Richard Stuverud


Richard Allen Stuverud Jr. is an American drummer from Seattle, Washington. He lives in Oakland, California where he writes, arranges and produces songs. Stuverud played with Pearl Jam on several shows of the Gigaton Tour in May 2022, substituting for drummer Matt Cameron who had tested positive for COVID-19. Drumming duties during these shows were shared with Josh Klinghoffer.

Career

His debut album, ', was released in May 2020. The follow-up album, ' was released in March, 2022. A 7" single, "Looking Back to Look Ahead", followed in March, 2023 featuring Jeff Ament on bass.
Known for playing in several bands in the Seattle scene, his first was the punk rock band The Fastbacks. Through the mid-1990s, Stuverud played in the bands Three Fish and Tres Mts., both side projects of Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament. Three Fish released the albums Three Fish and The Quiet Table, through Epic Records. The album Tres Mts., with Doug Pinnick of King's X and guest guitarist Mike McCready, was released in 2011. Pearl Jam's 2011 box set, Vitalogy, included the previously unreleased demo version of "Nothingman" with Stuverud on drums.
In 2012, he worked again with Jeff Ament, this time with the singer-songwriter, Joseph Arthur, to form the band, RNDM. They released their debut album, Acts and followed up with Ghost Riding. Stuverud has collaborated with Ament on his solo albums, including I Should be Outside, Tone and While my Heart Beats. Stuverud is also on drums for Ament's third solo album, Heaven/Hell.
A member of the Seattle band War Babies, he also played in Suicide Squad, the side project of Brad Sinsel of TKO and for a short time in the power metal band, Fifth Angel, appearing in the 1989 video for the song, "Time Will Tell". He played in several other bands in Seattle, including the cover band, Luv. Co, and Blind Horse, which featured Bruce Fairweather, ex-guitarist of Mother Love Bone and bass player in Love Battery. He later joined the Portland band, Pilot, and released the album, Stranger's Waltz, in 1998.
Stuverud has recorded and toured internationally with South African artist, Robbi Robb in Tribe After Tribe, Nash Kato of Urge Overkill, British artists, Paul Newsome and Proud Mary, and the New York City-based band, White Light Motorcade. His versatility on drums landed him national tours with Chicago blues man, Barkin' Bill Smith as well as Nashville's Gary Allan. Stuverud also continued to collaborate with Robbi Robb, contributing to the Tribe After Tribe albums, M.O.A.B. and Pearls Before Swine as well as Robb's 3rd Ear Experience albums, Stoned Gold and Stones of a Feather. He plays drums in the Oakland-based bands, Slow Phase and REQ'D, and teaches drums, vocals and keyboards at the School of Rock in Berkeley.

Discography

Solo

Singles

The Last Song Longing for It After the Ruin Looking Back to Look Ahead This Big Love Empty Branches Nobody's Perfect Whole Wide World
  • I'mSorryPleaseForgiveMeILoveyouThankYou Stargazers
  • Not Afraid/Put your Guns Down Monkey Wrench Records

Albums

Sunset Ghosts Hummingbirds Memories in Kodachrome Dark Stuff Blues Joshua Tree Records

with Jeff Ament

Heaven/Hell Monkey Wrench Records

Tres Mts

  • Three Mountains Monkey Wrench Records

RNDM

  • Ghost Riding Dine Alone Records
  • Acts, Monkey Wrench Records
  • Modern Times Monkey Wrench Records

Three Fish

  • Quiet Table Epic Records
  • Three Fish Epic Records

with REQ'D

  • Pulling Up Floorboards WonderTaker
  • Fall in Love on Hate Street WonderTaker

with Slow Phase

  • Slow Phase Fuzzy Mind Records

with Robbi Robb

  • 3rd Ear Experience, Stoned Gold,, Stones of a Feather
  • Tribe after Tribe, m.o.a.b., Rodeostar Records, Pearls before Swine, Intercord Records,

with Pilot

  • Stranger's Waltz Mercury Records
  • When the Day has Broken TK Records

with War Babies

  • VAULT, NW MetalWorx Music
  • War Babies, Columbia Records

with The Fastbacks

...and his Orchestra PopLlama Records
  • Everyday is Saturday No Threes
  • Fastbacks Play Five of Their Favorites No Threes

on Drums

  • Proud Mary, Dust and Diamonds
  • Paul Newsome, Electric & Palms
  • White Light Motorcade, Take Me to your Party, FabTone Records
  • The Trouble with Sweeney, I Know you Destroy, BT Records
  • Nash Kato, Debutante, Loose Groove Records
  • The Returnables, The Returnables
  • Lazy Susan, Sink, Warner Chapel Music
  • Suicide Squad, Suicide Squad, Music for Nations
  • The Bombardiers, Fight Back Green Monkey Records,Search and Enjoy, Option to Burn