Richard Kyanka(1976-2021)

Producer
Director
Actor

Rich "Lowtax" Kyanka was born May 11, 1976 in Charlottle, North Carolina. After attending College at He is the creator and owner of SomethingAwful.com, which he started in 1999 as a way to vent about his current employer. The site soon grew to be one of the most popular sites online and helped to shape internet culture starting in the early 2000's.

Rich is a webmaster, writer, musician, director, and sound tech. He resides in Lee's Summit, MO with his wife, Ashli Kyanka and his three daughters.

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Doom House

7.3

Video

Producer

2005

Mega64

8.6

TV Series

Producer

RiffTrax Live: Reefer Madness

7.7

Additional Crew(as Rich Lowtax Kyanka)

2010

RiffTrax Live: Plan 9 from Outer Space

7.5

Self

2009

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Producer

Mega64
8.6
TV Series
- producer
- 2004–2006
Doom House
7.3
Video
- executive producer
- 2005

Director

Actor

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Alternative names
- Rich 'Lowtax' Kyanka
Height
- 1.85 m
Born
- May 11, 1976
- Charlotte, North Carolina, USA
Died
- November 9, 2021
- Lee's Summit, Missouri, USA(Suicide)
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Other works
Kyanka and Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988) host Michael J. Nelson recorded an audio commentary in which they mocked the film Troll II (1990) for the website "RiffTrax".