For over a quarter of a century, Ricky Warwick’s life and career has straddled two continents. It takes a certain kind of intuition to harvest the best of both worlds and to fashion a life and body of work built on integrity, humility and respect.

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It’s apparent in his music. Ricky remains undoubtedly one of the hardest working men in rock n roll. That ethos, formed and forged in the farm fields of Northern Ireland’s County Down countryside, stood the teenager in the greatest of stead when he first came to pick up a guitar at the age of 13.

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There had always been music, both at home and also in Belfast. Throughout the 1970s and early 80s, the city was front and centre of the punk revolution. It begged the question, “How you gonna keep him down on the farm, once he’s seen Stiff Little Fingers?”

The answer was... You couldn’t.

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A year later the Warwick family moved to Strathaven in Scotland. It was here where the spark of musical desire became a flame. Writing and practising every day, Ricky Warwick found himself drafted into the acclaimed UK punk/folk band New Model Army for their 1987 world tour. 

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The young guitarist had crossed the Rubicon. The taste of opportunity was on his tongue.

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A short time later, Warwick formed The Almighty in Glasgow, Scotland. Drive, focus and raw talent catapulted the four-piece into a halcyon spell of achievement. Ten Top 40 singles and four UK Top 20 albums followed. The band toured extensively, sharing the stage with some of the biggest names in rock music (including Iron Maiden, Motörhead, The Ramones and Megadeth) whilst building a legendary, loyal and formidable fanbase along the way.

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The ache for home lives in us all and, in 2002, Ricky returned to Ireland. It was here that he recorded his first solo album, Tattoos & Alibis, produced and recorded by Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott in his Dublin studio. The record was the first indication that Warwick had the remarkable capacity to cross genre, style and pace with consummate ease and, more importantly, with authenticity.

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Ricky Warwick lives in Los Angeles for now, but that draw of home is overpowering. A relocation to the idyllic Northern Ireland countryside in the shadow of his beloved Scrabo Tower is well on course – yet another exciting chapter in the musician’s life, which will undoubtedly inspire new work, new music and new life.

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As a solo artist, with a reputation in the industry for delivering in spades, he would continue to find success, touring globally with Def Leppard, Cheap Trick, Bryan Adams and Lynyrd Skynyrd .