Glenn Richards

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Name = Glenn Richards

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Spotswood, Victoria, Australia
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Glenn Richards is an Australian songwriter, known primarily for his work in the band Augie March. He is the half-brother of actor Eric Stoltz, although apparently the two have seldom met. He is famous for flagrantly disregarding rhythm and metre in his lyrics, reflecting his ongoing struggle to marry free verse and rock and roll. He currently lives in Adelaide with his two daughters, Peta and Sally. His dislikes include cats and photos of people's cats.

Early years

Glenn Richards was born in Victoria on the 17 November 1972. Not much is known about his childhood, but Glenn claims most of it was spent in fiery intellectual debate with his younger brother Steven, who now runs a two-star Italian restaurant in Northcote. Rumours persist of his involvement in the notorious extortion gang, The Baby Snitchers, for which he supposedly spent three years in juvenile detentionFact|date=February 2008. Although its legitimacy is dubious, there does exist a comment attributed to him concerning his days in prison:

"It was there that I first began reading poetry. Initially, it was a defence mechanism. If the other kids found out you didn't know your Milton from your Wordsworth, you'd be dead by the end of the week. But gradually I began to appreciate the efforts of these famous poets, and before I knew it, I had 'Juggernaut Boy' scrawled in excrement on my cell wall. It wasn't pretty, but by God was it diverting. After that, it was only a matter of time before the BMG talent-scouts in the next cell discovered my work and offered me a twelve-cigarette deal on the spot."

Upon release from detention, Richards saved up enough money to buy his first guitar by working long hours on the docks in Fremantle, Western Australia. This demanding work earned him the barrel chest and tendency to brawl that continue into later life.

With Augie March

Richards joined Augie March in August 1995, playing his first gig with them five years later. The occasion was the backyard wedding of his elder sister Clementia, now happily divorced and living in Fairfield. Since then, Augie March have grown to become Australia's third-favourite literate pop group, after The Whitlams and Eskimo Joe.

To date they have released two EPs and three mini-LPs, while Richards has released one solo EP.

Discography

Albums

*"Sunset Studies", (BMG Australia), 2000
*"Strange Bird", (BMG Australia), 2002
*"Closed Off, Cold & Bitter - Life As a Can of Beer" (Solo EP), 2006
*"Moo, You Bloody Choir", (BMG Australia), 2006

External links

* [http://www.augie-march.com/ Official Augie March Website]
* [http://forums.augiemarch.com/ Official Augie March Forum]