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'''Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine''' (or simply '''Richard Cheese''') is a [[cover band]] and [[comedy music|comedy act]], performing popular songs in a [[lounge music|lounge]]/swing style. Lounge singer Richard Cheese is a character created and portrayed by [[Los Angeles]]-based actor/comedian/singer Mark Jonathan Davis.
'''Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine''' (or simply '''Richard Cheese''') is a [[cover band]] and [[comedy music|comedy act]], performing popular songs in a [[lounge music|lounge]]/swing style. Lounge singer Richard Cheese is a character created and portrayed by [[Los Angeles]]–based actor/comedian/singer Mark Jonathan Davis.


==History==
==History==
Davis developed the Richard Cheese lounge singer idea in the mid-1990s.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} The band's work was first broadcast in 2000 by [[KROQ-FM]] and the [[Dr. Demento]] show.<ref name=":0" />
Davis developed the Richard Cheese lounge singer idea in the mid-1990s.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} The band's work was first broadcast in 2000 by [[KROQ-FM]] and the [[Dr. Demento]] show.<ref name=":0" />


== Releases ==
==Releases==
The band's debut album ''Richard Cheese: Lounge Against the Machine'' ("Featuring 16 Swingin' Covers of Alternative Standards") was released in 2000 by [[Oglio Records]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Turner|first1=Katherine|title=This is the Sound of Irony: Music, Politics and Popular Culture|date=March 3, 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317010548|page=171|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ReCqCwAAQBAJ|access-date=18 August 2017|archive-date=20 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720130738/https://books.google.com/books?id=ReCqCwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> Cheese's second and third albums, ''Tuxicity'' and ''I'd Like a Virgin'' were independently released in 2002 and 2004 by Cheese's own label, Ideatown Entertainment (later renamed to Coverage Records).{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} From 2004–2006, [[Surfdog Records]] released three Richard Cheese CDs: ''Aperitif for Destruction'', a studio album, ''Silent Nightclub'', a collection of songs tangentially related to the holiday season, and ''The Sunny Side of the Moon: The Best of Richard Cheese'', which included newly re-recorded versions of six covers plus three new covers. Surfdog also re-released the Richard Cheese albums ''Tuxicity'' and ''I'd Like a Virgin'' on their label.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}
The band's debut album ''Lounge Against the Machine'' was released in 2000 by [[Oglio Records]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Turner|first1=Katherine|title=This is the Sound of Irony: Music, Politics and Popular Culture|date=March 3, 2016|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317010548|page=171|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ReCqCwAAQBAJ|access-date=18 August 2017|archive-date=20 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210720130738/https://books.google.com/books?id=ReCqCwAAQBAJ|url-status=live}}</ref> Cheese's second and third albums, ''Tuxicity'' and ''I'd Like a Virgin'' were independently released in 2002 and 2004 by Cheese's own label, Ideatown Entertainment (later renamed to Coverage Records).{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} From 2004 to 2006, [[Surfdog Records]] released three Richard Cheese CDs: ''Aperitif for Destruction'', a studio album, ''Silent Nightclub'', a collection of songs tangentially related to the holiday season, and ''The Sunny Side of the Moon: The Best of Richard Cheese'', which included newly re-recorded versions of six covers plus three new covers. Surfdog also re-released the Richard Cheese albums ''Tuxicity'' and ''I'd Like a Virgin'' on their label.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}


Beginning in 2007, the band returned to releasing its own albums through its independent Coverage Records label: ''Dick at Nite'', ''Viva La Vodka: Richard Cheese Live'', ''OK Bartender'', ''A Lounge Supreme'', ''Live at the Royal Wedding'' and its companion behind-the-scenes album ''The Royal Baby Album'', ''Back in Black Tie'', and a Christmas album, ''Cocktails with Santa''.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} Cheese released a studio album on CD titled ''Licensed to Spill'' in 2017, and a greatest hits digital compilation titled ''Lord of the Swings: The Best of Richard Cheese, Volume 2'' in 2018. In 2019, the band released ''Richard Cheese's Big Swingin' Organ'', an album of instrumental organ versions of nine of their songs. Also, in 2019 it released a one-track parody album titled ''Richard Cheese: Live on Titan'' which satirized the ending of the motion picture ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]''.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} A studio album titled ''Numbers Of The Beast'' was released digitally on July 31, 2020, and another studio album titled ''Big Cheese Energy'' was released digitally on February 26, 2021.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}
Beginning in 2007, the band returned to releasing its own albums through its independent Coverage Records label: ''Dick at Nite'', ''Viva La Vodka: Richard Cheese Live'', ''OK Bartender'', ''A Lounge Supreme'', ''Live at the Royal Wedding'' and its companion behind-the-scenes album ''The Royal Baby Album'', ''Back in Black Tie'', and a Christmas album, ''Cocktails with Santa''.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} Cheese released a studio album on CD titled ''Licensed to Spill'' in 2017, and a greatest hits digital compilation titled ''Lord of the Swings: The Best of Richard Cheese, Volume 2'' in 2018. In 2019, the band released ''Richard Cheese's Big Swingin' Organ'', an album of instrumental organ versions of nine of their songs. Also, in 2019 it released a one-track parody album titled ''Richard Cheese: Live on Titan'' which satirized the ending of the motion picture ''[[Avengers: Infinity War]]''.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} A studio album titled ''Numbers Of The Beast'' was released digitally on July 31, 2020, and another studio album titled ''Big Cheese Energy'' was released digitally on February 26, 2021.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}
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Since 2000, Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine band has released 28 albums.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}
Since 2000, Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine band has released 28 albums.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}


== Film work ==
==Film work==
Richard Cheese's cover of [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]]'s "[[Down with the Sickness]]" was featured in the 2004 [[Zack Snyder]]-directed remake of ''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Snyder|first=Zach|author-link=Zack Snyder|date=2017-08-02|title='Watchmen' Director Zack Snyder Reaches For A Slice Of Cheese|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802075136/http://www.mtv.com/news/1580555/watchmen-director-zack-snyder-reaches-for-a-slice-of-cheese/|url-status=live|access-date=2021-07-20|website=[[MTV News]]}}</ref> In 2016, the band had two songs in the motion picture ''[[Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice]]'',{{cn|date=July 2021}} and released a one-track parody album called ''Live at Wayne Financial Tower'' in which the band's performance is cut short by [[Superman]]'s heat vision.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} Warner Bros. hired the band to perform and appear as animated LEGO mini-figs in the 2017 film ''[[The Lego Batman Movie]]''.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}} In May 2021, Snyder's ''[[Army of the Dead]]'' movie featured Richard Cheese singing the opening song "Viva Las Vegas" in a duet with Allison Crowe.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}
Richard Cheese's cover of [[Disturbed (band)|Disturbed]]'s "[[Down with the Sickness]]" was featured in the 2004 [[Zack Snyder]]-directed remake of ''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]''.<ref name="cheese-appearances">{{cite web |url=https://richardcheese.com/film--tv-appearances.html |title=Richard Cheese Film & TV Appearances |website=Richard Cheese Official Website |access-date=2 April 2024 |archive-date=25 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230925181459/https://richardcheese.com/film--tv-appearances.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, the band had two songs in the motion picture ''[[Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice]]'', and released a one-track parody album called ''Live at Wayne Financial Tower'' in which the band's performance is cut short by [[Superman]]'s heat vision.<ref name="cheese-appearances"></ref> Warner Bros. hired the band to perform and appear as animated LEGO mini-figs in the 2017 film ''[[The Lego Batman Movie]]''.<ref name="cheese-appearances"></ref> In May 2021, Snyder's ''[[Army of the Dead]]'' movie featured Richard Cheese singing the opening song "Viva Las Vegas" in a duet with Allison Crowe.<ref name="cheese-appearances"></ref>


The character of Richard Cheese appeared in the Kristen Wiig comedy ''[[Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar]]'', released in February 2021.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}
The character of Richard Cheese appeared in the Kristen Wiig comedy ''[[Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar]]'', released in February 2021..<ref name="cheese-appearances"></ref>


==Band members==
==Band members==
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==Discography==
==Discography==
All self-released as Coverage Records except where noted.
All self-released as Coverage Records except where noted.

===Studio albums and singles===
===Studio albums and singles===
*''Lounge Against the Machine'' (2000) (Oglio Records)<ref name="allmusic">{{AllMusic|id=richard-cheese-mn0000851205|tab=discography|title=Richard Cheese discography}}</ref>
*''Lounge Against the Machine'' (2000) (Oglio Records)<ref name="allmusic">{{AllMusic|id=richard-cheese-mn0000851205|tab=discography|title=Richard Cheese discography}}</ref>
*''Tuxicity'' (2003) (Surfdog Records)<ref name="allmusic"/> {{efn|group=upper-alpha|originally released in 2002 by Ideatown/Coverage Records{{cn|date=July 2021}}}}
*''Tuxicity'' (2003) (Surfdog Records)<ref name="allmusic"/> {{efn|group=upper-alpha|originally released in 2002 by Ideatown/Coverage Records{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}}}
*''Aperitif for Destruction'' (2005) (Surfdog Records)<ref name="allmusic"/>
*''Aperitif for Destruction'' (2005) (Surfdog Records)<ref name="allmusic"/>
*''Silent Nightclub'' (2006) (Surfdog Records)<ref name="allmusic"/>
*''Silent Nightclub'' (2006) (Surfdog Records)<ref name="allmusic"/>
*''I'd Like a Virgin'' (2006) (Surfdog Records)<ref name="allmusic"/> {{efn|group=upper-alpha|originally released in 2004 by Ideatown/Coverage Records{{cn|date=July 2021}}}}
*''I'd Like a Virgin'' (2006) (Surfdog Records)<ref name="allmusic"/> {{efn|group=upper-alpha|originally released in 2004 by Ideatown/Coverage Records{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}}}
*''Dick at Nite'' (2007)<ref name="allmusic"/>
*''Dick at Nite'' (2007)<ref name="allmusic"/>
*''Viva la Vodka'' (2009)<ref name="allmusic"/>
*''Viva la Vodka'' (2009)<ref name="allmusic"/>
*''OK Bartender''<ref name="allmusic"/> (2010)<ref name="chart-okb"/>
*''OK Bartender''<ref name="allmusic"/> (2010)<ref name="chart-okb"/>
*''Lavapalooza''<ref name="allmusic"/> (2010){{cn|date=July 2021}} (as ''Richard Cheese presents Johnny Aloha'')
*''Lavapalooza''<ref name="allmusic"/> (2010){{citation needed|date=July 2021}} (as ''Richard Cheese presents Johnny Aloha'')
*''Richard Cheese: Live at the Royal Wedding''<ref name="allmusic"/> (2011){{cn|date=July 2021}}
*''Richard Cheese: Live at the Royal Wedding''<ref name="allmusic"/> (2011){{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
*''Cocktails with Santa''<ref name="allmusic"/>
*''Cocktails with Santa''<ref name="allmusic"/>
*''A Lounge Supreme''<ref name="allmusic"/> (2011){{cn|date=July 2021}}
*''A Lounge Supreme''<ref name="allmusic"/> (2011){{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
*''Back in Black Tie''<ref name="allmusic"/> (2012){{cn|date=July 2021}}
*''Back in Black Tie''<ref name="allmusic"/> (2012){{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
*''The Lounge Awakens''<ref name="allmusic"/> (2015){{cn|date=July 2021}}
*''The Lounge Awakens''<ref name="allmusic"/> (2015){{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
*''Supermassive Black Tux''<ref name="allmusic"/> (2015){{cn|date=July 2021}}
*''Supermassive Black Tux''<ref name="allmusic"/> (2015){{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
*''Bakin' at the Boulder [Live at the Boulder Theater]''<ref name="allmusic"/> (2015){{cn|date=July 2021}}
*''Bakin' at the Boulder [Live at the Boulder Theater]''<ref name="allmusic"/> (2015){{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
*''Licensed to Spill''<ref name="allmusic"/> (2017){{cn|date=July 2021}}
*''Licensed to Spill''<ref name="allmusic"/> (2017){{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
*''The Royal Baby Album''<ref name="allmusic"/>
*''The Royal Baby Album''<ref name="allmusic"/>
*''Richard Cheese's Big Swingin' Organ!''<ref name="allmusic"/> (2019){{cn|date=July 2021}}
*''Richard Cheese's Big Swingin' Organ!''<ref name="allmusic"/> (2019){{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
*''Numbers of the Beast''<ref name="allmusic"/> (2020)<ref name="chart-notb"/>
*''Numbers of the Beast''<ref name="allmusic"/> (2020)<ref name="chart-notb"/>
*''Big Cheese Energy'' (2021)<ref name="chart-bce"/>
*''Big Cheese Energy'' (2021)<ref name="chart-bce"/>
*''Besame Queso'' (2022)
*''Pussy Party'' (2022)
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===Compilation albums===
===Compilation albums===
*''The Sunny Side of the Moon: The Best of Richard Cheese'' (2006) (Surfdog Records)<ref name="allmusic"/>
*''The Sunny Side of the Moon: The Best of Richard Cheese'' (2006) (Surfdog Records)<ref name="allmusic"/>
*''Hail to the Cheese: Richard Cheese's All-American Greatest Hits'' (digital only) (2012){{cn|date=July 2021}}
*''Hail to the Cheese: Richard Cheese's All-American Greatest Hits'' (digital only) (2012){{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
*''Down With the Dickness: Richard Cheese's Dirtiest Greatest Hits'' (digital only) (2012){{cn|date=July 2021}}
*''Down With the Dickness: Richard Cheese's Dirtiest Greatest Hits'' (digital only) (2012){{citation needed|date=July 2021}}
*''Lord of the Swings: The Best of Richard Cheese, Vol. 2'' (digital only)<ref name="allmusic"/> (2018){{cn|date=July 2021}}
*''Lord of the Swings: The Best of Richard Cheese, Vol. 2'' (digital only)<ref name="allmusic"/> (2018){{citation needed|date=July 2021}}


=== Film soundtracks ===
===Film soundtracks===
*''[[Dawn of the Dead (2004 film)|Dawn of the Dead]]'' Down with the Sickness (2004, Universal)
*''[[Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice]]'' Night and Day, first meeting of Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent (2016, Warner Bros.)
*''[[The Lego Batman Movie#Soundtrack|The Lego Batman Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' (2017, Warner Bros.)
*''[[The Lego Batman Movie#Soundtrack|The Lego Batman Movie: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]]'' (2017, Warner Bros.)
*''[[Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar]]'' Soundtrack (2021, Milan/Sony)
*''[[Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar]]'' Soundtrack (2021, Milan/Sony)
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==Charts==
==Charts==
*''The Sunny Side of the Moon'' – No. 9 on ''Billboard'' Comedy Album Chart, March 17, 2006<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 March 2006|title=Comedy Albums (week of March 18, 2006)|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/comedy-albums/2006-03-17|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711172716/https://www.billboard.com/charts/comedy-albums/2006-03-17|archive-date=2021-07-11|access-date=2021-07-09|website=Billboard}}</ref>
*''The Sunny Side of the Moon'' – No. 9 on ''Billboard'' Comedy Album Chart, March 17, 2006<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=18 March 2006|title=Comedy Albums (week of March 18, 2006)|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/comedy-albums/2006-03-17|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711172716/https://www.billboard.com/charts/comedy-albums/2006-03-17|archive-date=2021-07-11|access-date=2021-07-09|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
*''OK Bartender'' – No. 15 on ''Billboard'' Comedy Album Chart, April 9, 2010<ref name="chart-okb">{{Cite web|date=10 April 2010|title=Comedy Albums (week of April 10, 2010)|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/comedy-albums/2010-04-09|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711040612/https://www.billboard.com/charts/comedy-albums/2010-04-09|archive-date=2021-07-11|access-date=2021-07-09|website=Billboard}}</ref>
*''OK Bartender'' – No. 15 on ''Billboard'' Comedy Album Chart, April 9, 2010<ref name="chart-okb">{{Cite magazine|date=10 April 2010|title=Comedy Albums (week of April 10, 2010)|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/comedy-albums/2010-04-09|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210711040612/https://www.billboard.com/charts/comedy-albums/2010-04-09|archive-date=2021-07-11|access-date=2021-07-09|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
*''Numbers of the Beast'' – No. 6 on ''Billboard'' Comedy Album Chart, August 15, 2020<ref name="chart-notb">{{Cite web|date=15 August 2020|title=Comedy Albums (week of August 15, 2020)|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/comedy-albums/2020-08-15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713054325/https://www.billboard.com/charts/comedy-albums/2020-08-15|archive-date=2021-07-13|access-date=2021-07-09|website=Billboard}}</ref>
*''Numbers of the Beast'' – No. 6 on ''Billboard'' Comedy Album Chart, August 15, 2020<ref name="chart-notb">{{Cite magazine|date=15 August 2020|title=Comedy Albums (week of August 15, 2020)|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/comedy-albums/2020-08-15|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713054325/https://www.billboard.com/charts/comedy-albums/2020-08-15|archive-date=2021-07-13|access-date=2021-07-09|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>
*''Big Cheese Energy'' – No. 10 on ''Billboard'' Comedy Album Chart, March 13, 2021<ref name="chart-bce">{{Cite web|date=13 March 2021|title=Comedy Albums (week of March 13, 2021)|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/comedy-albums/2021-03-13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713054328/https://www.billboard.com/charts/comedy-albums/2021-03-13|archive-date=2021-07-13|access-date=2021-07-09|website=Billboard}}</ref>
*''Big Cheese Energy'' – No. 10 on ''Billboard'' Comedy Album Chart, March 13, 2021<ref name="chart-bce">{{Cite magazine|date=13 March 2021|title=Comedy Albums (week of March 13, 2021)|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/comedy-albums/2021-03-13|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713054328/https://www.billboard.com/charts/comedy-albums/2021-03-13|archive-date=2021-07-13|access-date=2021-07-09|magazine=Billboard}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
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Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine
Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine performing live in 2011
Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine performing live in 2011
Background information
OriginLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres
Years active2000–present
LabelsCoverage Records (current), Surfdog, Oglio
MembersRichard Cheese (Mark Jonathan Davis)
Bobby Ricotta (Noel Melanio)
Frank Feta (Brian Fishler)
Billy Bleu (Ron Belcher)
Websiterichardcheese.com

Richard Cheese & Lounge Against The Machine (or simply Richard Cheese) is a cover band and comedy act, performing popular songs in a lounge/swing style. Lounge singer Richard Cheese is a character created and portrayed by Los Angeles–based actor/comedian/singer Mark Jonathan Davis.

History[edit]

Davis developed the Richard Cheese lounge singer idea in the mid-1990s.[citation needed] The band's work was first broadcast in 2000 by KROQ-FM and the Dr. Demento show.[1]

Releases[edit]

The band's debut album Lounge Against the Machine was released in 2000 by Oglio Records.[2] Cheese's second and third albums, Tuxicity and I'd Like a Virgin were independently released in 2002 and 2004 by Cheese's own label, Ideatown Entertainment (later renamed to Coverage Records).[citation needed] From 2004 to 2006, Surfdog Records released three Richard Cheese CDs: Aperitif for Destruction, a studio album, Silent Nightclub, a collection of songs tangentially related to the holiday season, and The Sunny Side of the Moon: The Best of Richard Cheese, which included newly re-recorded versions of six covers plus three new covers. Surfdog also re-released the Richard Cheese albums Tuxicity and I'd Like a Virgin on their label.[citation needed]

Beginning in 2007, the band returned to releasing its own albums through its independent Coverage Records label: Dick at Nite, Viva La Vodka: Richard Cheese Live, OK Bartender, A Lounge Supreme, Live at the Royal Wedding and its companion behind-the-scenes album The Royal Baby Album, Back in Black Tie, and a Christmas album, Cocktails with Santa.[citation needed] Cheese released a studio album on CD titled Licensed to Spill in 2017, and a greatest hits digital compilation titled Lord of the Swings: The Best of Richard Cheese, Volume 2 in 2018. In 2019, the band released Richard Cheese's Big Swingin' Organ, an album of instrumental organ versions of nine of their songs. Also, in 2019 it released a one-track parody album titled Richard Cheese: Live on Titan which satirized the ending of the motion picture Avengers: Infinity War.[citation needed] A studio album titled Numbers Of The Beast was released digitally on July 31, 2020, and another studio album titled Big Cheese Energy was released digitally on February 26, 2021.[citation needed]

Since 2000, Richard Cheese & Lounge Against the Machine band has released 28 albums.[citation needed]

Film work[edit]

Richard Cheese's cover of Disturbed's "Down with the Sickness" was featured in the 2004 Zack Snyder-directed remake of Dawn of the Dead.[3] In 2016, the band had two songs in the motion picture Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, and released a one-track parody album called Live at Wayne Financial Tower in which the band's performance is cut short by Superman's heat vision.[3] Warner Bros. hired the band to perform and appear as animated LEGO mini-figs in the 2017 film The Lego Batman Movie.[3] In May 2021, Snyder's Army of the Dead movie featured Richard Cheese singing the opening song "Viva Las Vegas" in a duet with Allison Crowe.[3]

The character of Richard Cheese appeared in the Kristen Wiig comedy Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, released in February 2021..[3]

Band members[edit]

As of 2015 the lineup of the Lounge Against the Machine band was:

  • Richard Cheese – vocals
  • Bobby Ricotta – piano, keyboards
  • Frank Feta – drums, percussion
  • Billy Bleu – upright bass, bass

The names are all pseudonyms that refer to types of cheese (ricotta, feta, bleu).[1]

The role of pianist and musical director Bobby Ricotta is currently[when?] played by Noel Melanio. The band's first drummer Buddy Gouda was played by Todd LaValley, and then by Charles Byler. Byler left the band in 2004; he was replaced by Brian Fishler and the drummer's stage name was changed to Frank Feta. The current bass player, Billy Bleu, is portrayed by Ron Belcher.[citation needed]

Discography[edit]

All self-released as Coverage Records except where noted.

Studio albums and singles[edit]

  1. ^ originally released in 2002 by Ideatown/Coverage Records[citation needed]
  2. ^ originally released in 2004 by Ideatown/Coverage Records[citation needed]

Compilation albums[edit]

  • The Sunny Side of the Moon: The Best of Richard Cheese (2006) (Surfdog Records)[4]
  • Hail to the Cheese: Richard Cheese's All-American Greatest Hits (digital only) (2012)[citation needed]
  • Down With the Dickness: Richard Cheese's Dirtiest Greatest Hits (digital only) (2012)[citation needed]
  • Lord of the Swings: The Best of Richard Cheese, Vol. 2 (digital only)[4] (2018)[citation needed]

Film soundtracks[edit]

Charts[edit]

  • The Sunny Side of the Moon – No. 9 on Billboard Comedy Album Chart, March 17, 2006[8]
  • OK Bartender – No. 15 on Billboard Comedy Album Chart, April 9, 2010[5]
  • Numbers of the Beast – No. 6 on Billboard Comedy Album Chart, August 15, 2020[6]
  • Big Cheese Energy – No. 10 on Billboard Comedy Album Chart, March 13, 2021[7]

See also[edit]

  • The Lounge Kittens, an English comedy band who performed rock and heavy metal songs in a lounge music style.
  • Black Velvet Flag, an American trio who performed punk rock songs in a lounge music style.
  • Frank Bennett, an Australian jazz singer who recorded several big band arrangements of popular songs.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Stapleton, Susan (February 3, 2015). "Cheese whiz Richard Cheese slices two sets in Las Vegas". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 18 August 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  2. ^ Turner, Katherine (March 3, 2016). This is the Sound of Irony: Music, Politics and Popular Culture. Routledge. p. 171. ISBN 9781317010548. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Richard Cheese Film & TV Appearances". Richard Cheese Official Website. Archived from the original on 25 September 2023. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Richard Cheese discography at AllMusic
  5. ^ a b "Comedy Albums (week of April 10, 2010)". Billboard. 10 April 2010. Archived from the original on 2021-07-11. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  6. ^ a b "Comedy Albums (week of August 15, 2020)". Billboard. 15 August 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  7. ^ a b "Comedy Albums (week of March 13, 2021)". Billboard. 13 March 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-07-13. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
  8. ^ "Comedy Albums (week of March 18, 2006)". Billboard. 18 March 2006. Archived from the original on 2021-07-11. Retrieved 2021-07-09.
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