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About Me

Musician: guitar since '93, drums/percussion since '97 (ret.), fretless/fretted bass since '04, some basic keyboard & piano knowledge, and I sing in the shower. I also enjoy being angry and depressed at the world around me as I wait here, alone, to be freed from this miserable existence... sounds nice, doesn't it?

I'm currently playing in an emotional hard rock (fused with various other styles) band called The Tragic End .

My Interests

Music, PC fps gaming, beer, movies, hot dogs, beer, chicks, steak, and beer.

I'd like to meet:

myself

Music:

Cynic, Death / Control Denied, Sean Malone / Gordian Knot, Fates Warning, King Diamond / Mercyful Fate, Jason Becker, Rush, Aeon Spoke, Spiral Architect, Atheist, Jaco Pastorius, Aghora, Patrick O'Hearn, Neil Peart, Weather Report, Satriani/Vai/Johnson, Portal, and Queensryche to name a few. Dave Weckl, My Dying Bride, Fountain of Tears, Pestilence, Believer, Morgoth, Dennis Chambers, Iced Earth, and Suffocation to name a few more...

Genres include: progressive rock/metal, jazz, fusion, death metal, new age, classical, rhythm/blues/funk, world/celtic, 80's, smooth jazz, instrumental/virtuoso.

Movies:

Peter Jackson, George Romero, Larry Blamire, Sam Raimi, Bruce Campbell, Debbie Rochon, David Lynch, 4321 Films,... Naked Gun/Police Squad

Television:

Married with Children, Seinfeld, Mythbusters, Dirty Jobs, Burn Notice, The Simpsons, The Colbert Report, MXC, UFC, Mail Call, The History Channel (WWII stuff), Future Weapons, Deadliest Catch, The Tick (animated), The Big Bang Theory

Books:

Neil Peart, Bruce Campbell, The Lord of the Rings trilogy, "Jaco", "Masters of Doom"

Heroes:

too many to name

My Blog

Band History

I'm currently playing in an emotional hard rock (fused with various other styles) band called The Tragic End. --Band History--The Tragic End: Sept 2006-presentgenre: Rock with emotional overtones and ...
Posted by Richard Walter on Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:50:00 PST

Distillery Tour Pics

... if only myspace wasn't such a piece of shit. After trying to access my photos section 3 times, uploading/editing the pics, then trying to access my blog section 4 times I finally made it.Any...
Posted by Richard Walter on Mon, 03 Mar 2008 01:06:00 PST

Influences

I'm influenced by many people and by many things... perhaps all things. Things I see, hear, and feel. From people I meet, to a photo or painting, to some song on the radio, anything and ev...
Posted by Richard Walter on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:15:00 PST

The gear behind the guy...

I really need to work on my actual website so I don't have to constantly point people to this myspace, purevolume, or my other blog... but oh well here goes the "gear" stuff at any rate. Some o...
Posted by Richard Walter on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:38:00 PST

RIP, Jaco

20 years ago today, Jaco Pastorius passed away. While I've only been playing bass for roughly 3 years, I did encounter Jaco's music much earlier through my friend Jason who played bass in Mortik...
Posted by Richard Walter on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:47:00 PST

Jazz Legend Passes Away

Joe Zawinul.I mainly know him through his fusion band he created in the 70's called Weather Report (which also featured one of my favorite bassists, Jaco Pastorius, who died in the 80's).He brought us...
Posted by Richard Walter on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:03:00 PST

Chicago Man Goes On Killing Spree

That will be the headlines tomorrow...It would seem, the powers that be, deem it impossible for me to fly anywhere on my vacations.My first vacation, back in June... we won't get into that now. I'll ...
Posted by Richard Walter on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:40:00 PST

Ten...

Yesterday, after work, I rushed home as I was expecting a package to arrive. Actually, I was expecting to see the notice on the door that they tried to deliver it, no one was home, and then run ...
Posted by Richard Walter on Sun, 13 May 2007 08:16:00 PST

Atheist reunion tour = historic

Wow! It finally happened. I've seen one of the bands that I grew up listening to in concert. Atheist, a band that pioneered the technical metal (jazz metal, jazz-death, whatever you ...
Posted by Richard Walter on Sun, 22 Apr 2007 11:36:00 PST

Thirty something...

So, I really do hate people... especially people that REMEMBER MY FUCKING BIRTHDAY!But I digress... Yes, I turned 30. Yay! Whoopee! To those that remembered... just wait till it's yo...
Posted by Richard Walter on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:19:00 PST