Glenn Richards | |
Birth Name: | Glenn Anthony Richards |
Alias: | G. A. Richards |
Birth Date: | 29 December 1973 |
Birth Place: | Shepparton, Victoria, Australia |
Instrument: | Guitar, vocals |
Genre: | Rock |
Occupation: | Musician, songwriter |
Years Active: | 1996–present |
Label: | BMG Australia |
Associated Acts: | Augie March |
Website: | https://augiemarch.com/glennrichards |
Glenn Anthony Richards[1] (born 29 December 1973) is an Australian musician, best known as the mainstay guitarist singer-songwriter for the Australian rock band Augie March.[2]
Richards was born in Shepparton, Victoria on 29 December 1973. Richards saved up enough money to buy his first guitar by working long hours on the docks in Fremantle, Western Australia.
Richards joined Augie March in August 1995. As of 2024 they have released two EPs and seven LPs, while Richards has released one solo album in 2010 and one EP as G.A. Richards and the Dark Satanic Mills Bros.[3]
Richards composed the original score for the acclaimed 2023 horror film Late Night with the Devil[4] whose directors, Colin and Cameron Haines, also directed several early Augie March video clips.
Glenn now lives with his family in Tasmania in West Hobart, a suburb of Hobart with views of the city, the Derwent Estuary and the surrounding suburbs.
The APRA Awards are presented annually by the Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA).|-|rowspan="2"| 2007 || "One Crowded Hour" – Glenn Richards || Song of the Year[5] || |-| Glenn Richards || Breakthrough Songwriter Award[6] ||
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