Stephen Richards (musician)

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Stephen Richards

Born	17 October 1977 (1977-10-17) (age 30) Chicago, United States.
Occupation	Musician
Known for	Vocalist and guitarist in Taproot

Stephen Richards (born October 17, 1977 Chicago, USA) is vocalist and guitarist in the band Taproot.

Taproot is an Ann Arbor, Michigan based quartet formed in 1997 by Richards and long time friend and guitarist Mike DeWolf. Taproot burst onto the music scene in 2000, following the infamous "phone message" left by Fred Durst of Limp Bizkit threatening the band's career and Richards' physical being, after feeling blindsided by the fact that Taproot was exploring other options than the demo-deal he was offering.^{[citation needed]} Taproot eventually signed up with Atlantic Records and released their debut album Gift in 2000, soon after beginning their first of two consecutive Ozzfest tours in 2000 and 2001. In October, 2002, Taproot released their second album Welcome with hit single "Poem" selling nearly the gold record sum of 500,000 albums. Taproot released their 3rd major label release Blue-Sky Research in 2005, and is currently working on an independent release back home in Michigan that will be released later this year.

[edit] Other appearances

Richards' vocals were featured in the remix of Linkin Park's "Pushing Me Away" called "P5hng Me A*wy" on the Reanimation album. He was also featured on the Pulse Ultra album 'Headspace', on a track called "Big Brother", as well as on a track called "Plastic" from the band Reveille.

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NAME	Richards, Stephen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Musician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 16, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH	Chicago, United States.
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH