulldagger, Nuclear Leech, and more in the works...
Record Label: R.C.P.
Type of Label: Indie