Richard Fasciano was born in New Jersey in 1973. Both he and his brother Steve are very talented musicians, Rich's instrument of choice being the guitar. Paco met Rich through some mutual friends in 1993 and always talked about jamming out sometime. He then joined the Army. When he came home in 1997, he called Paco and they began jamming, just as the Fatkid left Rutherford; so began "The Jersey Shore Era".