Ric Menck

American drummer, record label owner and music writer. Originally from Chicago where he formed the groups The Springfields and Choo Choo Train with Paul Chastain in the mid-late 1980s. They then formed Velvet Crush and both moved to Providence, Rhode Island c1990. He then relocated to Los Angeles where he ran the record labels [l=Bird Song Recordings] and [l=Reaction Recordings] (part of the Parasol Label Group). He also worked at a record store called Freakbeat in Sherman Oaks, CA and as a music writer. After almost 20 years in LA he moved to Minneapolis where he now works for Mill City Sound.