Richard Falomir
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Richard Falomir is an American musician, perhaps best known as the current drummer
for the Orange County
rock band The Aquabats
, in which he performs under the stage name
Ricky Fitness.
Prior to joining The Aquabats in 2002, Falomir was an original member of the So Cal punk rock
band Assorted Jelly Beans up until the group's disbandment in 1999. He has also briefly served as a touring drummer for The Aggrolites
.
Falomir also serves as a composer
, arranger
and music director
for the childrens television series Yo Gabba Gabba!
, created by fellow Aquabat Christian Jacobs. He has also made several appearances onscreen as both costumed monsters and his onstage persona Ricky Fitness.
Drummer
A drummer is a musician who is capable of playing drums, which includes but is not limited to a drum kit and accessory based hardware which includes an assortment of pedals and standing support mechanisms, marching percussion and/or any musical instrument that is struck within the context of a...
for the Orange County
Orange County, California
Orange County is a county in the U.S. state of California. Its county seat is Santa Ana. As of the 2010 census, its population was 3,010,232, up from 2,846,293 at the 2000 census, making it the third most populous county in California, behind Los Angeles County and San Diego County...
rock band The Aquabats
The Aquabats
The Aquabats are an American rock band formed in 1994 in Orange County, California. They have released five full-length studio albums and have toured internationally. They are best known for their mythology, in which they claim to be superheroes on a quest to save the world from evil through music...
, in which he performs under the stage name
Stage name
A stage name, also called a showbiz name or screen name, is a pseudonym used by performers and entertainers such as actors, wrestlers, comedians, and musicians.-Motivation to use a stage name:...
Ricky Fitness.
Prior to joining The Aquabats in 2002, Falomir was an original member of the So Cal punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band Assorted Jelly Beans up until the group's disbandment in 1999. He has also briefly served as a touring drummer for The Aggrolites
The Aggrolites
The Aggrolites are a reggae and ska band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2002.- Overview :The Aggrolites are an amalgamation of two previous Los Angeles reggae and ska bands, the Vessels and the Rhythm Doctors. They formed in 2002 as a live backing band for reggae icon Derrick Morgan, and...
.
Falomir also serves as a composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
, arranger
Arrangement
The American Federation of Musicians defines arranging as "the art of preparing and adapting an already written composition for presentation in other than its original form. An arrangement may include reharmonization, paraphrasing, and/or development of a composition, so that it fully represents...
and music director
Music director
A music director may be the director of an orchestra, the director of music for a film, the director of music at a radio station, the head of the music department in a school, the co-ordinator of the musical ensembles in a university or college , the head bandmaster of a military band, the head...
for the childrens television series Yo Gabba Gabba!
Yo Gabba Gabba!
Yo Gabba Gabba! is an American children's television show currently airing on the Nick Jr. cable network in the United States and the Nick Jr. networks in the United Kingdom & Ireland, Italy, France and Australia as well as Treehouse TV network in Canada and RTE2 on RTEjr see Raidió Teilifís...
, created by fellow Aquabat Christian Jacobs. He has also made several appearances onscreen as both costumed monsters and his onstage persona Ricky Fitness.
Discography
- Assorted Jelly Beans - Assorted Jelly BeansAssorted Jelly Beans (album)-Track listing:# "No Time" - 2:24# "Plain Life" - 2:22# "Braindead" - 2:38# "8th Grade Nerd" - 2:33# "In Our Eyes" - 2:38# "Don't Ask Me" - 2:39# "Punk Rock Jock" - 2:11# "Assorted Jelly Beans" - 2:11# "You'll Never Know" - 2:20# "Another Way" - 2:04...
(1996) - drums, vocals - Assorted Jelly Beans - What's Really Going OnWhat's Really Going OnWhat's Really Going On!?! is an album by Assorted Jelly Beans, released in 1998.-Track listing:# "Contordations" - 1:37# "Wiggerside" - 3:03# "The Rhythm" - 1:53# "Juttered" - 2:38# "Loadie Mission" - 1:57# "Booshduckdow" - 2:32...
(1998) - drums, vocals - Assorted Jelly Beans - WWW.Y2KTheory.EP..A.J.B..Com (1999) - drums, vocals
- The AquabatsThe AquabatsThe Aquabats are an American rock band formed in 1994 in Orange County, California. They have released five full-length studio albums and have toured internationally. They are best known for their mythology, in which they claim to be superheroes on a quest to save the world from evil through music...
- Charge!!Charge!!Charge!! is the fifth studio album by American band The Aquabats, released on June 7, 2005 on Nitro Records.-Album overview:The album was very similar in sound to the previous year's EP, Yo, Check Out This Ride!. Sonically, the band had lost nearly all of the horn sounds from earlier albums...
(2005) - drums - The AquabatsThe AquabatsThe Aquabats are an American rock band formed in 1994 in Orange County, California. They have released five full-length studio albums and have toured internationally. They are best known for their mythology, in which they claim to be superheroes on a quest to save the world from evil through music...
- Hi-Five Soup!Hi-Five Soup!- Personnel :The Aquabats*The MC Bat Commander – vocals*Crash McLarson – bass, backing vocals*Eagle "Bones" Falconhawk – guitar, backing vocals*Jimmy The Robot – keyboards, backing vocals*Ricky Fitness – drums, percussion, backing vocalsAdditional musicians...
(2011) - drums, vocals