RJ
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Belgian musician
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Male
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20 January 1963(Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Richard Jonckheere (born 20 January 1963), better known by his stage names Richard23 and Richard JK, is a Belgian musician.He has been a member of Front 242 (which he joined in 1983) and was a founding member of Revolting Cocks (which he left in 1986, and later rejoined in 2016). He released the EP Free Tyson Free! with Jean-Pierre Everaerts and Marc Desmare, using the moniker Holy Gang, and two 12-inch singles in 1999/2000 as LaTchak (a collaboration with Everaerts).
Politics
In 2007, Jonckheere ran as a candidate in the Belgian general elections on behalf of the Ecolo party. In the district of Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde, he finished fifteenth, with 1,936 (or 2.03%) of the votes.