Richard Jonckheere

Richard Jonckheere (born 20 January 1963^[2]), better known by his stage names Richard 23 and Richard JK, is a Belgian musician. He is a member of Front 242 (which he joined in 1983)^[3] and was a founding member of Revolting Cocks^[4] (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,^[5] and two 12-inch singles in 1999/2000 as LaTchak (a collaboration with Everaerts).

Richard Jonckheere
Jonckheere performing in 2017
Background information
Also known as	Richard 23 Richard JK
Born	(1963-01-20) 20 January 1963 (age 62) Brussels, Belgium[1]
Genres	Industrial EBM techno
Occupation	Musician
Instruments	Keyboards percussion vocals
Years active	1983–present
Member of	Revolting Cocks Front 242

Politics

In 2007, Jonckheere ran as a candidate in the Belgian general elections on behalf of the Ecolo party.^[6] In the district of Brussels-Halle-Vilvoorde, he finished fifteenth, with 1,936 (or 2.03%) of the votes.^[7]