Background
Florian was born in South Bend, Indiana, in 1962.
Florian was born in South Bend, Indiana, in 1962.
He graduated from Taylor University in 1984.
Rick still lends his voice to several music projects over the year. Florian was a three-time lighting tech/roadie for the band back in the 80s. When Florian was caught off guard singing and dancing to "s songs, he was asked to audition for the open position as the band"s vocalist.
He got the job and recorded eight studio albums with them.
Throughout his tenure with the band, he was praised on several occasions for his clean voice and excellent performing abilities. He could always find a clever spot to show off his back handspring in each concert.
Despite not being a founding member, he became the core of along with Billy Smiley and Mark Gersmehl (who"s also an Indiana native, like Florian himself). Florian issued a statement several years ago that the band was only at "a dormant stage".
When Florian released his first album with, a tradition of using unique spelling variations of his name for each album began.
There is no precise account as to who started it, but it remained up until the last albums of the band. The various spellings used have been: Ric, Rikk, Riq, Ricke, Rhic, Rikcq, Ricque. Foreign the record, the correct spelling of his name is simply Rick.
Rick has also been known to go by the nickname, "Tubes".