Joe Rickard

Rickard is the former drummer for Swedish heavy metal band In Flames and Grammy Award-nominated band Red.^[3] He has performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno^[4] and The Conan O'Brien Show,^[5] and was voted one of the Up & Coming Drummers of 2010 by Modern Drummer Magazine.^[6] He also recorded all of the live drums for Mötley Crüe's 2019 biographical film, The Dirt.^[7] In November 2007, Rickard replaced Hayden Lamb as the drummer of Red. In 2014, after spending six years, three albums and numerous tours with Red, Rickard decided to leave the band.^[8] He joined Swedish metal band In Flames in 2016.^[1] Rickard was the drummer for In Flames until 2019.^[9]

After touring in several bands and performing on various albums, Rickard has now become a full time producer, mixer, and writer. He has worked with Three Days Grace, Apocalyptica, 10 Years, Starset, Another Day Dawns,^[10] Love And Death, Brian Welch, Diamante, Keith Wallen of Breaking Benjamin, Rob Graves, Trevor McNevan of Thousand Foot Krutch, Manafest, The Wedding, and Islander. He also works with music producer Howard Benson on a regular basis, mixing several of his recent releases.^[11]