Tommy Rickard is a musician born and raised in Northern California. He is a singer/songwriter, drummer and guitarist, currently rooted in both San Francisco and Los Angeles. He started playing drums young and spent his early days in
local punk bands, opening shows for the likes of Black Flag, Sea Hags, Dead Kennedy’s, and Agent Orange. A restless search for new challenges, combined with a knack for playing just what songs need, eventually landed Rickard on the
road and in the studio with Vain, Linda Perry, Eric Martin, Ronnie Montrose, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Lemmy, Lita Ford, and many others, as well as a long list of independent singers, songwriters and pro-ducers. All the while he kept
at his studies with Bay Area teaching legend Chuck Brown. While working with Perry, Tommy recorded her Grammy winning song “Beautiful,”which became a #1 single for Christina Aguilera. Tommy has several production projects, a
television project in development, teaching, playing live and a new album in production. He recently completed a successful tour of Europe with his bandmates from Vain. As well as playing on the critically acclaimed, 2011 Vain
release, Enough Rope. Tommy also toured the US with former Stone Temple Pilots frontman, Scott Weiland.