Joe Rickard
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Rickard with In Flames in 2017 | |
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| Born | Joseph Robert Rickard April 12, 1987 |
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| Years active | 2004–present |
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| Website | joerickardproductions.com |
Joe Rickard (born April 12, 1987) is an American record producer, mixing engineer, and drummer. He was a member of the rock band Red from 2008 through 2014 and Swedish heavy metal band In Flames from 2016 through 2019.[1] He then began primarily writing, mixing and producing, often working with music producer Howard Benson.[2]
Biography
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]
Discography
| Year | Artist | Album | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Stitched Up Heart | "SICK SICK SICK (featuring Eyes Set To Kill and Lauren Babic)" | Mixer, Immersive Mix Engineer[12] |
| Fallen Within | "Worlds Apart (featuring Saliva)" | Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Programmer, Immersive Mix Engineer[13] | |
| Dream Beard | "SPRAY (featuring Sada Baby)" | Immersive Mix Engineer[14] | |
| Butcher Babies | Insincerity ( "Sincerity (You Were Never There For Me)" feat. Saliva, Lyric Noel, and Harper, "Sincerity (The War You Started)" feat. Kinda Happy, ORIGINAL SELF, and Sleeping In Silence, "Sincerity (Now I See It All So Clear)" feat. Gina Fritz, Chad Kowal, and neversleep., "Sincerity (You Fooled Me Twice)" feat. Ben Jewell, Erik "Shredz" Jenson and Cage Fight, "Sincerity (I Know I Wasn't Perfect)" feat. Shawn O'Donnell and ALYXX) | Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Programmer, Immersive Mix Engineer[15] | |
| Limp Bizkit | "Making Love To Morgan Wallen" | Immerse Mixing Engineer[16] | |
| Silos | APOCALIPS 2.0 (feat. HIGHSOCIETY) | Mixer, Immersive Mixing Engineer | |
| Three Days Grace | Alienation | Assistant Engineer[17] | |
| Bobby Amaru & Veda | "Somebody That I Used To Know," "Just Pretend," "Somewhere I Belong," Somebody's Watching Me," "Last Resort" | Producer, Mixer, Mastering Engineer, Programmer, Immersive Mix Engineer,[18][19][20][21][22] | |
| Saliva | "They Don't Really Care About Us," "Hit 'Em Where It Hurts," "Too Broke To Fix (featuring the Founder)" | Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Programmer, Immersive Mix Engineer,[23] "Hit 'Em Where It Hurts",[24][25] | |
| Three Days Grace | Apologies | Assistant Engineer, Composer[26] | |
| Starset | Silos | Producer, Mixer, Recording Engineer, Programmer, Studio Drummer | |
| Dead Rabbitts | Redefined | Producer, Mixer, Immersive Mix Engineer[27] | |
| Caleb Hyles | The Darkness Before The Dawn | Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Immersive Mix Engineer[28] | |
| Silos | Apocalips | Mixer, Immersive Mix Engineer[29] | |
| Saliva | Revelation: Retold[30] ("Time Bomb", "High On Me: Retold", "Horizon: Retold", "Crowd Goes Wild", and "Devil's World" only) | Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Immersive Mix Engineer | |
| 2024 | Ashes Remain | "Lost Light" | Mixer, Recording Engineer |
| Three Days Grace | "Mayday" | Assistant Recording Engineer | |
| Ashes Remain | "Don’t Let Go" | Mixer, Recording Engineer | |
| Butcher Babies and Judge & Jury | "Sincerity" | Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Immersive Mix Engineer[31] | |
| Starset | "Dystopia" | Producer, Programmer, Recording Engineer, Songwriter[32] | |
| Breaking Benjamin | "Awaken" | Recording Engineer, Vocal Recording Engineer[33] | |
| Veda, Saliva, and Judge & Jury | "I Breakdown" | Producer, Mixer, Programmer, Immersive Mix Engineer[34] | |
| Judge & Jury and Tyler Connolly of Theory of a Deadman | "The Urge" | Producer, Mixer, Immersive Mix Engineer[35] | |
| Starset | "TokSik" | Producer, Programmer, Engineer[36] | |
| Veda, Saliva, and Judge & Jury | "Wannabe Me" | Producer, Mixer, Drums, Immersive Mix Engineer[37] | |
| Starset | "DEGENERATE" | Producer, Mixer, Engineer, Programmer[38] | |
| Manafest | Learning How To Be Human | Producer, Songwriter[39] | |
| POKMINDSET | "JEK" | Mixer, Mastering[40] | |
| Starset | "Brave New World" | Producer, Programmer, Engineer[41] | |
| The Black Moods | "Heaven" | Mixer, Mastering, Engineer[42] | |
| 2023 | Jonathan Young and Judge & Jury | Children of Night | Mixer, Atmos Mixer[43] |
| Red | Rated R | Co-writer, Mixer | |
| Kala and Judge & Jury | Diary of a Depressed Creative | Producer, Mixer, Atmos Mixer[44] | |
| In Flames | Foregone | Mixer, Programmer, Studio Keyboards | |
| 2022 | Starset, Breaking Benjamin, and Judge & Jury | "Waiting on the Sky to Change" | Producer, Mixer, Atmos Mixer |
| 2021 | Keith Wallen | This World or the Next | Producer, Mixer, Co-writer, Studio Drummer, Engineer, Programmer, Editor[45] |
| Starset | Horizons | Producer, Mixer | |
| Love and Death | Perfectly Preserved | Producer, Mixer[46] | |
| 2020 | Bella Thorne | "SFB" | Mixer |
| HOUNDS | "Shake Me Up" | Mixer | |
| Apocalyptica | "Talk to Me" (featuring Lzzy Hale) | Mixer | |
| 10 Years | Violent Allies | Mixer[47] | |
| Another Day Dawns | Stranger | Producer, Mixer, Co-writer, Engineer, Programmer, Editor | |
| Diamante | American Dream | Mixer | |
| JunkBunny | Down the Rabbit Hole | Mixer[48] | |
| Three Days Grace | "Somebody That I Used to Know" | Mixer[49] | |
| Red | Declaration | Co-writer, Mixer, Mastering | |
| 2019 | Joyous Wolf | Place in Time | Mixer[50] |
| Issues | Beautiful Oblivion | Co-editor | |
| Starset | Divisions | Producer, Co-writer, Studio Drummer, Engineer, Programmer, Editor | |
| In Flames | I, the Mask | Studio Drummer, Drum Programmer[51] | |
| 2018 | Diamante | Coming in Hot | Studio Drummer, Drum Programmer, percussion[52] |
| Palisades | Erase The Pain | Mixer[53] | |
| 2017 | All That Remains | Madness | Drum Programmer |
| Warbringer | Woe to the Vanquished | Drum Technician[54] | |
| Starset | Vessels | Studio Drummer, Editor | |
| Red | Gone | Co-writer, Studio Drummer | |
| 2016 | In Flames | Battles | Studio Drummer, Drum Programmer |
| 2015 | Islander | "Wake Up!" (featuring Jonathan Davis) | Producer, Co-mixer Co-writer, Studio Drummer, Programmer, Editor |
| 2014 | Caleb Johnson | Testify | Studio Drummer |
| Starset | Transmissions | Co-writer, Studio Drummer, programmer[55] | |
| 2013 | Love and Death | Between Here & Lost ("Paralyzed" only) | Studio Drummer, Engineer |
| Red | Release the Panic | Co-writer, Studio Drummer, programmer[56] | |
| 2012 | Disciple | O God Save Us All | Editor[57] |
| 2011 | Red | Until We Have Faces | Co-writer, Studio Drummer[58] |
| 2010 | Kerrie Roberts | Kerrie Roberts | Studio Drummer, Percussion |
| 2009 | Red | Innocence & Instinct | Studio Drummer[59] |
| Pillar | Confessions | Studio Drummer | |
| 2007 | The Wedding | Polarity | Studio Drummer |
References
- ^ a b "IN FLAMES - Presenting Our New Drummer! (OFFICIAL) - YouTube". www.youtube.com. October 3, 2016.
- ^ "Joe Rickard - Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ "Recording Academy Grammy Awards: Red - Release The Panic". Recording Academy Grammy Awards. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ "All Access Industry Snap: Red". All Access. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ "Setting off Panic - Red drummer Joe Rickard hard the best seat in the house". HM Magazine. May 5, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ "Full text of "Modern Drummer Issue 368"". Archive. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ "Joe Rickard - IMDB". IMDB. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
- ^ Jones, Kim (February 1, 2014). "Joe Rickard Says Goodbye To RED". Music Times.
- ^ "In Flames Guitarist Björn Gelotte Devastated Over Sudden Drummer Change". Ultimate Guitar. March 9, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ "ANOTHER DAY DAWNS FRONTMAN DAKOTA SEAN ON THEIR FEROCIOUS NEW EP AND BRIGHT FUTURE!". Icon Vision. March 24, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ "Credits for Joe Rickard". Tidal. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ "Stitched Up Heart - SICK SICK SICK". Tidal. Retrieved November 21, 2025.
- ^ "Fallen Within - Worlds Apart". Tidal. Retrieved November 15, 2025.
- ^ "Dream Beard - SPRAY". Tidal. Retrieved November 7, 2025.
- ^ "Butcher Babies - Insincerity". Tidal. Retrieved October 28, 2025.
- ^ "Limp Bizkit - Making Love To Morgan Wallen". Tidal. October 16, 2025. Retrieved October 16, 2025.
- ^ "Three Days Grace - Alienation". Tidal. October 16, 2025. Retrieved October 16, 2025.
- ^ "Bobby Amaru - Somebody That I Used To Know". Tidal. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
- ^ "Bobby Amaru - Just Pretend". Tidal. July 18, 2025. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
- ^ "Bobby Amaru - Somewhere I Belong". Tidal. August 29, 2025. Retrieved August 29, 2025.
- ^ "Bobby Amaru - Somebody's Watching Me". Tidal. September 26, 2025. Retrieved October 16, 2025.
- ^ "Bobby Amaru - Last Resort". Tidal. September 26, 2025. Retrieved December 5, 2025.
- ^ "Saliva - They Don't Really Care About Us". Tidal. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
- ^ "Saliva - Hit 'Em Where It Hurts". Tidal. August 30, 2025. Retrieved August 30, 2025.
- ^ "Saliva - Too Broke To Fix". Tidal. October 17, 2025. Retrieved October 17, 2025.
- ^ "Three Days Grace - Apologies". Tidal. October 16, 2025. Retrieved October 16, 2025.
- ^ "Dead Rabbitts - Redefined". Tidal. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
- ^ "Caleb Hyles - The Darkness Before The Dawn". Tidal. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
- ^ "Silos - APOCALIPS". Tidal. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
- ^ "Saliva - Revelation: Retold". Tidal. Retrieved March 1, 2025.
- ^ "Butcher Babies - Sincerity". Tidal. November 8, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "Starset - Dystopia". Tidal. November 8, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "Breaking Benjamin - Awaken". Genius. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
- ^ "Veda - I Breakdown". Tidal. October 4, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "Judge & Jury - The Urge". Tidal. August 23, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "Starset - TokSik". Tidal. August 16, 2024. Retrieved October 17, 2024.
- ^ "Veda - Wannabe Me". Tidal. August 2, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "Starset - Degenerate". Tidal. Retrieved June 28, 2024.
- ^ "Manafest - Learning How To Be Human". Tidal. June 14, 2024. Retrieved July 1, 2024.
- ^ "POKMINDSET - JEK". Tidal. June 7, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "Starset - Brave New World". Tidal. May 3, 2024. Retrieved May 15, 2024.
- ^ "The Black Moods - Heaven". Tidal. March 22, 2024. Retrieved November 12, 2024.
- ^ "Jonathan Young - Children of Night". Tidal. October 13, 2023. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
- ^ "Kala - Diary of a Depressed Creative". Tidal. May 19, 2023. Retrieved May 20, 2023.
- ^ "Keith Wallen – This World or the Next". StarryMag. April 12, 2021. Retrieved December 20, 2021.
- ^ "Love and Death: Perfectly Preserved". AllMusic. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ^ "10 Years - Violent Allies". Discogs. September 18, 2020. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
- ^ "Junkbunny - Down the Rabbit Hole". Tidal. September 2, 2020. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
- ^ "Three Days Grace - Somebody That I Used to Know / Credits". Tidal. July 22, 2020. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
- ^ "Joyous Wolf - Place In Time". Tidal. April 19, 2019. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
- ^ "In Flames - I, The Mask". Lyrical Spell Magazine. March 1, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ "Diamante - Coming in Hot". Metal Kingdom. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
- ^ "Palisades - Erase The Pain / Credits". Tidal. December 28, 2018. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
- ^ "Warbringer - Woe to the Vanquished". AllMusic. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
- ^ "Starset - Transmissions / Credits". Tidal. July 8, 2014. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
- ^ "RED's Anthony Armstrong + Joe Rickard Talk 'Release the Panic' + More". Loudwire. November 1, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2020.
- ^ "Disciple - O God Save Us All". AllMusic. Retrieved September 6, 2020.
- ^ "RED - Until We Have Faces". AllMusic. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
- ^ "RED - Innocence & Instinct". AllMusic. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
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