Richard McNamara

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Richard McNamara
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McNamara in 2014
Background information
Born (1972-10-23) 23 October 1972 (age 51)
Mytholmroyd, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Genres Rock, Britpop
Occupation(s)Musician, record producer
Instrument(s)Guitar, vocals, percussion, keyboards

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.

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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 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]

Production discography

ArtistTitleCreditYear
Thomas Tantrum Thomas Tantrum Producer, mixed by2008
Embrace Embrace Producer, engineer, mixed by2014
Evil BlizzardEverybody Come to ChurchProducer, mixed by2015
Starsailor All This Life Producer, engineer, mixed by2017
Embrace Love Is a Basic Need Producer, engineer2018
Embrace How to Be a Person Like Other People Producer, engineer2022

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