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Richard McNamara (born 23 October 1972 in Mytholmroyd, West Riding of Yorkshire, England)[1] is an English musician, singer-songwriter, and producer, best known as the guitarist and co-lead vocalist for the English band Embrace. He and his older brother, Danny, grew up in the village of Bailiff Bridge, Brighouse near Halifax. Danny is the band's lead singer.

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Richard McNamara
Background information
Born	(1972-10-23) 23 October 1972 (age 49) Mytholmroyd, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
Genres	Rock, Britpop
Occupation(s)	Guitarist, Producer
Instrument(s)	guitar, vocals, percussion, keyboards

Richard and Danny McNamara attended Hipperholme Grammar School in nearby Hipperholme with their brother Jonathan.[2][3]

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.[4]

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.[5]

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.[6][7]

Production discography

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

References

External links

• "WebCite query result". webcitation.org. Archived from the original on 26 October 2009. Retrieved 12 April 2015. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)

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