Canadian-born Rick Hughes is the lead singer of the legendary heavy-metal band Sword (formed in 1981, "Metallized" 1986, "Sweet Dreams" 1988, "The Best of Sword" 2006, "Live Hammersmith" 2016, "III" 2022) and of the hard-rock band Saints & Sinners (Saints & Sinners 1992), during his career he has played hundreds of headline shows and has opened for Metallica, Motorhead, Metal Church, Alice Cooper, Bon Jovi, Warlock, Anthrax, Black Label Society, Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson, WASP, Helix, Styx, and Lee Aaron.