Perry Richardson (born July 7, 1958) is an American bass guitarist who played in the hard rock band FireHouse until 2000 and is currently the bassist of

Stryper Stryper is an American Christian metal and heavy metal music, heavy metal band from La Mirada, California. The group's lineup consists of Michael Sweet (lead vocals, guitar), Oz Fox (guitar), Perry Richardson (bass), and Robert Sweet (musician), ...

Biography

Richardson graduated Conway High School in

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and went on to graduate from the University of South Carolina/Coastal Carolina in 1980 with Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management. Richardson met C. J. Snare in

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and started a band called Maxx Warrior. Eventually they met with Bill Leverty and Michael Foster (who were playing with a band called White Heat). The four got together in Charlotte and started FireHouse in 1989. While with the band, they sold over 7 million albums worldwide and won an American Music Award in 1991 for "Favorite New Artist Heavy Metal/Hard Rock". He was inducted into the South Carolina Entertainment Hall of Fame in 1995. After leaving FireHouse in 2000, Richardson played bass for country music performers

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and

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. On October 30, 2017, Christian metal band

announced that Richardson would be their new bass player to replace

Tim Gaines Tim Gaines (born Timothy Hagelganz; December 15, 1962) is an American bass guitarist best-known as the long-time bassist for the Christian metal band Stryper until his departure in 2017. Biography Early life Gaines was born in Portland, Ore ...

Discography

with Maxx Warrior

* ''Maxx Warrior'' (1985)

with FireHouse

* '' FireHouse'' (1990) * ''

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(1992) * '' 3'' (1995) * '' Good Acoustics'' (1996) * '' Category 5'' (1998) * Best of Firehouse (1998) * Super Hits (2000) * '' Bring 'Em Out Live'' (1999)

with Stryper

* God Damn Evil (2018) * '' Even the Devil Believes'' (2020) * ''The Final Battle'' (2022) * To Hell With The Amps (Acoustic) (2024) * ''When We Were Kings'' (2024)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Richardson, Perry 1963 births American Christians American performers of Christian music Living people American rock bass guitarists American male bass guitarists FireHouse (band) members 20th-century American guitarists Stryper members