Richard Ramirez

Richard Ramirez is an American noise artist from Houston, Texas, active since 1989. He records and performs alone and in groups, and he is best known as the founder of Black Leather Jesus, a harsh noise project built on contact microphones, scrap metal percussion and power electronics, with live shows that stage gay BDSM imagery. Ramirez started Black Leather Jesus in Houston in 1989. The constant member beside him is his husband Sean E. Ramirez-Matzus.