Tony Richards

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Tony Richards

dr, voc, US, Phoenix, Arizona
Musician of Rock
A.k.a. Anthony Richard Orlando

Tony Richards (born Anthony Richard Orlando),[citation needed] is an American musician and drummer. He was the original drummer of shock metal band W.A.S.P. from 1982 until 1984.Richards played for various bands in his early career before relocating to the Los Angeles, CA area from Phoenix, AZ in 1980. He began making a name for himself as one of the hottest drummers in the LA heavy metal scene with a band called Dante Fox, later to become known as Great White. With band mates Don Costa (W.A.S.P./M80), Mark Kendall (Great White), and Jack Russell (Great White), they regularly played the most popular heavy metal clubs in Hollywood and LA such as the Troubador, Roxy Theatre, Whisky a Go Go, and Starwood Club.

Instruments

Drums
Vocals
Backing Vocals

Genres

Rock
Spoken Word
Pop

Plays With

W.A.S.P.

Pulse!

Band Members

External Links

Home Page

Wikipedia

Discogs

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To all the music fans that are contributing on Discogs, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia. Thanks to Franz Flückiger for providing Storygram used to visualize band membership.

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