Richard McNamara

ABOUT RICHARD MCNAMARA

Guitarist for the British rock group Embrace who wrote "One Big Family" and "Hooligan."

He founded his group while still in high school.

Embrace was massively successful in Europe, but a record label mishap left the band without a U.S. presence.

His brother Danny is the lead singer for Embrace.

Chris Martin of Coldplay wrote a song that he thought sounded more like Embrace than like his group, so he gave it to the group to record.