Richard McNamara
Richard McNamara (born 23 October 1972 in Mytholmroyd, West Riding of Yorkshire) 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. He is the father of singer-songwriter Ellur.
Richard McNamara
- Name
- Richard McNamara
- Born
- 23 October 1972
- Birthplace
- Mytholmroyd, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
- Occupation
- Musician, record producer
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Hipperholme Grammar School
- Languages
- English
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Richard McNamara (born 23 October 1972 in Mytholmroyd, West Riding of Yorkshire) 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. He is the father of singer-songwriter Ellur.
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• Name — Richard McNamara • Born — 23 October 1972 • Birthplace — Mytholmroyd, West Riding of Yorkshire, England • Genre — Rock, Britpop • Occupation — Musician, record producer • Instrument — Guitar, vocals, percussion, keyboards • Associated Acts — Embrace, One Sided Horse
Life and career
Life and career
Richard and Danny McNamara attended Hipperholme Grammar School in nearby Hipperholme with their brother Jonathan. 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. 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. 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.
Life and career
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Richard McNamara born at Bailiff Bridge.
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• Artist — Title — Credit — Year • Thomas Tantrum — Thomas Tantrum — Producer, mixed by — 2008 • Embrace — Embrace — Producer, engineer, mixed by — 2014 • Evil Blizzard — Everybody Come to Church — Producer, mixed by — 2015 • Starsailor — All This Life — Producer, engineer, mixed by — 2017 • Embrace — Love Is a Basic Need — Producer, engineer — 2018 • Embrace — How to Be a Person Like Other People — Producer, engineer — 2022 • EEVAH — I Didn't See It Coming — Producer — 2025 • The Rolling People — Outlier — Producer — 2026
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