Topic: Rick Thomas
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ST1TCH (born Rick Thomas, January 6, 1980) is American sampler for Mushroomhead and Ventana. It has been stated that Thomas was originally called "Stick", due to his slim build, but someone mistakenly called him Stitch and the name stuck. ST1TCH can be identified by his pair of wire "headphones" recently he has taken to wearing a re-breather over the bottom half of his mask during some live shows.
Rick met this rap-core band at the Mushroomhead Halloween show in 1997. He hooked up with them to make shirts for them since he had experience doing it for Mushroomhead. He started to become friends with the guitar player, Rick Sans, and Sans eventually hinted that they'd like to get a DJ for the band. Thomas wanted to be in the band, but he didn't play any instruments, nor did he really have the money to buy any. So they ended up finding a kid selling 2 cheap Gemini turntables and a mixer for about $100. The two of them split the cost of the gear so they could get a DJ going in the band. Thomas started practicing with the band and was slowly learning how to scratch and add effects to their music. He became a full time member of Downfall of Society around the Spring of 1998.
The band was playing a lot of shows, and entered quite a few 'Battle of The Bands' competitions ...winning a few of them. They also opened up for Mushroomhead a few times due to Rick's association with the band. The bassist, Paul, was eventually kicked out of the band around the Spring of 1999 so Thomas got his friend at the time, Dave Harris, to take over. The band was evolving and writing better music, but their drummer was holding them back. They set out to get a new drummer, but since good drummers were hard to find, the band took some time off. During that time, Thomas met the band Canister and really hit it off with them. In mid-1999, Rick was spending a lot of time with Canister and working on music with them. This apparently offended the guys in Downfall of Society, because they ended up replacing him without even letting him know. They changed their name to Sixty Victims, and Rick moved on with Canister.
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