Richard McNamara (born 23 October 1972 in Mytholmroyd, West Riding of Yorkshire)[1] is a British musician and record producer, best known as the guitarist and co-lead vocalist for Embrace. He and his older brother, Danny, grew up in the village of Bailiff Bridge, Brighouse near Halifax. Danny is the band's lead singer.
According to Danny, as a child Richard was nicknamed 'Firestarter' as he was fascinated with fire and was always playing with a box of matches.[4]
McNamara was initially the drummer for a thrash metalgarage band called Gross Misconduct in his teens. It is believed that Embrace began when his brother barged into a session and started telling him and his bandmates what to do.[5]
Although McNamara has worked with his brother in writing many of the band's songs, he only single-handedly sings a few songs. Most notably "One Big Family" and "Hooligan" which were both issued as singles; also "I Want The World" on the band's début album.
In 2018, McNamara (alongside Embrace members, Steve Firth, Mike Heaton and Mickey Dale) collaborated with Preston-based songwriter, Mark Whiteside [Evil Blizzard] under Whiteside's pre-existing solo project, One Sided Horse. An album ["Between Light and Space"] was recorded and produced by Mickey Dale and released on UK Independent Label, Butterfly Effect.[6][7]
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richard, mcnamara, born, october, 1972, mytholmroyd, west, riding, yorkshire, british, musician, record, producer, best, known, guitarist, lead, vocalist, embrace, older, brother, danny, grew, village, bailiff, bridge, brighouse, near, halifax, danny, band, le. Richard McNamara born 23 October 1972 in Mytholmroyd West Riding of Yorkshire 1 is a British musician and record producer best known as the guitarist and co lead vocalist for Embrace He and his older brother Danny grew up in the village of Bailiff Bridge Brighouse near Halifax Danny is the band s lead singer Richard McNamaraMcNamara in 2014Background informationBorn 1972 10 23 23 October 1972 age 51 Mytholmroyd West Riding of Yorkshire EnglandGenresRock BritpopOccupation s Musician record producerInstrument s Guitar vocals percussion keyboards Richard and Danny McNamara attended Hipperholme Grammar School in nearby Hipperholme with their brother Jonathan 2 3 According to Danny as a child Richard was nicknamed Firestarter as he was fascinated with fire and was always playing with a box of matches 4 McNamara was initially the drummer for a thrash metal garage band called Gross Misconduct in his teens It is believed that Embrace began when his brother barged into a session and started telling him and his bandmates what to do 5 Although McNamara has worked with his brother in writing many of the band s songs he only single handedly sings a few songs Most notably One Big Family and Hooligan which were both issued as singles also I Want The World on the band s debut album In 2018 McNamara alongside Embrace members Steve Firth Mike Heaton and Mickey Dale collaborated with Preston based songwriter Mark Whiteside Evil Blizzard under Whiteside s pre existing solo project One Sided Horse An album Between Light and Space was recorded and produced by Mickey Dale and released on UK Independent Label Butterfly Effect 6 7 Production discography editArtist Title Credit YearThomas Tantrum Thomas Tantrum Producer mixed by 2008Embrace Embrace Producer engineer mixed by 2014Evil Blizzard Everybody Come to Church Producer mixed by 2015Starsailor All This Life Producer engineer mixed by 2017Embrace Love Is a Basic Need Producer engineer 2018Embrace How to Be a Person Like Other People Producer engineer 2022References edit findmypast co uk search findmypast co uk Retrieved 12 April 2015 I almost died Lead singer of Brighouse band Embrace Danny McNamara on his mental health struggle Huddersfield Examiner examiner co uk 21 June 2012 Retrieved 12 April 2015 Fans embrace their heroes Halifax Courier halifaxcourier co uk Retrieved 12 April 2015 Danny and Richard McNamara The Sunday Times thesundaytimes co uk Archived from the original on 21 April 2014 Retrieved 12 April 2015 Larkin C 2011 The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Omnibus Press p 2006 ISBN 978 0 85712 595 8 Retrieved 12 April 2015 Lancashire Telegraph www lancashiretelegraph co uk 15 September 2016 https butterflyeffect1 bandcamp com External links edit WebCite query result webcitation org Archived from the original on 26 October 2009 Retrieved 12 April 2015 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Cite uses generic title help nbsp nbsp This article about an English musician is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Richard McNamara amp oldid 1173362881, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
