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Occupation (s) Musician, songwriter. Instrument (s) Guitar, piano, strings. Years active. 1994–present. Richard John Oakes (born 1 October 1976) is an English musician and songwriter, best known as the guitarist, occasional pianist, backing vocalist and co-songwriter of the English band Suede .
- Suede (1993) Was there ever really any doubt as to which Suede album would occupy the number one spot? Suede's self-titled debut was a game changer.
- Coming Up (1996) The loss of gifted guitarist and musical lynchpin Bernard Butler could have easily derailed Suede: beyond the obvious loss of momentum his departure would inevitably trigger, the timing of his exit coincided with the UK music weeklies, BBC Radio 1 and influential international media organisations beginning to realise that Oasis' Noel Gallagher and Liam Gallagher, Blur's Damon Albarn and Pulp's Jarvis Cocker were every bit as quotable as Brett Anderson and arguably more relatable than Suede's frontman.
- Dog Man Star (1994) Having made such a seismic impact with their acclaimed debut album, Suede were never going to dial back their ambitions or compromise their vision when tasked with delivering its follow-up.
- Autofiction (2022) During a pre-release press junket for Autofiction, Brett Anderson was quoted as saying, "Every record is a reaction to the last record to some extent.
Nov 4, 2021 · Their first album with miraculous teenage guitarist Richard Oakes (replacement for the seemingly irreplaceable Bernard Butler), Coming Up threw pop muscle behind Anderson’s sinuous songwriting...
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In September 1994, Suede announced that 17-year-old Richard Oakes was to be the new guitarist. After reading about Butler's departure, he had sent a demo tape to the band's fanclub. [54] When Gilbert heard Anderson playing back the tape whilst going through audition tapes, he mistakenly believed it to be an early Suede demo.
- 1989–2003, 2010–present
- London, England
Mar 22, 2013 · March 22, 2013. On Suede's first post-reunion album, Bernard Butler remains absent, but his replacement, Richard Oakes, has an undeniably reinvigorating effect on frontman Brett Anderson....
Following the band’s 2003 separation, Oakes reconvened with Suede in 2010 to embark on a new phase of their career, and has since been central to the making of a trilogy of new records across the last decade, with a ninth studio album releasing soon. “Richard is the most naturally gifted musician I’ve ever worked with.”
