Stuart Richardson (born 15 August 1973) is a Welsh musician. He is the

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for the rock band

No Devotion No Devotion are a Welsh-American rock band formed in Pontypridd and Cardiff in 2014. The group is currently composed of American vocalist Geoff Rickly of the band Thursday, along with Stu Richardson and Lee Gaze, former members of the Welsh b ...

, formed by former members of

Lostprophets Lostprophets (stylised as lostprophets) were a Welsh Rock music, rock band from Pontypridd, formed in 1997 by singer and lyricist Ian Watkins (Lostprophets singer), Ian Watkins and guitarist Lee Gaze. The band was founded after their former band ...

and

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. He is also the touring bassist for Thursday.

Career

Richardson is an only child. His mother worked in a butchers shop, bar and doctors office, and his dad was a miner. Richardson has said that one of his earliest musical obsessions was

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. He was inspired to learn to play bass by Steve Harris of

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. Richardson's career in the music industry started off in the mid 1990s, working as a producer in his local area in Wales. By the late 1990s he was working as an engineer at Front Line Studios in Caerphilly, which is where he first met the other members of

. He replaced Mike Lewis as bassist in Lostprophets after Mike switched to rhythm guitar, joining them in 1998 just before they recorded their third demo. He had worked with the band previously, having produced their first two demos. Lostprophets were signed to

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and Visible Noise in 2000 and released five studio albums. In October 2013, ten months after lead singer Ian Watkins was arrested and charged with multiple sexual offences, Richardson and the remaining members of the band announced that they could "no longer make or perform music as Lostprophets". Six months later, they formed a new band,

, with

as their new lead singer. The band released their debut album '' Permanence'' in 2015. A follow up is currently in the works. During an appearance on the ''Sappenin' Podcast'' with Sean Smith in December 2019, Richardson revealed the reason why they formed a new band. "We didn't catch our breath after the whole thing went down with

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So I was like, well 'fuck if that's gonna be the thing that's on my fucking gravestone.' Like 'Oh, that guy was in that band with that fucking prick.' It's like, fuck that. I'm gonna do my own band immediately." Richardson has been the touring bassist of

since 2017.

Personal life

He is the co-owner of Rocky Water Studios, a studio based in the Eau Galle Arts District of

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Discography

With No Devotion

*'' Permanence'' (2015) *'' No Oblivion'' (2022)

With Lostprophets

*''The Fake Sound of Progress'' (EP) (1999) *'' The Fake Sound of Progress'' (2000) *'' Start Something'' (2004) *'' Liberation Transmission'' (2006) *'' The Betrayed'' (2010) *''

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'' (2012)

Other (selected)

*Funeral For A Friend - Memory & Humanity (Backing vocals) (2008) * Attack! Attack! - ''Attack! Attack!'' (Producer, Engineer, Mixing) (2008) *Suburban Myth - ''Sick Feeling'' (Mixing) (2015) * Bars and Melody - ''Generation Z'' (Producer, Mixing, Composer) (2017) * Cyclone Static - '' From Scratch'' (Mixing, Mastering) (2019)

References

1973 births Living people People from Pontypridd Welsh guitarists Welsh rock musicians Welsh rock guitarists Bass guitarists Lostprophets members 21st-century British guitarists No Devotion members {{UK-musician-stub