Terepai Chalmers Richmond was born on 21 February 1971 and is an Australian drummer.
15 Facts About Terepai Richmond
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Terepai Chalmers Richmond was born on 21 February 1971 to a Scottish father and a Cook Island mother who ran a restaurant in Sydney.
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Terepai Richmond started drumming in his parents' Polynesian show band at the age of six, with his sister Jennifer dancing, where he performed several shows every week until finishing school at eighteen.
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Terepai Richmond was the founding drummer and percussionist of acid jazz group, Directions in Groove formed in Sydney in 1991.
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Terepai Richmond contributed song writing to all five dig albums including two live recordings.
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Terepai Richmond joined rock band The Whitlams in September 1999 for the release of Love This City, for which he recorded drums.
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Since then, Terepai Richmond has toured and written with the Whitlams.
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Terepai Richmond has written and toured for reggae band King Tide, funk veterans Professor Groove and the Booty Affair.
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Terepai Richmond has worked for other artists including Savage Garden, SoulDecision, Max Sharam, Guy Sebastian, Delta Goodrem, Trevor Guthrie and Hawksley Workman.
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Terepai Richmond has surfed since the age of eleven, and was once titled "King of the Island".
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Terepai Richmond was a team surfer for Mambo in the 1990s.
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Terepai Richmond won numerous surfing titles through the 1980s and 1990s before pursuing a less competitive path.
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Today, Terepai Richmond is renowned for his tube riding skills and can often be found hunting big waves with his eldest son "Tainui" in his local area South of Sydney.
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Terepai Richmond toured extensively with Missy Higgins, both in Australia and the United States, from 2006 to 2010.
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Terepai Richmond has recorded and toured extensively with Guy Sebastian and label mate Delta Goodrem.