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Founding member of Sun City Girls, and now primarily a solo artist. Best known for his guitar playing, he also plays a variety of other instruments including piano. Brother of Alan Bishop.
ALBUMS
Sir Richard Bishop*
Saginaw Racket
2024, 2xLP, Album, Unrock
Sir Rick Bishop*
Magrebh Blues
2022, 7", Single, Unrock
Sir Richard Bishop*
Celerity
2020, CDr, Single, Promo, Drag City
Sir Richard Bishop*
Oneiric Formulary
2020
Sir Richard Bishop* & David Oliphant / Karkhana With Nadah El Shazly
Carte Blanche
2019
Sir Richard Bishop* & Ed Yazijian
Sir Richard Bishop & Ed Yazijian
2019
Alvarius B* / Sir Richard Bishop*
Strange Fruit
2017, 10", EP, Unrock, 
Sir Richard Bishop* / Ava Mendoza
Ivory Tower
2016
Sir Richard Bishop*
Tangier Sessions
2015
Alvarius B* / Sir Richard Bishop*
If You Don't Like It...Don't!
2014, LP, Album, Ltd, Three Lobed Recordings
Sir Richard Bishop*
VDSQ - Solo Acoustic Volume Eight
2014, LP, Album, Ltd, Vin Du Select Qualitite, Thin Wrist Recordings
Anthony Pasquarosa / Sir Richard Bishop* / Aaron Sheppard / Bill Orcutt
VDSQ Special Edition
2014, 4xLP, Comp, Ltd, Whi, Vin Du Select Qualitite, Thin Wrist Recordings
Sir Richard Bishop* / Bill Orcutt
Road Stories (Kali)
2014
Sir Richard Bishop*
Road To Siam
2014
Sir Richard Bishop*
The Unrock Tapes
2012
Sir Richard Bishop* & W. David Oliphant*
Beyond All Defects
2012
Sir Richard Bishop*
Spontaneous Collaborations
2011, CDr, Album, Ltd, Not On Label (Rick Bishop Self-released)
Sir Richard Bishop*
Outermezzo
2011, CDr, Album, Ltd, Not On Label (Rick Bishop Self-released)
Sir Richard Bishop*
Intermezzo
2011
Sir Richard Bishop* & His Freak Of Araby Ensemble*
Live Recordings 2009
2010, CDr, Album, Ltd, Not On Label (Rick Bishop Self-released)
Sir Richard Bishop*
Head Trauma
2010, CDr, Ltd, Not On Label (Rick Bishop Self-released)
Sir Richard Bishop*
Graviton Polarity Generator
2010, LP, Social Music Records
Sir Richard Bishop*
The Freak Of Araby
2009, 
,
, Acoustic/Folk
Earth (2) / Sir Richard Bishop*
The Peacock Angels Lament / Narasimha
2008, 12", Ltd, Southern Lord, 
,
, Acoustic/Drone/Experimental
Richard Bishop*
God Damn Religion
2008, DVD-V, NTSC, Reg + CD, Album, RE + Ltd, Locust Music
Sir Richard Bishop*
Automatic Writing
2008, CDr, Album, Ltd, Not On Label (Rick Bishop Self-released)
Sir Richard Bishop*
West Oakland Freakout Sessions
2008, CDr, Album, Ltd, Not On Label (Rick Bishop Self-released)
Alan Bishop & Richard Bishop* Present The Brothers Unconnected*
The Brothers Unconnected: A Tribute To Charles Gocher & Sun City Girls
2008, CD, Album, Ltd, Abduction
Sir Richard Bishop*
Film Score Anatomy
2008, CDr, Album, Ltd, Not On Label (Rick Bishop Self-released)
Sir Richard Bishop*
Live Aquarius Records October 26, 2008
2008, CDr, Album, Not On Label
Sir Richard Bishop*
Winged Serpents
2007, File, MP3, 160, Ri Be Xibalba
Sir Richard Bishop*
Knucklehead Freefall
2007, CDr, Album, Ltd, Not On Label (Rick Bishop Self-released)
Sir Richard Bishop*
While My Guitar Violently Bleeds
2007
Sir Richard Bishop*
Polytheistic Fragments
2007
Sir Richard Bishop*
Elektronika Demonika
2006, LP, Ltd, Locust Music
Sir Richard Bishop*
All Strung Out
2006, CDr, Album, Ltd, Not On Label (Rick Bishop Self-released)
Sir Richard Bishop*
Vault Vol. 1
2006, CDr, Album, Ltd, Not On Label (Rick Bishop Self-released)
Sir Richard Bishop*
Vault Vol. 2
2006, CDr, Album, Ltd, Not On Label (Rick Bishop Self-released)
Sir Richard Bishop*
Vault Vol. 3
2006, CDr, Album, Ltd, Num, Not On Label (Rick Bishop Self-released)
Sir Richard Bishop*
Staged
2006
Sir Richard Bishop*
Plays Sun City Girls
2006
Sir Richard Bishop*
Fingering The Devil
2006
Sir Richard Bishop*
Improvika
2004
Alan Bishop & Richard Bishop*
Nat Pwe: Burma's Carnival Of Spirit Soul
2003, DVD, Ltd, NTSC, Sublime Frequencies
Jason Glover (2) & Sir Richard Bishop*
Elvi Sinawi
2002, CDr, Mini, Not On Label
Dave Knott & Jeffery Taylor & Robert Millis & Rick Bishop
Messenger Girls Trio
2002
Sir Richard Bishop*
Salvador Kali
1998, ,
, Acoustic
Clandestine Trio
Blue Shell
2020, 7", Single, Unrock
The Clandestine Quartet
One For The Fossa, Two For The Wolverine
2019, 
,
, Psychedelic Rock/Free Improvisation/Experimental
Rangda
The Heretic's Bargain
2016, Vinyl, ,
, Psychedelic Rock/Experimental
Sun City Girls
Eye Mohini (Sun City Girls Singles Volume 3)
2013, CD, Comp, Abduction
Rangda
Live In Krefeld
2013, Vinyl, ,
, Experimental/Psychedelic Rock/Avantgarde
Brothers Unconnected
Unrock The House
2012, 2xLP, Album, Ltd, Unrock
Rangda
Formerly Extinct
2012, Vinyl, ,
, Psychedelic Rock
Sun City Girls
Gum Arabic
2010, CD, Comp, Ltd, Num, Annihaya Records
Rangda
False Flag
2010, Vinyl, ,
, Noise/Psychedelic Rock/Free Improvisation/Experimental
Messenger Girls Trio
Excelsior Salon Trio
2010
Sun City Girls
Funeral Mariachi
2010, ,
, Experimental
Sun City Girls
Napoleon & Josephine (Sun City Girls Singles Volume 2)
2009, CD, Comp, Abduction, ,
, Spoken Word/Experimental
Sun City Girls
You're Never Alone With A Cigarette (Sun City Girls Singles Volume 1)
2008, CD, Album, Comp, Abduction
Sun City Girls
Live At The Sit & Spin, Seattle May 17, 2002
2008
Sun City Girls
Beginnings Dark
2007, LP, S/Sided, Ltd, Whi, Enterruption, ,
, Experimental
Sun Supreme
Sun Supreme
2007, LP, Ltd, Meds
Sun City Girls
God Is My Solar System / Superpower
2003, 2xLP, Comp, Ltd, RE, Eclipse Records (3)
Sun City Girls
Live From The Land Of The Rising Sun
1997, CD, Album, Japan Overseas, 
,
, Experimental
Sun City Girls
Dante's Disneyland Inferno
1996
Sun City Girls
330,003 Crossdressers From Beyond The Rig Veda
1996, ,
, Experimental
Sun City Girls
Live At C.O.N. Artists
1993, LP, Poon Village, ,
, Experimental
Sun City Girls
Pelican 92
1993
Sun City Girls
Torch Of The Mystics
1990
Sun City Girls
Grotto Of Miracles
1986, LP, Placebo Records
Sun City Girls
Midnight Cowboys From Ipanema
1986
Sun City Girls
Sun City Girls
1984, LP, Placebo Records
Sun City Girls
The Halcyon Days Of Symmetry
2004
Sun City Girls
Arizona State University, Tempe, 1989
2015, Cass, Album, Unofficial, Anökumena, 
,
, Experimental
APPEARANCES +
Various
Everything Depends On Us: Zebulon L.A. Live Recording Vol. 1
2024, 3xLP, Comp, Ltd, Zebulon Records (3)
Climax Golden Twins
Climax Golden Twins
2022, 2xLP, Album, Ltd, Fire Breathing Turtle, ,
, Experimental/Ambient
Various
Ten Years Gone: A Tribute to Jack Rose
2022, 18xFile, FLAC, Obsolete Recordings (2)
Square 9*
Tsunami.2↑
2022
Eugene Chadbourne, Sun City Girls
Jazz At The Court
2021, CDr, Album, House Of Chadula, ,
, Experimental
Bill Callahan & Bonnie Prince Billy*
Blind Date Party
2021, ,
, Indie Rock/Folk Rock
Sun City Girls
Live At The Sky Church - September 3rd, 2004
2020, LP, Album, Ltd, Num + DVD-V, Twenty One Eighty Two Recording Company, ,
, Experimental
Various
Well Known Strangers
2020, 14x7", Ltd, Num, Unrock, 
,
, Avant-garde Jazz/Free Improvisation/Avantgarde/Experimental
Eyvind Kang
Chirality
2019, CD, 
,
, Avantgarde
Porest
Modern Journal Of Popular Savagery
2016, 
,
, Experimental/Avantgarde
Klark Nova
Luzifer 110
2014, 12", EP, Notafalsa
Various
Eight Trails, One Path
2012, LP, RSD, Comp, Ltd, Three Lobed Recordings, ,
, Acoustic/Psychedelic Rock/Folk
Eddy Detroit Meets The Sun City Girls*
Eddy Detroit Meets The Sun City Girls
2011, 7", Ltd, Ammit Records
Herb Diamante And Friends*
A Spoonful Of Yeast
2010, CD, Album, No-Fi, ,
, Avantgarde/Lounge/Noise
Various
Seeing For Miles (12 Amazing New Psych-Rock Classics)
2009, ,
, Psychedelic Rock
Various
…And Shiva Came For Charlie
2008, LP, Comp, Ltd, Ri Be Xibalba, ,
, Free Jazz/Experimental/Spoken Word/Free Improvisation/Ambient
J. Spaceman / Sun City Girls
Mister Lonely (Music From A Film By Harmony Korine)
2008
Katharina Tunicata
Plastic Wood
2007, File, MP3, 192, Ri Be Xibalba
Robert Millis
Phi Ta Khon: Ghosts Of Isan
2006, DVD-V, Sublime Frequencies
Grails
The Burden Of Hope / Redlight
2006, LP, RE, Gre + LP, RE, Red + Album, Comp, RP, Robotic Empire, Robotic Empire, ,
, Alternative Rock/Folk Rock/Psychedelic Rock
Alvarius B*
Blood Operatives Of The Barium Sunset
2005
Uncle Jim
Superstars Of Greenwich Meantime
2005
Hisham Mayet
Folk Music Of The Sahara: Among The Tuareg Of Libya
2004, DVD-V, Ltd, Sublime Frequencies
Various
Radio India: The Eternal Dream Of Sound
2004, 2xCD, Comp, Sublime Frequencies, ,
, Radioplay
Hisham Mayet
Isan: Folk And Pop Music Of Northeast Thailand
2004, DVD, Ltd, Sublime Frequencies
Hisham Mayet
Jemaa El Fna: Morocco's Rendezvous Of The Dead
2003, DVD, Ltd, Sublime Frequencies
Climax Golden Twins
Live In The 21st Century
2003, CDr, Kabukikore
Grails
The Burden Of Hope
2003
Dave Knott
33 x 3
2002, Cass, Ltd, C90, Not On Label (Dave Knott Self-released)
Eugene Chadbourne
Psychad
1997, LP, Album, Ltd, Swamp Room Records, n.UR-Kult Releases, ,
, Country Blues/Psychedelic Rock/Avantgarde/Experimental
The New Session People
Famous Songs From Days-Gone-By
1997, CD, Album, Amarillo Records
Dr. Eugene Chadbourne's New Archive Of Insanity*
Chadbourne Barber Shop
1996, CD, Comp, Airline 61, ,
, Country Blues/Folk Rock/Punk/Avantgarde/Free Improvisation
Bloodloss
Misty
1996, CD, Comp, Au Go Go, 
,
, Garage Rock/Grunge/Punk
Bloodloss
Broke
1993, 7", Single, Belltown Records
Various
Warm And Fuzzy Feelings
1993, CD, 3:23 Reckerds, ,
, Alternative Rock/Punk/Rock & Roll/Psychedelic Rock/Art Rock/Country Rock
Bloodloss
In-A-Gadda-Da-Change
1993
Eugene Chadbourne
Country Music From The World Of Islam Vols. 11 & 12
1991, Cass, Album, Not On Label (Eugene Chadbourne Self-Released), ,
, Experimental
Eugene Chadbourne
Chadbourne Baptist Church Live In Concert
1991, Cass, Album, Not On Label (Eugene Chadbourne Self-Released)
Eugene Chadbourne
Long Lost Classics
1989, Cass, Album, C90, Not On Label (Eugene Chadbourne Self-Released)
Eugene Chadbourne
Country Music In The World Of Islam Volume XV
1989
Various
Amuck
1982, LP, Comp, Placebo Records
Maybe Mental
Lotuses On Fire
Various
Drag City
2020, CD, Comp, Uncut (2), ,
, Punk/Folk Rock/Classic Rock/Alternative Rock/Indie Pop
Various
Three Lobed Recordings At 20: An Overview
2020, 34xFile, FLAC, Three Lobed Recordings,
Various
Psychic Migrations
2017, 2xLP, RSD, Ltd, Pin, Cinewax
Various
Fresh Meat (15 Tracks Of The Best New Music)
2015, CD, Comp, Uncut (2),
Various
SOTU Snippets
2014, CDr, Comp, Mixed, Promo, Smplr, Not On Label, ,
, Avantgarde/Alternative Rock/Leftfield/Experimental/Doom Metal
High Wolf
Secret Thirteen Mix 030
2012, File, MP3, Mixed, 320, Secret Thirteen Journal, 
,
, Free Jazz/Abstract/Ambient/Experimental/African
:zoviet*france:*
A Duck In A Tree 2012-08-18 / Standing Next To A Mountain
2012, File, MPEG-4 Video, Mixed, VBR, Not On Label (Zoviet France Self-released), ,
, Experimental/Minimal/Ambient/Musique Concrète
Various
Complete Control (15 Tracks From The Month's Best New Albums)
2012,
Konx-Om-Pax
Display Copy Mix (Electron Gate Version)
2010, File, MP3, Mixed, 128, Wire Magazine, ,
, Abstract/Experimental/Musique Concrète/Industrial/Minimal/Psychedelic Rock/Neofolk/Acoustic/Ambient
Various
Transmissions From Sinai
2009, CD, Comp, Ltd, Mixed, Arthur Magazine, ,
, Acoustic/Hard Rock/Psychedelic Rock/Folk/Neofolk
Various
Drag City 1989-2009
2009, CD, Comp, Promo, Sinedín Music, Drag City, 
,
, Folk Rock/Alternative Rock/Indie Rock/Acoustic
Various
Open Strings: Early Virtuoso Recordings From The Middle East, And New Responses
2009, ,
, Folk
Various
Err On The Good Side
2009
Various
The Great Koonaklaster Speaks: A John Fahey Celebration
2007, CD, Album, Comp, Table Of The Elements, Table Of The Elements
Various
O Sirhan, O Sirhan #2
2007, DVD-V + Box, Ltd, O Sirhan, O Sirhan
Various
Halleluwah Festival Of Enthused Arts Sept. 1-2, 2006 * Disjecta, Portland
2006, LP, Album, Ltd, Yeti Publishing LLC, Blackbird Presents, ,
, Folk Rock/Acoustic/Indie Rock
Various
Southern Autumnal Killer Megamix
2005, CD, Smplr, Southern Records, ,
, Post Rock/Doom Metal/Indie Rock/Acoustic
Various
Wooden Guitar
2003
Various
Halana 4
1999, CD, Comp, Halana
Various
Postal Sound Surgery
1992, Cass, C90, Audiofile Tapes, ,
, Experimental
Lost Continent
Chapter IV - The River
2015, CDr, Comp, Ltd, Mixed, Num, Promo, Unofficial, Lost Continent, ,
, Ambient/Minimal/Experimental/Dark Ambient/Field Recording/New Age/Avantgarde/Krautrock
William Cody Watson
Bury My Body In The Desert
2013, File, MP3, Mixed, P/Unofficial, 320, Experimedia
Various
What's In Store?: Aquarius Records Collection Of Live Recordings: Box Set Of 28 3' cdrs 2012
2012, 28xCDr, Mini, P/Unofficial + Box, Comp, Ltd, P/Uno, Not On Label, ,
, Experimental/Indie Rock/Neofolk/Lo-Fi
H. Futami*
Daydream Coast
2008, CDr, Comp, Unofficial, Not On Label, ,
, Ambient/Balearic/Experimental/New Age/New Wave/Dub/Dancehall
