Chris Richards

Chris Richards is a Michigan-based vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter focusing on modern power pop that fuses hook-laden melodies and to-die-for harmonies with a hardcore guitar audio and a split tempo section. Richards is definitely a veteran from the Detroit music picture, having performed in rings in the region because the early 1980s; his group Hippodrome was called “Band Most Deserving Wider Reputation” from the Detroit Metro Instances in 1989 following a launch of their album Dogbunny, and in the ’90s he led the functions Phenomenal Cats (who released an EP in 1996, Seagirl and Five Additional Dogs) as well as the Pantookas (whose only LP, Salad, arrived in 1997). Richards in addition has won a global viewers for his music, having made an appearance on pop compilations from brands in Australia, Spain, and Sweden aswell as america, and in 2001 Richards put together and released Pathetic Background, which brought collectively the cream of his 1st ten years like a documenting designer. In 2004, Richards released his first unique recording under his personal name, Mystery Place, and in ’09 2009 his fresh combo Chris Richards & the Subtractions (offering Todd Holmes of Hippodrome on bass and Larry Grodsky through the Pantookas on drums) produced their documented debut using the Compact disc Sad Noises of the summertime.