When Ricky first joined the band he was a "Carer" for his grandparents, in his words he went the shop once a week for them and was free 24/7, but in July he got a payout for both of I think just over 3 grand and he went on holidays for 6 weeks and bought lots of new clothes, he paid for none of the album and still none of the rehearsals despite at the time having more money then everyone else. Once he stopped being carer and got a real job things went drastically downwards, given he wasn't contributing any songwriting or money, his availability and the fact he use to bring mates to the gigs were his two pluses, every gig he was there he would have a fair few friends at it, however when the pandemic hit his friend dean moved to Spain and that stopped, I asked him about it his mates not coming to gigs anymore and he said "They were all Dean's mates" so he was now less available, paying nothing and brining nobody.
I will say at the album launch he brought about 20 people, I had about 30 and Rennick brought.......himself.
His live performance was an issue, he blew hot and cold, I remember him doing sabotage live at our button factory gig, it was a closer. He was already off stage in his head and did it so half arsed it killed me, last song give it everything, leave nothing in the tank, and he phoned it in, that bothered me high end, we also could't release the live version of "Never did it for the money" cause he was so out of key or "Spaceman" because he was playing the chorus when the verse kicked back in for far too long.
He didn't like the heavier direction we were going in, didn't like I was doing more shouting and not giving him lines, and didn't like that since we found Pirate rehearsal rooms, we were taking turns paying and he had to pay every 3rd go, by the end of his tenure he owed me over a grand I will never see again. When we went into studio he would panic and say we don't know the song, me and Rennick will have been playing it for months with Ricky just not joining in, i'd send him video of me playing the riffs and a tab done out and he still wouldn't learn. I always suspected he learned bass via computer game because hammer ons and pull offs, sliding into notes, any type of feel was completely absent it was just landing on the note big and with a thud, he confirmed the rennick this was how he learnt, a gammer till the end.
When we got invited to UK to play the Festival Standon Calling, I also blame him for fucking up on us making an impression, and he also poured all his drink into my pint glass all the time so I was fucked, but his general demeanour and all when we were trying to win this booker over.....all went to shit.
Last gig was in Fibbers, I was sloshed, m2m we started of well, but there was one point where my pedal cut off and ricky went mad said it was amateurish and he was sick of it, now he pulled this out of his arse, my wireless cut out once before when were playing that UK festival but like when I turned around, figured it out after first song and never again did it happen, 8 months latter pedal disconnects for a second and ricky blames the wireless, loses it says i'm unprofessional, I say says he roars it at me when i'm beside my girlfriend, I say "You've been looking for anything to have a go at me" because i'm always trying not to give him shit but he did so little I would have to so he jumped at having a chance to give me shit, he flipped and said he didn't want to be in a band where he wasn't respected I said "Sorry you feel that way" but closed the door on him asap, fuck him he brought nothing and cost me a fortune, seeya.
Was some good times, he is an alright skin, but in the context of a band, he's awful.
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