Richard Anderson - Discography

Richard Anderson - Discography
I shall endeavour to give a breakdown and some info on each project thus far released as well as upcoming projects. Hopefully in time some of the people associated with each project will be able to come and add their 2 penneth as well :-)


Album's, EP's & Singles Released:

- Kween - Journey In A Labyrinth (1998 - Japan)
- David Austin - A Changing Sky (2001 - Re-Released 2003 - New Zealand)
- 003 - Chasing The Sun (2001 - Japan)
- 003 - Not For Sale (2001 - Japan)
- 003 - Chasing The Sun (2002 - Online Live Video Release)
- Annan - I Wish You Love (2003 - Japan)
- Rob Smith - Be Careful What You Wish For (2005 - New Zealand)
- Rob Smith - Actions Speak Louder Than Words (2006 - New Zealand)
- Quadraphonic - Live In The Marquee - The Official Bootleg (2006 - New Zealand)
- Scott Rose - Deep Sumthing (2006 - USA)
- Rick Bone & Friends - MS Blues (2007 - USA)
- GONE WILD - GONE WILD (2007 - New Zealand, Norway, Australia)
- Nils-Ole Finbak - Green (2007 - Norway)
- GONE WILD - For Your Love (2007 - Internet Single Release)
- Versailles Records - Skater Rock Vol 1, 2 & 3 (2008 - USA - Compilation)
- Hayley Oliver, Rob Smith & Richard Anderson - Something To Remember (2009 - New Zealand)
- GONE WILD - GONE WILD II (2009 - New Zealand, Norway)
- Rob Smith & Nils-Ole Finbak - Atmospheres (2009 - New Zealand, Norway)
- Rob Smith - Good Memories Are Made To Last (2009 - Internet Single Release)
- Rob Smith - Never A Dull Moment (2009 - New Zealand)
- Versailles Records - Lit Up: A Millennium Tribute To Buckcherry / Anthem Rock Vol 1 & 2 (Sampler) (2009 - USA)

Coming Soon:
- David Austin - ? (2010 - New Zealand)
- Chris Szkup - ? (2010 - Australia)
- The Feckers - ? (2011 - Australia, New Zealand, Norway, USA, Sweden)
- Rob Smith - No Smoking (2011 - New Zealand)
- Carol Smith - Tranquility (2011 - New Zealand)
- Rob Smith & Nils-Ole Finbak - Atmosphere's II (New Zealand, Norway)
- Rob Smith - Thick & Thin (2011 - New Zealand)

Upcoming Projects - 2010 & Beyond:

*please note this list is subject to change and additions will no doubt occur The Feckers - The songs of Chris Szkup & Richard Anderson *currently in production* (Australia, New Zealand) This is an exciting project that Chris Szkup & myself have gotten together, an allstar cast of characters have leant their talents to bring about the best of the Szkup-Anderson co-writes. We have enlisted both people that we have worked with previously and also some new and known talent for the cause....we have discussed plans to work on further material after the release of this album, and don't be surprised if there are not one or two (or more) offshoot projects in collaboration with the various members of The Feckers in the future as well. Chris Szkup - Melbourne, Australia Richard Anderson - Wellington, New Zealand Joakim Finbak Pedersen - Norway Roy "The Beer King" Bratbakken - Norway

Method In The Madness - Method In The Madness (Russia, New Zealand) A few of our collaborative efforts have been demoed, with talk of an actual album being worked on in the future.

GONE WILD - GONE WILD II (2009)

GONE WILD - GONE WILD II
Released May 2009
Released by Polar Music New Zealand / GONE WILD Productions
Produced by Rob Smith @ Polar Music New Zealand Studio's, Ratapiko, Taranaki, New Zealand
Chris Szkup's Guitars on "State Of Euphoria" & "Georgia Peach" Co-Produced by Bill McMartin @ Beyond Therapy Studio's, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Mastered by Rob Smith @ Polar Music New Zealand Studio's, Ratapiko, Taranaki, New Zealand

- Rob Smith (Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Programming)
- Richard Anderson (Vocals, Narrations)
- Matt Sturgess (Bass)
- Chris Szkup (Lead Guitars - "State Of Euphoria", "Georgia Peach" & "Bourbon Blues")
- Robin Wellaway (Sax - "Living On The Edge", "Legacy", "Is It Real?" & "In The Year Of The Blues")
- Nils-Ole Finbak (Piano - "Silent Tears", "If Only I Could Find The Words" & "In The Year Of The Blues")
- MC Hizzy (Rap - "Oblivion")
- Madame XXX (Spoken Intro - "Georgia Peach")
- Kenny Killz (Spoken Intro - "Once Bitten")
- Kayla Driskel (Children's Narrations - "Silent Tears")

Disc I:
1. Silent Tears (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess, N.Finbak)
2. Rock This World (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess)
3. Immortal (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess)
4. Bitter Sweet (R.Smith, M.Sturgess)
5. Living On The Edge (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess)
6. Oblivion (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess, MC Hizzy)
7. The Living Dead (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess)
8. Straightjackets (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess)
9. State Of Euphoria (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess, C.Szkup)
10. Once Bitten (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess)
11. Legacy (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess)
12. My Good Addiction (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess)
13. The Death Of A Hero (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess)
14. Georgia Peach (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess, C.Szkup)
15. De Ja Vu (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess)

Disc II:
16. Thunder & Lightning (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess)
17. I Caught You Out (R.Smith, M.Sturgess)
18. Thicker (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess)
19. Is It Real? (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess)
20. Karma (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess)
21. Doesn't Really Matter (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess)
22. Rise Up (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess)
23. The Way Of The World (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess)
24. If Only I Could Find The Words (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess, N.Finbak)
25. In The Year Of The Blues (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess, N.Finbak)
26. Where Would We Be? (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess)
27. Bourbon Blues (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess, C.Szkup)
28. 21st Century Cool (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess)
29. Wild Boy (R.Anderson, R.Smith, M.Sturgess)


Notes by Richard Anderson:
Matt and Nilsy were both pretty fired up after the release of the first GONE WILD album, both of them at different times jokingly said they were looking forward to doubling the efforts (Nilsy had actually mentioned a 3rd and 4th album as well).

Rob and I both took that to mean they were serious about continuing to ply away rocking out together, so we put our heads together and devised a plan to record a double album. Unfortunately during the writing of this album we had several personal upheavals (2 divorces, 1 death of a sister, 1 death of a father, 1 death of a beloved pet - and several musical heroes passing too). Nilsy was unable to direct his energies fulltime into writing and recording for this album, so we decided rather than wait - while the inspiration was running red hot we decided to plow on as a 3 piece. Rob handled the bulk of the musical composition (Matt handled the writing of his basslines, Rob and I teamed up on vocal arrangements on several tracks), and Rob and I both handled the lyrical content. In fact we wrote more songs than wound up on this album, and had dozens of lyrical and musical ideas floating around, some that may find their way to being used in the future.

Inspiration was never a problem when working on this album, but the time it took was something we have agreed we wouldn't want to have to go through again, although looking back personally I feel we have come up with the best set of tracks possible for this follow-up album. We tested ourselves with the production of this album, often coming up with songs in different genres that we hadn't thought we'd travel in - there is some metal, some rap and even some croony blues type things on this album - GONE WILD can never be accused of being one-dimensional that's for real.

I personally like the fact that we were able to put in some of our humour ("Rock This World", "Georgia Peach", "Bourbon Blues") alongside some rather thought provoking songs ("Silent Tears", "Bitter Sweet", "State Of Euphoria", "Legacy", "The Way Of The World"), overall as songwriters I think this album contains not only some of our best hooks and lyrics, but also some outstanding playing, we were motivated enough to try our hand at representing ourselves differently than we had on other projects we had worked on - thus making the 2 years of effort worthwhile in the end.

GONE WILD - Ditto II (Unreleased Track) (2008)

Produced by Rob Smith @ Polar Music New Zealand Studio's, Ratapiko, Taranaki, New Zealand
Mastered by Rob Smith @ Polar Music New Zealand Studio's, Ratapiko, Taranaki, New Zealand

- Rob Smith (Vocals, Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Programming)
- Nils-Ole Finbak (WILD Guitars)

1. Ditto II (Richard Anderson, Rob Smith, Nils-Ole Finbak)


Notes by Richard Anderson:
Initially recorded during "GONE WILD II" sessions, this song wasn't something that suited where we were as a band at that particular time. But Rob rose to the challenge (after I bet him a bottle of bourbon that he couldn't turn Nilsys guitar track into a legitimate song), and I was then challenged to write a lyric to suit. The finished recording has grown on me.

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Skater Rock Vol 1, 2 & 3

Versailles Records - Skater Rock Vol 1, 2 & 3
Released April 2008
Released by Versailles Records USA


Disc 1:
1. Midnight Idols - Hellfire

2. Andy Endberg, Marko Pukkila, Vinny Appice & Rowan Robertson - And The Cradle Will Rock

3. The Jones - Jukebox Junkie

4. Signal 99 - Candy

5. LoveBone - Inside Out

6. Ground Level - Another Day

7. The Clear - The Goat

8. Choke On It - You're Not The Star

9. Hollowpoint - Hate To See You

10. Edmund Allan Brown - Daniel

11. Boarders - True Rebellion

12. Fireborne - No Regrets

13. Squirrels From Hell - Difficult/Funny

14. Adam's God - Angst.com

15. Mongrel - The World Loves A Tragedy

16. Limehead - Burn It Down

17. Rosko - Domino

18. Katet - Addicted To Sin

19. Turn - Litigator Snake

20. The Nick Nittoli Project - The Beach

21. Life Is Drama - Get Back To Your Soul

22. Joetown - Feelin' Rock 'N' Roll

Disc 2:
1. Santagata - Flatline

2. Disarray - Edge Of My Demise

3. Highschool Motherfuckers - What's Wrong With You?

4. One Bad Son - Orange City

5. American Dog ft Jason McMaster - Peace Dog

6. Pylon - Anaconda

7. Katet - Push

8. Buried Future - Vivisection

9. Signal 99 - Armed & Dangerous

10. Rebel Rebel - Harness All the Energy

11. Soulsilens - Loves My Mind

12. Chicago Violin - Wasted Away

13. Whiskey Dick 666 - Self-Destruction

14. Silent Scream - Play Loud

15. Danan Healy Band - What I Want

16. Seven Envy - Fear

17. GONE WILD - Escape

18. 784 Itch - Leaving Now

19. American Heartbreak - Primal Scream

20. Second Hand Child - Can't Stop Us

21. Nemesis Divina - Blue

Disc 3:
1. Veritas - 5 Black Skulls

2. Proven - Threw It All Away

3. Midnight Idols - Nymphomicon

4. Second Hand Child - All In Vein

5. 784 Itch - Foolin' The Crowd

6. Dark Miracle - The Drama

7. The Carpet Thieves - Contact Burn

8. Phearus - Fight Or Flight

9. DW - Cold Shower

10. Seven Deadly Sins - That's When Things Got Ugly

11. Pure, Inc. - The End

12. Big Engine - I'm Ready, Let's Go

13. 3 Dead - Al-Queda Waltz

14. Janne Hurme, Costello Hautamäki, Phil Varone & Marko Pukkila - Finish What Ya Started

15. Santagata - The Fire Inside

16. Kissing Pat - Electric Man (Potentia)

17. Through Darkness - Väinämöinen

18. Redeemer - I Am Revenge

19. Danan Healy Band - Despise You

20. The Karen Single Band - The Wild Side

21. Soulsilens - What Is True / Soulsilens

GONE WILD's first official release in the USA. The band were honoured to have their song released on an album featuring band members from some of their own past influences.

Notes by Richard Anderson:
We as a band (and also individually) were quite proud to be on this album alongside the names of some chaps who had been (and are) in some bands who we have listened to for a long time, then upon hearing the album in it's entirety it was a cool thing to know that our track stood up alongside some of the songs that were no doubt recorded in some pretty cutting edge recording studio's.

GONE WILD - For Your Love (Mp3 Single)

GONE WILD - For Your Love

Released in 2007 as a free online mp3 download
Released by Polar Music New Zealand / GONE WILD Productions
Produced by Rob Smith @ Polar Music New Zealand Studio's, Ratapiko, Taranaki, New Zealand
Mastered by Rob Smith @ Polar Music New Zealand Studio's, Ratapiko, Taranaki, New Zealand

- Rob Smith (Vocals, Guitars, Keyboards, Programming)
- Richard Anderson (Vocals)
- Matt Sturgess (Bass)

1. For Your Love (Graham Gouldman, Arr: Rob Smith)

"For Your Love" is a cover of The Yardbirds classic, Rob used to play this song (with a similar arrangement) live during his years with Crazy Paving.

Notes by Richard Anderson:
Rob showed me a video he had of a Crazy Paving (one of his former bands) practice, it was quite hilarious in that they would all be giving each other cheek and would dress up between songs. Rob remembered later that there was a version of "For Your Love" that they would play as a 3 piece to give his wife Carol a break from singing, he had mentioned how he had always wanted to take that arrangement and have it recorded. During downtime between tracks for the "GONE WILD II" album (in fact Matt, Nilsy and I were going to work on a collection of songs with various singers while Rob was supposed to be working on his 3rd solo album, but plans changed when Rob decided he was dead keen to get on with "GONE WILD II"), Rob had set about recording "For Your Love", Matt added his bass and I added some backing vocals to the completed recording. The feedback for this track has been amazing, and we do all really like how what started out as a bit an off-the-cuff idea (so many of our good ideas come about this way) turned into something that has garnered a lot of compliments for us from all over the world.

Now Is Now

Hopefully I can help to inspire others in their endeavours in some way - as many people have done so with me over the years.

Why the term The Mongrel Breed ? well thats a bit of a kiwi (New Zealander) saying for someone of mixed blood, or otherwise known as a "bitsa" (bits a this, bits a that).

I'm into my genealogy research in a big way (there are loads of personal reasons for this), and also being that I am a songwriter/recording artist, it's a moniker I had set aside for my first solo endeavour - whenever I'll get around to putting it together is beyond me, because quite frankly I am not really in any rush to go down the road to solo album status just yet - I am having far too much fun working with other people.

I have previously encorporated the genealogy theme into my musical endeavours (its nice when one's passions can collide like that) having co-written a song with a distant cousin of mine, which wound up on his and his 2 son's album (which reminds me - where's my copy ??? LOL) - additionally I am currently working with my niece on some material as she is quite the talent and has taken to singing like a duck to water, which makes me proud as it means should I decide to hang my boots up at least I still have someone close to whom I can impart some knowledge and hopefully help out in the longterm.

So what have I been up to???

The last few years I have spent working with a remarkable songwriter, musician and producer named Rob Smith ( www.myspace.com/robsmithmuso/ ), I've learnt a lot about myself through working with Rob, he's always been professional, patient and open to ideas from someone who admittedly is less of a musician than he is (and never could I hope to be as accomplished as he is!) but I am also as passionate about his work as what he is. We make a good team and thats precisely what it's all about - being part of a team, no drama queen antics required thanks :-)

It was at Rob and his lovely wife's suggestion that I get off my own ass and put some of my own material together and do something with it - gee I hadn't thought of that! LOL, I had been so busy concentrating on writing for and with other people that I hadn't any thoughts of stepping behind the mic - actually I didn't really think I would have the confidence - but again a good friend can help you to achieve anything I reckon.

It was quite a blessing to then have had the time and inclination to work with Rob in our band GONE WILD ( www.myspace.com/gonewildnz ) thus releasing our debut album "GONE WILD" in 2007, and then the follow-up (a double album nonetheless) "GONE WILD II" in 2009.

One thing I have learnt through working with Rob is that it is okay to put real and just thoughts and feelings into one's own music weither you think it is something people will relate to or not - if you have something you feel is valid to put out there that you know you can live with in 20 years time - then go for it!!! - at the end of the day it is rather surprising as to what people will be able to relate to - usually it is the things that you're most unsure of that people seem to be attracted to, which is kind of weird really. But all in all the biggest thing I have learnt is to enjoy the experiences of writing and recording and all the other stuff that goes along with running one's own label (we have our own independent label, Polar Music New Zealand - which keeps us rather busy).

Whilst Rob is a solo artist, he has also worked with not only myself but with several other writers and recording artists on collaborative projects in the last few years (and indeed has more in the pipeline as I type this) - which again has offered up allsorts of learning curves, mostly ones without pain ! LOL. I think we can justifiably look back on what we have achieved so far from an artistic perspective and know we have done some cool things, both as co-horts, bandmates and individuals as well.

Another chap that I have had an equal amount of pleasure of working with for a number of years is Chris Szkup ( www.myspace.com/eatpopslop ) or ( http://www.cs-songs.com/ )- Chris is an amazing guitarist, but not only that a superb arranger - and he's become not too shabby in the vocal department either. Chris we would have had as a fulltime member of GONE WILD from the start, but he had a solo album that he was working on, which was his dream - so far be it for us to step on the creation of that masterpiece. But ever the gent, Chris made cameo appearances on both GONE WILD albums - adding something really special to every song that he played on too I might add. Recently his debut album "Pieces Of Eternity" was released and it is everything that Chris (and me too!) had hoped it would be - he's been getting great feedback from people and thankfully it's selling too.

Chris and I are currently hard at work (he's working on his 2nd solo album, which it seems Rob and I may be helping out with on a song or two, sorry Chris, the cats out of the bag LOL) writing and recording with some our friends the world over for our collaborative project The Feckers, essentially how this project came about was that we had previously written and recorded a number of tunes - and testament to Chris' belief in our friendship and our songs, he suggested we get these into ship-shape and record an album. So with that we have got some of our friends and family aboard to help out with some cameo's in both the music and vocal department (although we're pegged to sing some stuff ourselves, we wanted to make this a true team affair and not an ego-driven exercise as for us it is all about the music). Once again working on something like this has brought us some real pleasure - and also into some contact with some amazingly talented individuals - some known, most seemingly unknown - for now, trust me there's some amazing performances already in the can!

I look forward to the continued work with both Rob and Chris in the future - I am sure whatever the future holds our paths will continue to cross (we are as yet undecided as to weither there will be a 3rd GONE WILD album or not - if the timings right and the muse is kind then it shall happen), my ears are always open for their work, weither it's something I have had a hand in or not matters not one iota to me really. It is just an absolute pleasure to know that people blessed with their talents are sharing their gifts with others, hopefully all these proverbial kicks in the right direction all these years have been fully worth it :-)

Aside from these projects, I am also branching out and working with various other artists on solo projects that are in the works, some of them completely different to what people might think I would align myself to - but then again Polar Music New Zealand has never been about pigeon-holing ourselves into one set vibe - hopefully 2010 will be a good year and some of these other people's dreams will become their realities too!

I shall use this blog as a means to keep people posted as to what is going on with the different people that I work with, and also to make some shout outs to some friends - hopefully getting them some people interested in their activities as well. Of course it shall also be a place where I may vent - afterall some good stuff comes out of unleashing ones thoughts and not bottling them up (that is how I came into the realm of writing in the first place...)

Anyway thanks for reading and I hope this has been an okay kick-off !

cheers
Richard