Richard Jonckheere Explained

Background:	person
Richard Jonckheere
Alias:	Richard23 Richard JK
Birth Date:	1963 1, df=y
Birth Place:	Brussels, Belgium^[1]
Occupation:	Musician
Years Active:	1983–present

Richard Jonckheere (born 20 January 1963^[2]), better known by his stage names Richard23 and Richard JK, is a Belgian musician. He has been a member of Front 242 (which he joined in 1983)^[3] and was a founding member of Revolting Cocks (which he left in 1986, and later rejoined in 2016). He released the EP Free Tyson Free! with Jean-Pierre Everaerts and Marc Desmare, using the moniker Holy Gang, and two 12-inch singles in 1999/2000 as LaTchak (a collaboration with Everaerts).

Politics

In 2007, Jonckheere ran as a candidate in the Belgian general elections on behalf of the Ecolo party.^[4] In the district of Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde, he finished fifteenth, with 1,936 (or 2.03%) of the votes.^[5]

External links

• Richard 23 at Discogs
• Richard 23 at MySpace

Notes and References

1. Birthplace from "BRAVO Kalender 1992," page 27
2. Birthdate from Web site: Anniversaires des chanteurs et chanteuses nés en janvier . 17 April 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070425230530/http://www.ramdam.com/top/anniv/01.htm . 25 April 2007 . and Web site: Front 242 : Infos, paroles, photos . 18 July 2007 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070608095338/http://www.ramdam.com/art/f/front242.htm . 8 June 2007 . . Retrieved on 18 July 2007.
3. Book: Reed . S. Alexander . Assimilate: A Critical History of Industrial Music . 2013 . Oxford University Press . 9780199832583 . 162.
4. http://web4.ecolo.be/spip.php?article388 Bruxelles, liste pour la Chambre : 8ème effectif
5. http://elections2007.belgium.be/fr/cha/preferred/preferred_e306_p901.html Circonscription de Bruxelles-Hal-Vilvorde