Rich Paul
Guitar

Born: 1964
 Rich joined the Whitekaps in 1987. He is also currently playing in Just Because ... Orange County punk rock and Neighbor's Dog ... a dog-punk band from Orange County, as well as The Sleeveens ... an Irish folk band from Orange County.  Other Bands are listed below.  Richie is an old punker-guitar-player-singer born and raised in Huntington Beach, CA.  He wears Hurley clothes (www.hurley.com).  He hates exercise.  He loves to golf, drink Guinness, and sing Irish folk tunes (not at the same time).  Richie has been rewarded with a long musical career spanning several decades of diverse punk rock genres.
OTHER BANDS:
1976-1978 HAMLET
Huntington Beach, CA band that played punk cover songs (ie. Sex Pistols/Clash/Dickies etc...).
1979-1982 NRA (National Recovery Act)
Band from Edison High School in Huntington Beach, CA which played punk rock originals. Usually seen at the Cookoos Nest as well as local parties.  They put out a 12-song demo tape but no record.
1983-1984 NRA (No Real Attitude)
Band from Phoenix, AZ which played original punk rock at Calderon's Ballroom, Madison Square Gardens and the Salty Dog. They toured the Western United States a couple years and put out a 24-song demo tape recorded at the DeVry Institute of Technology.
1985-1987 KLUGED
Band which started in Phoenix, AZ and was put back together in Huntington Beach, CA in 1986.  In addition to the Phoenix venues they played all over Southern California with many of the bands that were playing at the time (ie. Dickies, Descendents, etc...). They put out a 6-song demo tape engineered by Michael Cornelius (Bass player from JFA).
1998-2001 Just-Because
Together with the original singer from NRA (No Real Attitude), Just Because is original Orange County Punk Rock. Just Because put out a 17 track CD in October of 1998.

1998-Today The Sleeveens
Tommy from Dublin asked Rich to sing and play old Irish folk tunes with him ...

1987-Today Whitekaps
During this period, KLUGED still plays reunion gigs every now and then, plus Rich sang with a band called Agitator.  Agitator  featured Billy Zoom (Original guitar player from X). Agitator put out a 5-song demo. Two of the songs were released on a compilation for Burning Snow clothing company.

2001-Today Neighbor's Dog
This project started with the Whitekaps.  The Whitekaps were going to put a medley together with short songs about each one of their dogs ... the medley was never performed or recorded.  A few years later, Rich got together with Benny Rapp (X-US Bombs drummer) and Steve Rapp (X-Guttermouth bass player) and started performing the tunes.

 

 
Click here for the Michael Reuschling "Rich Paul Sucks" page.
1996 - Chicago, IL
Sticking cheeks out ...

These are the legs, socks, and shoes ...
(used for the Just Because CD)

THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKIN ABOUT ...
EXACTLY.


 



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