Richard McNamara


Richard McNamara is a British musician and record producer, best known as the guitarist and co-lead vocalist for Embrace. He and his older brother, Danny, grew up in the village of Bailiff Bridge, Brighouse near Halifax. He is the father of singer-songwriter Ellur.
Richard and Danny McNamara attended Hipperholme Grammar School in nearby Hipperholme with their brother Jonathan.
According to Danny, as a child Richard was nicknamed 'Firestarter' as he was fascinated with fire and was always playing with a box of matches.
McNamara was initially the drummer for a thrash metal garage band called Gross Misconduct in his teens. It is believed that Embrace began when his brother barged into a session and started telling him and his bandmates what to do.
Although McNamara has worked with his brother in writing many of the band's songs, he only single-handedly sings a few songs. Most notably "One [Big Family EP|One Big Family]" and "Hooligan" which were both issued as singles; also "I Want The World" on the band's début album.
In 2018, McNamara collaborated with Preston-based songwriter, Mark Whiteside under Whiteside's pre-existing solo project, One Sided Horse. An album was recorded and produced by Mickey Dale and released on UK Independent Label, Butterfly Effect.
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Production discography

ArtistTitleCreditYear
Thomas TantrumThomas TantrumProducer, mixed by2008
EmbraceEmbraceProducer, engineer, mixed by2014
Evil BlizzardEverybody Come to ChurchProducer, mixed by2015
StarsailorAll This LifeProducer, engineer, mixed by2017
EmbraceLove Is a [Basic Need]Producer, engineer2018
EmbraceHow to Be a Person Like Other PeopleProducer, engineer2022