Thomas Richard Christy, Jr. was born on the 1st April 1974 in Fort Scott, Kansas, USA. He is widely known as a professional drummer, who played with metal bands Iced Earth and Death and currently plays in his own heavy metal group Charred Walls of the Damned. He is a radio personality as well, who is known for working in “The Howard Stern Show”. His career has been active since 1996.
Have you ever wondered how rich Richard Christy is? Sources estimate that the overall size of Christy’s net worth is $200,000; his salary per year is $75,000. The main sum of his wealth is his career in the music industry. Another source is coming from his appearances in several radio shows. Christy has also appeared in a number of films and TV series, which have also added to his overall fortune.
Richard Christy Net Worth $200,000
Richard Christy spent his childhood in Redfield, a city in Kansas, the son of a Vietnam veteran. At the age of 10, he started playing drums in his elementary school band Uniontown. His inspiration to start playing was Alex Van Halen’s drumming in the song entitled “Hot For Teacher”, by the band Van Halen. At the beginning he played snare drum, and later his parents bought him a Gretsh drum set, so he could practice every day after school.
After graduation, Christy decided to move to Florida, hoping that he would meet the leader of the band Death, Chuck Schuldiner, and did so in the mid-1990s, soon auditioned and eventually became the new drummer of the band Death. He stayed with the band until Chuck`s death in 2001 after he lost the battle with cancer. Richard was on the band`s seventh studio album “The Sound Of Perseverance” (1998), and was also on tour with them, later that year, of which two concert albums were released, “Live In Eindhoven” (1998), and “Live In L.A” (1999). His net worth was growing a little.
Afterwards, he co-founded death metal band Burning Inside, with musicians Steve Childress, Jamie Prim, and Michael Estes. They released three albums before disbanding in 2007 – “The Eve Of Entities” (2000), “Apparition” (2001), and “Burning Inside” (2007), which considerably increased his overall net worth.
Richard was also the drummer of the band Iced Earth from 2001 until 2004, and he is currently working on his own band, called Charred Walls Of The Damned, with which he has released two albums “Charred Walls Of The Damned” (2010), and “Cold Winds Of Timeless Days” (2011).
However, apart from his successful career in music, Richard is also known for his career as a radio personality; having first appeared in 1999,.he has been an official member of the “Howard Stern Show” since 2004, performing prank calls, comedy stunts and song parodies – a useful addition to his net worth.
Richard is also known for his career as actor, which has also added to his net worth, appearing in more than 10 film and TV titles, including “Harold And Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay” (2008), “Booley“ (2010), “Adventures OF Serial Buddies” (2011), “Jersey Shore Masacre” (2014), and he is currently filming “Body Farm” (2016).
Speaking about Richard Christy’s personal life, he married long-time girlfriend Kristen Jenco in 2011, and they are current based in New York City. In free time he is active on Facebook, Twitter, as well as on his own website.
