Taproot frontman Stephen Richards was the latest guest on Full Metal Jackie's weekend radio program, chatting about the band's reactivated state with a Best of Besides compilation out now, a new ...

We had the privilege of sitting down with Taproot frontman Stephen Richards before the band's headlining show at New York City’s Webster Hall.

Stephen Richards learned to skate when he was 3 and drum when he was 4, so it's only natural the Taproot frontman considers himself equally versed in hockey and music. Throw him into the company ...

TAPROOT Who: Stephen Richards, Phil Lipscomb, Mike DeWolf and Jarrod Montague. What: Ann Arbor rock band with a national following releases its fourth CD Tuesday.

Frontman Stephen Richards dishes dirt (plus a tour of Taproot's bus).

“We heard Billy was working with Breaking Benjamin so we knew that it was possible that he might be interested in working with us,” says Taproot frontman Stephen Richards.

Richards captures that creepiness in the band’s new music. Taproot’s attempt to nail it on the first album, “The Gift,” was, by his own admission, sonically primitive.

They opened up with the song "Smile," which is the first song on their first CD, Gift. Lead singer Stephen Richards mentioned that he was still screwed up from being drunk the previous night.

After two years off the rock radar, Taproot has set a Sept. 16 release date for its fourth national release, "Our Long Road Home," which also marks the quartet's debut for Velvet Hammer after ...

Most folks outside of Michigan first heard of Taproot after Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst left a profanity-laden message on Richards' answering machine.

Taproot will be touring into 2004, and have been writingmaterial on the road. Will they shelve that as well when they getaround to recording? Maybe. With this band, all bets are off,Richards said.