15 Facts About Richard Archer

Richard Archer was born on 18 January 1977 and is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist.

Richard Archer is the lead vocalist, guitarist, principal songwriter and main composer of indie rock band Hard-Fi.

Richard Archer fronted a band called Contempo from 1997 until 2001.

Richard Archer grew up in Staines, a suburban location of North West Surrey which is a huge influence in the lyrics of the songs he has written with band Hard-Fi.

Richard Archer asked his publishers for some money to record new songs that he had written, but they terminated his contract instead.

Richard Archer went back to his home town of Staines, "I moved back to Staines because I ran out of money and it was quite a shock," he says.

Richard Archer formed Hard-Fi whose line up includes Ross Phillips on lead guitar, Kai Stephens on bass, and Steve Kemp on drums, who provided drums for Contempo as their career was coming to an end.

Richard Archer turned up at our studio a few days later having learnt all the songs I sent him.

Richard Archer desperately tried to generate publicity for the band through the local paper, the Staines Observer, without success.

Richard Archer wrote all the songs on the albums, while the "Hard to Beat" single featured a track called "Stronger" which he had originally written with Contempo.

In 2010, Richard Archer recorded vocals for a track produced by Swedish DJ Axwell, entitled "Think About It" at the time.

In 2020, Richard Archer was a member of the band OffWorld which was made up of himself, Krysten Cummings, Wolsey White, Smiley Barnard and Dale Davis.

In 2021, Richard Archer co-produced Afters by The Helicopter Of The Holy Ghost, an act featuring members of The Bluetones, Engineers and theaudience.

Richard Archer first met Mick Jones when he was with Contempo.

In 2006 there was a story generated by the media that Richard Archer was having a relationship with Scarlett Johansson while she was filming Woody Allen movie Scoop in London.