Rik Emmett

Richard Gordon "Rik" Emmett (born July 10, 1953) is a vocalist, guitarist, and founding member of the Canadian rock band Triumph.\n', '

He left Triumph in 1988 to pursue a solo career. His first solo album, Absolutely, was released in 1990 and became a moderate hit across North America thanks to the hits "When a Heart Breaks" and "Saved by Love". He is also a writer for Guitar Player magazine and teaches songwriting and music business at Humber College in Toronto. For a time during the 1980s, Emmett contributed cartoons to Hit Parader magazine satirizing the music industry.\n', '

Due to a production error by Gil Moore and Mike Levine on Triumph\'s first album, Emmett changed the spelling of his first name to "Rik" rather than have the album recalled or cause confusion with fans.\n', '