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Richard Hemmings (born in 1973) is an English musician and composer known by the stage name Evil Dick. His musical work has been realised both on computer and with a rotating ensemble of musicians called The Banned Members, active between 2001-2006 and 2010-to the present-day, with whom he recorded two albums 'Rock 'n' Random' and 'Odds / Sods / Bits /Bobs'. Following a review in The Wire his first album 'Coprophagism' was voted Ben Watson's favourite CD of 1998. Hemmings plays the drums, piano, synthesizer and bongos. His music blends rock, blues and psychedelia with free jazz, avant-garde and contemporary experimental composition.