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Other people|Mark DavisInfobox musical artist | name = Richard Cheese| image = Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine at Bimbo's San Francisco.jpg| caption = Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine performing live in 2011| background = group_or_band| birth_name = Mark Jonathan Davis| birth_date = Birth date and age|mf=yes|1965|11|27| alias =| origin = Los Angeles , California , United States|USA | genre = Lounge music|Lounge , Comedy music|comedy | years_active = 2000–present| label = Coverage, Surfdog Records|Surfdog , Oglio Records|Oglio , Ideatown| associated_acts =| website = http://www.richardcheese.com www.richardcheese.com| current_members = Richard Cheese (Mark Jonathan Davis)IMDb name |0205104 Bobby Ricotta (Noel Melanio) Frank Feta (Brian Fishler) Billy Bleu| past_members = Ron Belcher Charles Byler David Adler Christopher Monaco Louis Allen Jeff Novack John Hatton Pablo Motta Todd LeValley Mark Jonathan Davis (born November 27, 1965) U.S. Public Records Index Vol 2 (Provo, UT: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.), 2010., known by his stage name Richard Cheese , is an United States|American musician and comedian. He was born in New York . He fronts Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine , a Los Angeles based cover band and comedy|comedy act , performing popular songs in a lounge music|lounge /swing style reminiscent of Frank Sinatra , Dean Martin , and Tony Bennett .
Style
Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine specialize in playing Lounge music|lounge -style arrangements of recent popular Rock music|rock , Metal music|metal , Rap music|rap and Hip hop music|hip hop songs, sung in a croony traditional swing vocal style, contrasting an elegant jazz treatment of the music with often profane and ribald lyrics to create a humorous dissonance.cite news|url= http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2008/aug/21/meet-richard-cheese-hell-grate-you-make-you-laugh-/|title=Meet Richard Cheese: He’ll grate on you, make you laugh and sing along|date=2008-08-21|author=Joe Brown|accessdate=2008-08-25|publisher=Las Vegas Sun
History
Since 2000, the band has released ten albums, and played in concerts around the United States , two concerts in Europe , and has made numerous television appearances, including performances on Jimmy Kimmel Live! , Fox & Friends on Fox News Channel , Anderson Cooper 360° on CNN , NBC 's Las Vegas (TV series)|Las Vegas series, NBC 's Passions soap opera, and as the house band on NBC 's Last Call with Carson Daly and MTV 's Say What? Karaoke series. Richard Cheese has also been featured on radio morning shows and syndicated radio programs such as Opie and Anthony , KROQ-FM 's Kevin and Bean , The Howard Stern Show , The Bob and Sheri Show , The Adam Carolla Show , and Gonzo Greg|Gonzo in the Morning . The band also performed at events for singer Brian Setzer , Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker , 300 (film)|300 and Sucker Punch (film)|Sucker Punch director Zack Snyder , and the Creative Arts Daytime Emmy Awards. The band gained exposure after their cover of Disturbed (band)|Disturbed 's " Down with the Sickness " was featured in the 2004 remake (directed by Snyder), Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|Dawn of the Dead .
The band's first CD ( Lounge Against the Machine ) was released in 2000 by Oglio Records. Cheese's next two albums ( Tuxicity and '' I'd Like a Virgin '') were independently released in 2002 and 2004 by Cheese's own label, Coverage Records. From 2004-2006, Surfdog Records released three new Richard Cheese CDs ( Aperitif for Destruction , The Sunny Side of the Moon: The Best of Richard Cheese , and Silent Nightclub ), and re-released Tuxicity and ''I'd Like a Virgin . In 2007, Cheese returned to releasing his own albums through Coverage Records: Dick at Nite in 2007, Viva la Vodka : Richard Cheese Live in 2009, OK Bartender in 2010, and Johnny Aloha: Lavapalooza in 2010.
Cheese produced an album by "Johnny Aloha" called Lavapalooza , with a band of Hawaiian music ians performing tiki-style versions of rock and rap songs.
Members
The present line-up of the band consists of:
Richard Cheese: Lead vocals|vocals
Bobby Ricotta: piano and Keyboard instrument|keyboards
Frank Feta: Drum kit|drums and Percussion instrument|percussion
Billy Bleu: Double bass|bass
Becky Running Bear (bongos)
Plus a rotating roster of other bass players, including Gordon Brie, Skip Neufchatal, Nacho, and Wayne String.
The names are all pseudonym s that refer to types of cheese ( Ricotta , Feta , Blue cheese|Bleu ) and new band members either adopt the pseudonym of the player they replace, or new names are developed. The name Richard Cheese itself is a pun on "dick cheese", a slang term for smegma ; "Lounge Against the Machine" is a wordplay on Rage Against the Machine .
The role of pianist and musical director Bobby Ricotta is currently played by Noel Melanio, but was previously portrayed by David Adler. When the drummer Buddy Gouda (Charles Byler) left the band in 2004, he was replaced by Brian Fishler and the stage name was changed to Frank Feta. The role of bass player Gordon Brie was portrayed by Louis Allen and was previously portrayed by Christopher Monaco. The band now has a new bass player, Billy Bleu, portrayed by Ron Belcher. The band has also worked with numerous session musicians and performers, including horn players Eric Jorgensen, Terry Landry, and Lee Thornburg, theremin player Pamelia Kurstin , vocalist Joshua Path , and singer "Weird Al" Yankovic . The only constant band member is Cheese himself.
http://www.facebook.com/richardcheese/ Official FaceBook page
Category:American covers musical groups Category:People from Los Angeles, California Category:Musical groups established in 2000 Category:1965 births Category:Living people Category:Parody musicians
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