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Rikk Agnew

RIKK AGNEW
 
 
Rikk Agnew  (born December 9, 1958) is an American singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, record producer, and visual artist.  Agnew’s music career spans more than 30 years.  He has previously been a member of some of the most influential bands of the Orange County hardcore punk genre, as well as the highly influential deathrock band Christian Death.  During his years with the Adolescents, Agnew became known as one of the best guitarists in the Southern California hardcore punk scene.  Agnew has also pursued a solo career and released his debut album, All by Myself, in 1982.  (More from Wikipedia)
 
 

Punk stalwart Jeff Dahl – whose resumé includes a stint in the Angry Samoans and recordings with Cheetah Chrome of the Dead Boys and Rikk Agnew of the Adolescents – had worked with both the Peeps and Tempe Tramps in the past.  Jeff Dahl was instrumental in getting Les Hell on Heels signed by Greg Shaw of Bomp! Records – the CD was released shortly before Shaw’s death in 2004 – and Dahl also wrote one of the songs on the CD, “Ain’t So Cool”.  Greg Shaw was quoted as saying of Les Hell on Heels:  “I feel the same way that Phil Spector must have felt when he first saw the Ronettes.” 

 
(December 2013)