RichardChristy

As May 13 brings what should be the happy 45th birthday of Chuck Schuldiner, the legacy of the late Death/Control Denied/Mantas main man is found in the best state since his untimely passing over ten years ago. With an ongoing ambitious reissue and rarity series appearing with regularity, the man's musical progress from 1984 through 2001 has been preserved, repaired where needed, and annotated by

Heavy metal fans know Richard Christy from his stunning drum work in bands like Death, Iced Earth, Control Denied and Charred Walls of the Damned, his current group. But the 37-year-old Kansas native is also familiar to a legion of Howard Stern Show fans where he's one of the legendary host's comedy writers and on-air talents ...

While many Noisecreep readers know him from his drum work with the likes of Death, Controlled Denied, Iced Earth, and his current group, Charred Walls of the Damned, the rest of the world became aware of Richard Christy through his work on the Howard Stern Show...

Howard Stern fans first became acquainted with Richard Christy in July of 2004, when he joined 'The King of All Media' as a writer on his smash hit morning radio show. By that time, most in-the-know metalheads already knew Christy from his work with everyone from Iced Earth to the legendary Death...

You may know Richard Christy as prankster on 'The Howard Stern Show.' He's also quite the accomplished drummer, slaying eardrums as the mastermind behind Charred Walls of the Damned. Check out this video of his drumming duel with Mike Portnoy of Dream Theater...

The word supergroup gets thrown around a lot, but most of us can count on one hand the number of groups who truly deserve the distinction of being 'super.' So when it was announced that Richard Christy (Death, Iced Earth) had joined forces with Tim 'Ripper' Owens (Judas Priest, Iced Earth), Steve DiGiorgio (Sadus, Testament) and producer Jason Suecof (Trivium, All That Remains) to form a new proje

Slipknot, Vegas, Halloween, and Fangoria Trinity of Terrors. What a combination! The possibilities are endless when Slipknot take the stage Halloween night at the Palms as part of the Fangoria-sponsored weekend. So you can imagine Noisecreep's curiosity when Slipknot frontman Corey Taylor gave us this little preview...

Charred Walls of the Damned's Richard Christy is single-handedly responsible for meta getting airtime -- however brief -- on Howard Stern's radio show. "It's hard to get straightforward metal played on the show, but I give metal to our bumper guy and he puts it," Christy told Noisecreep...