Richard Christy talks about being a drummer

Richard was inspired to play drums after hearing Alex Van Halen's drumming in the Van Halen song "Hot for Teacher". His skills were honed while living in a storage garage over a period of years in Florida. Since there were no neighbors to bother, Christy could practice his drumming well into the night without the worry of someone calling the police.

Christy has played in many bands, including Iced Earth, Burning Inside, Death and Control Denied. Christy joined Death after meeting Chuck Schuldiner in a bookstore while the band was looking for a new drummer after the departure of Gene Hoglan. Christy recorded three albums with Death (The Sound of Perseverance released in 1998, Live in L.A. (Death & Raw), 2001, and Live in Eindhoven, also 2001) and one album with Control Denied, The Fragile Art of Existence released in 1999. Some of his former bandmates have been interviewed by Howard 100 News where they understood his move to comedy, saying that his unusual sense of humor and antics kept them entertained while on tour.

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[TheOmegaeyes]

Why dudes like Christy are relatively unknown when comparing to the likes of say Lars Ulrich are beyond me. Every band (Death, Iced Earth) he's played in are aeons better then Metallica yet they/he never get/got the recognition they deserve. It just goes to show you many people never look past the superficial or obvious when it comes to music.

[nogoodbastid]

@verbaledge probably because they are lame nu metal douches.

[novembre8211]

1:49 That looks like it hurts :P

[michaeldouw]

richard, you are one of my favourite drummers ever. The Sound of Perserverance was fucking incredible :)

[nogoodbastid]

@thundertower what the fuck are you even talking about? you said "am i a douche?" i said "yes." what does that have to do with preference?

[thundertower]

@nogoodbastid There's this word called "preference" look it up, it will blow your mind my friend.

[nogoodbastid]

@thundertower you aren't even making sense.

[thundertower]

@nogoodbastid Another typical bonehead metal nerd people.

[nogoodbastid]

@thundertower yes.

[thundertower]

@nogoodbastid not a lot of people are into heavy metal, like me, am i a douche?

[juggHERnutt]

Haha ever time I hear Richard talk I hear ethlel mertz

[Killerniete93]

"sausage fest" xD