• Richard John Oakes
• born on the 1st of October 1976 in Perivale, UK
• 5 ft 8"
• is nicknamed "Cakes" by his bandmates
• joined in August 1994 after Bernard Butler left to persue a solo career
• the only one in the band who's not a vegetarian
• does not smoke
• has a longstanding girlfriend ( sorry, girls! ), but he calls her "Old Lady" *lol*
• likes punk music, shares interests with Simon
• trust us, he isn't fazed by anything
• wears a size 10 shoe
• entered Suede's audition while his family was out on holiday.....his cat was the only one who knew about it first
• it was when he played "Heroine" during the audition that everyone began to realize "he's the one"

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