Richard Alexander Fownes (born 26 October 1983) is an English musician from Brighton.

Fownes joined The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster after Andy Huxley's departure in 2005, but in 2008 he left to join Nine Inch Nails.

[3][4] However this plan collapsed and he was replaced with Justin Meldal-Johnsen.

[5] He has since played in The Duke Spirit and Clever Thing.

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