ADAM RICH
Rock / Indie / Experimental
Adam Rich is a multi instrumentalist who plays guitar, bass, and drums. Adam has a wide range of styles, including metal, hard rock, acoustic, pop, ska, instrumental guitar, fusion and punk. Adam was heavily influenced by such instrumental guitarists as Joe Satriani, Eric Johnson and Michael Fath, as well as Alex Skolnick (Testament), Kirk Hammett (Metallica), Johnny Reznik (Goo Goo Dolls), Mike Ness (Social Distortion), Mike Enzinger (Incubus), John Cougar Mellencamp, and Ben Harper. Basswise, Adam draws heavily from Cliff Burton (Metallica), Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers), D. D. Verni (Overkill), Dave LaRue (Steve Morse Band), Robby Takac (Goo Goo Dolls), Jerry Only (Misfits) and Matt Wong (Reel Big Fish)
Adam's latest CD is titled You Can't Escape Life and features many different guest vocalists. Released in early 2006, the CD is the latest release on Love Muffin Records , Adam's own label. For those of you who use credit cards online, The CD is also available at CD Baby and Guitar 9
In the mid to late 1990's, Adam released 3 cassettes while he was in college; Leave My Fish Alone (1993), Virgin Freak (1994) and Flavor Savor (1997). Limited copies of the last two cassettes still exist, while the first one is long out of print. In 2002, Adam released his debut CD Foundation
Adam also played bass for State Of Green (1994 to 1997), Tadpol (1998-2001), Girth (2002 - 2006), and the Adam Rich Band (2006). He is currently the bassist for Oliver Buck & The New Madrids. The band plans to release a debut CD in early 2008 and playout heavily the rest of the year.
Check out Adam elsewhere on the web at his official site AdamRichMusic as well as on GarageBand , iSound , , Soundclick and MySpace
Location: Cleveland, OH
Members: bassist for Oliver Buck & The New Madrids. Also a solo artist that records/releases my own CD\'s with guest musicians.
