Ricardo Capuano (23 June 1971 – 16 August 2022), better known as Rico, was a Scottish rock singer-songwriter.
Biography
Capuano was born in Paisley in 1971. He was the singer with the band Perfect World in the mid-1990s. Record company interest did not translate into a record deal, and he later went solo, recording as simply Rico.
His debut album ''Sanctuary Medicines'' was released by EMI/Chrysalis in 1999, and was described by the ''
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, Glasgow on 16 August 2022. His death was announced by friend and collaborator Gary Numan.
Behind The Noise
Starting in 2011, Rico was involved in Behind The Noise, a Glasgow-based music business education programme. The programme took young people through the music industry, including recording, production, promotion and live gigs at the Classic Grand. The project stopped running in 2019 after they were unable to secure funding.