Perry Richardson (born July 7, 1958) is an American

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who played in

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until 2000 and is currently the bassist of

Stryper Stryper is an American Christian metal band from Orange County, California. The group's lineup consists of Michael Sweet (lead vocals, guitar), Oz Fox (guitar), Perry Richardson (bass guitar), and Robert Sweet (drums). Formed in 1983 as Roxx ...

Biography

Perry Richardson graduated Conway High School in Conway, South Carolina and went on to graduate from the University of South Carolina/Coastal Carolina in 1980 with Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management. Richardson met C. J. Snare in

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and started a band called Maxx Warrior. Eventually they met with Bill Leverty and Michael Foster (who were playing with a band called White Heat). The four got together in

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and started

in 1989. While with the band, they sold over 7 million albums worldwide and won an American Music Award in 1991 for "Favorite New Artist Heavy Metal/Hard Rock". He was inducted into the South Carolina Entertainment Hall of Fame in 1995. After leaving FireHouse in 2000, Richardson played bass for country music performers

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and

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. On October 30, 2017 Christian metal band

announced that Richardson would be their new bass player to replace

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Discography

with Maxx Warrior

* ''Maxx Warrior'' (1985)

with FireHouse

* ''

'' (1990) * ''

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(1992) * '' 3'' (1995) * ''

Good Acoustics ''Good Acoustics'' is the fourth studio album by the hard rock band FireHouse. It was released in 1996 on Epic Records. The album featured acoustic versions of several of the band's biggest hits. However, it also featured four new songs (one o ...

'' (1996) * '' Category 5'' (1998) * ''

Bring 'Em Out Live ''Bring 'Em Out Live'' is the first live album of the American rock band FireHouse. This is the band's last recording material to feature Perry Richardson playing bass guitar. Track listing # "Intro" # "Overnight Sensation" # "All She Wrote" # " ...

'' (1999)

with Stryper

* ''Even the Devil Believes'' (2020) * ''The Final Battle'' (2022)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Richardson, Perry 1963 births American Christians American performers of Christian music Living people American rock bass guitarists American male bass guitarists FireHouse (band) members 20th-century American guitarists Stryper members