Richard Norris (musician)

Richard Norris
Born
Richard Graham Thomas Norris

(1965-06-23) 23 June 1965
Occupations
  • Record producer
  • DJ
  • musician
  • sound engineer
  • author
Years active1979–present

Richard Norris (born 23 June 1965) is a London-based record producer, songwriter, sound engineer, musician, DJ and author. He is best known as a member of electronic dance band The Grid. Norris has also worked as a producer and engineer since the '80s with artists such as Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, Marc Almond and Joe Strummer.

Norris began making music as a teenage member of St. Albans punk band Innocent Vicars. Vicars recorded two singles in 1980: "Antimatter" and "Funky Town" for the independent No Brain Records. Norris started working in the music industry as the label manager for the British psychedelic record label Bam Caruso before becoming a writer for NME in 1987.