User:Rpm72

The drummer and Producer/Audio Engineer Richard P Maloney Jr also known as Richey Maloney AKA rpm,The R, rpm72, Malone,The truth
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Richard was born on May 21st 1972 in Baton Rouge La. He found music at the young age of six when his grandmother gave him his first drum. He was by no means a musical prodigy at this age. His musical talent would have to be developed over the next 10 years. During these years he spent a lot of time in his bed room with headphones playing to any records he could find in his families record collection. ( Led Zeppelin, Beach Boys, Beatles, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Cream, ECT...) He then started to find new music of the time to play to. (AC/DC, Michael Jackson, Motley Crue, Iron Maiden, Aerosmith, Def Leopard, Metallica, Megadeath, U2, Depeche Mode, INXS, and many others). As a early teen the neighbor hood he grew up in had many kids that where musicians. This made Richard strive to be the best in the neighbor hood. Some of the first drum performances where at the age of 13 when he was forced up to play with a band at a weeding. He played the song Wipe Out. Also at age of 15 in a bar with is mom with local blues band. (did not go so well). After these experiences he was hooked on preforming. After many garage bands that did not do much. When he was 17 he joined a band called Storm Child. This was a Heavy Metal band that was playing at local rock bars ( Rusty Nail, Sports Page). The next stop for Richard was a band call Dog Day After Noon that Had the Lead singer Tony Miller from the local band AXIS. This band exposed Richard to the collage music scene at LSU. This band played song by groups like REM, The Violent Films, Driving and Crying, as well as original music. The next band was called The Virgin Urchins. This band would be a big part of who Richard would become as an artist. For the first time the band only did original music. But the musicians in this band would have a big influence on Richard.They would introduce him to the funk,punk,and groove. They also would teach him about the access of being in a band .(Drugs, sex, ect...). More coming soon !