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Richard Cheese has been featured on radio morning shows and syndicated radio programs such as ''[[Dr. Demento|The Dr. Demento Show]]'', [[KROQ-FM]]'s ''[[Kevin and Bean]]'', ''[[Jonathon Brandmeier]]'', ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'', ''[[Opie and Anthony]]'', ''[[The Bob and Sheri Show]]'', ''[[The Adam Carolla Show (radio)|The Adam Carolla Show]]'', and ''[[Gonzo Greg|Gonzo in the Morning]]''.
Richard Cheese has been featured on radio morning shows and syndicated radio programs such as ''[[Dr. Demento|The Dr. Demento Show]]'', [[KROQ-FM]]'s ''[[Kevin and Bean]]'', ''[[Jonathon Brandmeier]]'', ''[[The Howard Stern Show]]'', ''[[Opie and Anthony]]'', ''[[The Bob and Sheri Show]]'', ''[[The Adam Carolla Show (radio)|The Adam Carolla Show]]'', and ''[[Gonzo Greg|Gonzo in the Morning]]''.

On March 14, 2012 Davis completed a [[Kickstarter]] campaign to raise $22,000 to publish his autobiography.<ref>"ATLAS LOUNGED," a book about RICHARD CHEESE by Mark Davis by Richard Cheese: Updates. kickstarter.com. Retrieved 17 July 2021.<!--https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/richardcheese/atlas-lounged-a-book-about-richard-cheese-by-mark/posts--></ref> Because the book was delayed, Davis issued refunds to Kickstarter contributors in 2018.<ref>http://atlaslounged.com/refund-info.html</ref> The book title has since been changed to "Grateful: 21 Years of Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine," and "due to pandemic-related manufacturing delays," the book is "expected in late 2021 or early 2022."<ref>https://atlaslounged.com/index.html</ref>


==Band members==
==Band members==

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Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine
Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine performing live in 2011
Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine performing live in 2011
Background information
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Years active2000–present
LabelsCoverage Records (current), Surfdog, Oglio
MembersRichard Cheese (Mark Jonathan Davis)
Bobby Ricotta (Noel Melanio)
Frank Feta (Brian Fishler)
Billy Bleu (Ron Belcher)
Websiterichardcheese.com

Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine (or simply Richard Cheese) is a cover band and comedy act, performing popular songs in a lounge/swing style, reminiscent of Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Tony Bennett. Lounge singer Richard Cheese is a character created and portrayed by Los Angeles-based actor/comedian/singer Mark Jonathan Davis.

History

Davis developed the Richard Cheese lounge singer idea in the mid-1990s.

The band's debut album Richard Cheese: Lounge Against the Machine ("Featuring 16 Swingin' Covers of Alternative Standards") was released in 2000 by Oglio Records.[1] Since 2000, Davis's Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine band has released 28 albums.

Cheese's second and third albums, Tuxicity and I'd Like a Virgin were independently released in 2002 and 2004 by Cheese's own label, Ideatown Entertainment (later renamed to Coverage Records).

From 2004–2006, Surfdog Records released three new Richard Cheese CDs: Aperitif for Destruction, an all-new studio album, Silent Nightclub, a collection of songs tangentially related to the holiday season, and The Sunny Side of the Moon: The Best of Richard Cheese, which included newly re-recorded versions of six Richard Cheese classics plus three all-new covers. Surfdog also re-released the Richard Cheese albums Tuxicity and I'd Like a Virgin on their label.

Beginning in 2007, Cheese returned to releasing his own albums through his independent Coverage Records label: Dick at Nite, Viva La Vodka: Richard Cheese Live, OK Bartender, A Lounge Supreme, Live at the Royal Wedding and its companion behind-the-scenes album The Royal Baby Album, Back in Black Tie, and a Christmas album, Cocktails with Santa.

Cheese also produced an album in 2010 as Johnny Aloha called Lavapalooza, with a band of Hawaiian music musicians performing tiki-style versions of rock and rap songs. The album cover artwork was created by the artist Shag.

In 2016, the band had two songs in the motion picture Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and released a one-track parody album called Live at Wayne Financial Tower in which the band's performance is cut short by Superman's heat vision.

The Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine band released a new studio album on CD titled Licensed to Spill in 2017, and a greatest hits digital compilation titled Lord of the Swings: The Best of Richard Cheese, Volume 2 in 2018. In 2019, the band released Richard Cheese's Big Swingin' Organ, an album of instrumental organ versions of 9 of his songs. Also, in 2019, Richard Cheese released a one-track parody album titled Richard Cheese: Live on Titan which satirized the ending of the motion picture Avengers: Infinity War.

A new studio album titled Numbers Of The Beast was released digitally on July 31, 2020, and another new studio album titled Big Cheese Energy was released digitally on February 26, 2021.

The band has toured extensively around the United States and has played shows in England, Portugal, The Bahamas, and Canada.

The band is currently headlining regularly at Red Rock Casino, Resort & Spa in Las Vegas.

Richard Cheese's cover of Disturbed's "Down with the Sickness" was featured in the 2004 Zack Snyder-directed remake of Dawn of the Dead. Snyder also included Richard Cheese songs in his 2016 Warner Bros. film Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.[2]

Warner Bros. then hired the band to perform and appear as animated LEGO mini-figs in the 2017 film The Lego Batman Movie.

Richard Cheese made his on-screen film acting debut in the Kristen Wiig comedy Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, released in February 2021.

In May 2021, Zack Snyder's Army of the Dead movie featured Richard Cheese singing the opening song "Viva Las Vegas" in a duet with Allison Crowe.

Richard Cheese has made numerous television appearances, including performances on Jimmy Kimmel Live!, on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360° for New Year's Eve, ESPN for a Las Vegas March Madness broadcast, Fox & Friends on Fox News Channel, ITV's The Jonathan Ross Show in England, and as the Vegas house band on NBC's Last Call with Carson Daly and MTV's Say What? Karaoke series.

Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine songs have been featured on ABC's Dancing with the Stars, NBC's Las Vegas series, and NBC's Passions soap opera.

In April 2017, the band's swing cover of Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus" was featured in the opening credits of "Crazy Whitefella Thinking," an episode of HBO's The Leftovers series.

Richard Cheese has been featured on radio morning shows and syndicated radio programs such as The Dr. Demento Show, KROQ-FM's Kevin and Bean, Jonathon Brandmeier, The Howard Stern Show, Opie and Anthony, The Bob and Sheri Show, The Adam Carolla Show, and Gonzo in the Morning.

Band members

The present line-up of the Lounge Against the Machine band consists of:

  • Richard Cheese – vocals
  • Bobby Ricotta – piano, keyboards
  • Frank Feta – drums, percussion
  • Billy Bleu – upright bass, bass

The names are all pseudonyms that refer to types of cheese (ricotta, feta, bleu).[3]

The role of pianist and musical director Bobby Ricotta is currently played by Noel Melanio. The band's first drummer Buddy Gouda was played by Todd LaValley, and then by Charles Byler. Byler left the band in 2004; he was replaced by Brian Fishler and the drummer's stage name was changed to Frank Feta. The current bass player, Billy Bleu, is portrayed by Ron Belcher.

Discography

Studio albums and singles

  • Lounge Against the Machine (2000) (Oglio Records)
  • Tuxicity (2002) (Surfdog Records (originally released by Ideatown/Coverage Records))
  • I'd Like a Virgin (2004) (Surfdog Records (originally released by Ideatown/Coverage Records))
  • Aperitif for Destruction (2005) (Surfdog Records)
  • Silent Nightclub (2006) (Surfdog Records)
  • Dick at Nite (Your Favorite TV Themes Loungified!) (2007) (Coverage Records)
  • Viva la Vodka: Richard Cheese Live (2009) (Coverage Records)
  • OK Bartender (2010) (Coverage Records)
  • Johnny Aloha: Lavapalooza (2010) (as Richard Cheese presents Johnny Aloha) (Coverage Records)
  • Live at the Royal Wedding (2011) (Coverage Records)
  • A Lounge Supreme (2011) (Coverage Records)
  • Back in Black Tie (2012) (Coverage Records)
  • The Lounge Awakens: Richard Cheese Live at the Mos Eisley Spaceport Cantina (2015) (Coverage Records)
  • Supermassive Black Tux (2015) (Coverage Records)
  • Bakin' at the Boulder: Richard Cheese Live at the Boulder Theater (2015) (Coverage Records)
  • Licensed to Spill (2017) (Coverage Records)
  • Richard Cheese's Big Swingin' Organ! (2019) (Coverage Records)
  • Numbers Of The Beast (2020) (Coverage Records)
  • Big Cheese Energy (2021) (Coverage Records)

Compilation albums

  • The Sunny Side of the Moon: The Best of Richard Cheese (2006) (Surfdog Records)
  • Hail to the Cheese: Richard Cheese's All-American Greatest Hits (digital only) (2012) (Coverage Records)
  • Down With the Dickness: Richard Cheese's Dirtiest Greatest Hits (digital only) (2012) (Coverage Records)
  • Lord of the Swings: The Best of Richard Cheese, Volume 2 (digital only) (2018) (Coverage Records)


Film Soundtracks

Charts

  • "The Sunny Side Of The Moon" - #9 on Billboard Comedy Album Chart, March 17, 2006[4]
  • "OK Bartender" - #15 on Billboard Comedy Album Chart, April 9, 2010[5]
  • "Numbers Of The Beast" - #6 on Billboard Comedy Album Chart, August 15, 2020[6]
  • "Big Cheese Energy" - #10 on Billboard Comedy Album Chart, March 13, 2021[7]

Appearances

Live concerts

Since 2000, the Richard Cheese band has performed hundreds of concerts around the U.S. and Europe.[8]

Film

Television

Radio

Podcasts

  • Coverville (April 5, 2006) Richard Cheese interview
  • Club 301 (November 30, 2006) Richard Cheese interview
  • Rebel Force Radio (March 5, 2021) Richard Cheese interview

Other media

See also

References

  1. ^ Turner, Katherine (March 3, 2016). This is the Sound of Irony: Music, Politics and Popular Culture. Routledge. p. 171. ISBN 9781317010548. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  2. ^ Tilles, Jay (March 24, 2016). "How a Richard Cheese Song Made it into Batman V Superman". Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  3. ^ Stapleton, Susan (February 3, 2015). "Cheese whiz Richard Cheese slices two sets in Las Vegas". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  4. ^ https://www.billboard.com/charts/comedy-albums/2006-03-17
  5. ^ https://www.billboard.com/charts/comedy-albums/2010-04-09
  6. ^ https://www.billboard.com/charts/comedy-albums/2020-08-15
  7. ^ https://www.billboard.com/charts/comedy-albums/2021-03-13
  8. ^ http://richardcheese.com/show-dates.html#tourhistory

External links

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