Richard Anthony Jones (born May 13, 1976), better known by his stage name Fiend (or International Jones), is an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. His debut studio album, I Won't Be Denied (1995), was released by the local record label Big Boy Records, although he signed with its regional competitor, Master P's No Limit Records to release its follow-up, There's One in Every Family (1998). The latter peaked within the top ten of the Billboard 200 and was followed by his third album
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Richard Anthony Jones (born May 13, 1976), better known by his stage name Fiend (or International Jones), is an American rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. His debut studio album, I Won't Be Denied (1995), was released by the local record label Big Boy Records, although he signed with its regional competitor, Master P's No Limit Records to release its follow-up, There's One in Every Family (1998). The latter peaked within the top ten of the Billboard 200 and was followed by his third album, Street Life (1999), which peaked at number 15 on the chart and served as his final release with No Limit.
He briefly joined Ruff Ryders Entertainment in 2001 prior to forming the hip hop group, Da Headbussaz with Three 6 Mafia's Juicy J and DJ Paul, whose only album, Dat's How It Happen to'M (2002), modestly entered the Billboard 200. He then signed with fellow New Orleans rapper, Currensy's record label, Jet Life Recordings in 2011, and released a collaborative album with the label, Jet World Order (2011), that narrowly did so.
There are multiple artists tracked as "Fiend" on Last.fm. The following are listed in order of prominence.
1. Fiend is a Melodic Death Metal band formed in Moscow, Russia, in December of 2007, which also touches other metal genres such as Gothic.
2. Also a French stoner/doom/psyche band from Paris featuring British singer Heitham Al-Sayed (Senser, Lodestar, Entronaut, In The Guise Of Men, The Operators, The Guild), Michel Bassin (Treponem Pal, Ministry, Kanaan), Nico Zivkovich (13 Zealots) and Simon Doucet (Kickback, Casanova Frankenstein, 13 Zealots).
3. Steven Vasquez, a Hardcore producer who has had releases on Industrial Strength, The Third Movement & Pacemaker amongst others.
4. Fiend was the alias of Scottish musician Brendan O’Hare, a well-traveled member of the 1990s alternative pop scene. O’Hare first garnered notice as the drummer of the great Teenage Fanclub, exiting the group in the wake of their 1993 LP Thirteen; he released the experimental ambient albums Caledonian Gothic, Caledonian Cosmic and Caledonian Mystic under the name of Fiend. These albums featured a handful of recordings involving other members of Telstar Ponies, of whom he was still a member when the material was recorded. Next, followed by a stint in Mogwai. In addition to Fiend — a moody space-rock solo project first heard on 1997’s Caledonian Gothic - he also concurrently led his own band, Macrocosmica.
5. Fiend is a grindcore band from Fresno, CA formed in the summer months of 2012 through a local DIY community. They released a demo in 2013, an EP in 2014, and a split with Dead Issue in 2015.
6. Fiend is a dustep producer from Manchester, UK. His first track called "Gully" was released on soundcould on October 12, 2012. He has a digital LP titled The Seven Deadly Dubs (DTR016) which was released July 12 2016 on Juno.
7. Fiend is a punk band from Galway, Ireland. Insofar (7/2019), They've recorded a demo in 2016 and a S/T album in 2018. https://fiendhc.bandcamp.com/
8. fiend is a breakcore producer from Melbourne, Australia. https://fiend.bandcamp.com/album/fever-dream
9. fiend is the name of an unauthorized archive page for American rapper Lucki, known for reuploading his 2021 unreleased song Cupid (also known as Balenciaga Princess)
10. Feind is a goregrind band from Germany, which incorrectly redirects here. In order to fix this, turn of auto-corrected scrobbling in your account settings.
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