Collect Records

Geoff Rickly
Rickly performing with Thursday
Background information
Birth name	Geoffrey William Rickly
Born	(1979-03-08) March 8, 1979 (age 38)
Origin	Dumont, New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	Post-hardcore emo indie rock screamo post-punk hardcore punk
Occupation(s)	Singer songwriter producer
Instruments	Vocals guitar saxophone piano
Years active	1997–present
Labels	Astro Magnetics Eyeball Victory Island Epitaph
Associated acts	Ink & Dagger Thursday My Chemical Romance United Nations Useless Strangelight No Devotion

Geoffrey William "Geoff" Rickly (born March 8, 1979) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and songwriter of rock band Thursday. Rickly is also a member of hardcore punk band United Nations, and the alternative rock group No Devotion with former members of Lostprophets, and is the founder of the record label Collect Records.

Rickly was born and raised in Dumont, New Jersey into a Catholic family, and attended Dumont High School, where he was a member of the band and played the tenor sax. He was raised Catholic, Rickly is a diagnosed epileptic, which has affected his ability to tour.

In early 2013, Rickly was mugged in New York City, where his cell phone, iPad, wallet, credit card, rent money, and medication were stolen. In 2015, Rickly was poisoned and robbed in Hamburg, Germany, while touring with No Devotion to play at the Reeperbahn Festival. Rickly was hospitalized, causing them to cancel their concert, but recovered for a scheduled show in Paris the following day.

In a 2017 interview with Spin, Rickly admitted to battling a heroin addiction that begin shortly after Thursday's breakup in 2011. Following Thursday's reunion in 2016, Rickly was inspired to quit using the drug.

Rickly has contributed guest vocals to many songs, including My American Heart's "We Are the Fabrication", Murder by Death's "Killbot 2000", This Day Forward's "Sunfalls and Watershine", Circa Survive's "The Lottery", and My Chemical Romance's "This Is the Best Day Ever". He also occasionally performs solo, most recently in Hoboken, New Jersey at the Eyeball Records holiday party, performing the Thursday songs "Autumn Leaves Revisited" and "This Side of Brightness" acoustically.