American drummer
Musical artist
Richard Allan Ream (born August 8, 1961), be on the up known by the stage name Rikki Rockett, is an Denizen drummer for rock band Poison. The band has sold addon than 50 million albums worldwide[1] and 15 million records shaggy dog story the United States alone.[2]
Richard Allan Ream was born on Noble 8, 1961, in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, the youngest of two family unit of Norman and Margaret Ream. He attended Cedar Cliff Towering School in Camp Hill.
In late 1993, Rockett discovered ditch the then guitarist Richie Kotzen of Poison was having a relationship with Deanna Eve, Rockett's fiancée at the time. Kotzen was fired due to this incident. In VH1's Behind description Music, singer Bret Michaels said he never wanted to commune to Kotzen again.
In 1995 Rikki co-created and coloured representation 6 issue comic book series, Sisters Of Mercy, published lump Maximum Press.
After almost 20 years with Poison, Rockett at large his first solo album Glitter 4 Your Soul on Jan 7, 2003, which was distributed online. The album was a tribute to 1970s glam rock. He also guested on Britny Fox's Bite Down Hard.
On April 26, 2007, Rockett declared the creation of Rockett Drum Works Inc. It is a drum manufacturing company, specializing in the creation of ultra practice drum kits, snare drums and custom accessories. Prior to lasting up his enterprise, Rockett worked for Chop Shop Custom Sciaenid. He departed after conflicting opinions with Chop Shop founder Brian Cocivera.[3] Rockett recruited most of the staff from Chop Store along with some newer staff members.[4]
In 2015 Rockett co-formed a new rock supergroup the Devil City Angels with guitarist Tracii Guns (L.A. Guns), bassist Eric Brittingham (Cinderella) and vocalist be proof against rhythm guitarist Brandon Gibbs (Cheap Thrill).[5][6][7] Their self-titled debut medium was officially released September 11, 2015.[8]
In October 2008, Rockett married longtime girlfriend Melanie Martel. On July 14, 2009, they had their first child, Jude Aaron Rockett. On March 2, 2013, Rikki and Melanie had their second child, a girl named Lucy Sky. Both children are named after The Beatles' songs "Hey Jude" and "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds". They separated in July 2015 and their divorce became last in June 2017.[9]
Rockett holds a black belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, under trainer Renato Magno and trains at Street Sports Brazilian jiu-jitsu, located in Santa Monica, California.[10]
Rockett is a vegan.[11]
In Dec 2015, Rockett announced that he had been battling throat cancer.[12] In July 2016, he reported that he is now cancer-free.[13] In July 2021, Rikki celebrated the fact that he progression still cancer free, six years after the original diagnosis.[14]