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Doctor Striker's lyrics, brutally simple in the punk tradition, are inspired by his upbringing in recession-battered metro Detroit and subsequent life in Los Angeles, California. Doctor Striker is celebratory and critical, insightful but ecstatic. By committing to a pop ethos, he avoids joining the half-baked rocker-philosopher tradition. Indeed, if Doctor Striker believes in anything, it's in the eternal truth of heavy riffs.
Doctor Striker exclaims: "If you fight the man, you are the man/If I'm rich, no one can touch me. / If I'm rich, I am the law. / But I'm poor, I don't care. / I am poor, I am free."
Doctor Striker teamed up with James Sinigalliano and Joshua Heartstone for the live shows to create a full sensory, theatrical live experience. He crawls across the floor shredding and chanting while Josh and James play bass, keytar and drums.
Lead Vocals, Guitar / Doctor Doctor Striker Striker
Backing Vocals, Keytar, Drums / Doctor James Sinigalliano Striker
Backing Vocals, Bass, Drums / Doctor Joshua Heartstone Striker
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"Doctor Striker is a heavy pop band... known for their “incisively optimistic” brand of music: an aggressive fusion of party time rock and roll, catchy electronic pop, shredding guitar solos, and nasty industrial bite...they’re rapidly gaining a reputation for themselves as a band that has to be seen live. When you go, you become part of the show."
-Alex Sun Liu, Editor of LEX Talk Music
"Doctor Striker, is an electronic-synth-pop outfit that is reminiscent of that amazing band from Revenge of the Nerds. [Their] live show is ...out of this world."
-Victor Valle
Be assured that, even during a short performance, frontman Paul Richter is gonna croon, yell, do crazy acrobatics and strip in front of everybody, with the most positive attitude and the bolder pauses you can imagine.
-Iman Lababedi
The music is 1980s electro-cool and the group is having fun creating the phenomenal artwork — much in the vein of Gorillaz — that accompanies their feats of accomplishment. And while the superhero style may clash with the everyday life we live, Striker and his crew document in a fun way, what we mortals must endure every day.
-Donna Balancia
Awards
The Deli Magazine San Francisco Artist of the Year Readers Poll (Indie Rock/Pop)
