Richie Edwards

Richie Edwards (born 25 September 1974) is an English musician. He is the former bassist of the British hard rock band The Darkness and the guitarist/vocalist of their successor band Stone Gods. He was confirmed as a member on 13 June 2005 replacing Frankie Poullain on bass. When The Darkness disbanded following Justin Hawkins' departure, Edwards switched to lead vocals with Toby McFarlaine taking over on bass. With original Darkness members Ed Graham and Dan Hawkins completing the new line-up, they recorded under the new name of The Stone Gods.

Edwards grew up in Lichfield, and was a member of bands at Netherstowe School. Subsequently, on leaving school he was employed in S&J Music, a local music shop on Bird Street and was involved in other local bands, including Gloy, who almost secured a recording deal themselves. This work ultimately lead to London and becoming a guitar technician. He is quoted as saying that when he was young his hero was John Deacon, the bass guitarist of Queen.

Richie Edwards (basketball)

Justin Richard "Richie" Edwards (born June 30, 1990) is an American-New Zealand professional basketball player who last played for the Plymouth Raiders of the British Basketball League (BBL).

Early life

Edwards was born in Albany, New York to parents Johnathan and Debbie Edwards. At a young age, he moved with his missionary parents to Christchurch, where he attended the basketball-focused Middleton Grange School where he graduated from in 2007.

Prep school

In 2008–09, Edwards attended Lakeland Senior High School in Lakeland, Florida for a prep season. He went on to earn first-team All-State honors with the Dreadnaughts. He was also honored as the county Player of the Year and the Lakeland Ledger Player of the Year after averaging 17.7 points and 9.5 rebounds per game.

College career

From 2009 to 2011, Edwards attended Hillsborough CC. In his two seasons for the Hawks, he was a two-time All-Conference selection. As a freshman, he averaged 16 points and 7 rebounds per game; and as a sophomore, he averaged 18.6 points and 6.8 rebounds per game.