Tommy Rickard

Drums

Tommy Rickard is a musician born and raised in Northern California.

He is a singer/songwriter, drummer and guitarist, currently rooted in both San Francisco and Los Angeles. He started playing drums young and spent his early days in local punk bands, opening shows for the likes of Black Flag, Dead Kennedy’s and Agent Orange.

A restless search for new challenges, combined with a knack for playing just what songs need, eventually landed Rickard on the road and in the studio with Vain, Linda Perry, Eric Martin, Ronnie Montrose, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Scott Weiland and many others, as well as a long list of independent singers, songwriters and producers.

While working with Perry, Tommy recorded her Grammy winning song “Beautiful,”which became a #1 single for Christina Aguilera. Tommy has several production projects, a television/podcast project in development, as well having played on a few upcoming video game scores.

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