Category: RICHRATH

As requested here’s the 1992 RICHRATH album “Only The Strong Survive“, long time out of print but recently reissued with a much better sonic output. Founded by original REO Speedwagon guitarist & songwriter Gary Richrath when he left the band at the end of the ’80s, RICHRATH was Gary’s vehicle to keep rockin’ as his former band did in its origins.
Unhappy with the pop-rock / AOR mainstream direction of REO Speedwagon, Gary Richrath left the band in 1989 after almost two decades together. He joined vocalist Michael Jahnz to co-wrote many songs, and with others penned with talented Tom DeLuca, assembled RICHRATH-the band, and released this album.
“Only The Strong Survive” is as well the title of one of the most rocking REO songs, of course penned by Gary Richrath and recorded here again.
This baby rocks, rocks hard with tons of melody, great guitars and polished harmonies…

With the release of the new RICHRATH 2021 album, frontman MICHAEL JAHNZ is also re-releasing his solo album from 2000, recorded after he left RICHRATH to start his solo career. Jahnz named his band – and the album – Project 3:13, based on the his and Gary Richrath “thing” which was a phenomenon they continuously found themselves seeing (3:13) and also referring to the time they would always find themselves in the studio, 3:13 am.
This album is a terrific collection of melodic rock tunes inspired by the ’80s in songwriting & production, in the vein of Tyketto, Mitch Malloy, Brett Walker and of course, REO Speedwagon.
The new songs are much more melodic rock oriented than Jahnz work while in RICHRATH, plenty of superb harmonies and wrapped by a polished production. All are strong, but the triad of ‘Simple Minds’, ‘I Found In You’, ‘It’s Never Enough’ are simply gorgeous, adding an AOR touch to the proceedings.
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