Rock-it-ology is a philosophy about following your dreams, based on heavy metal song, with real results based on a the true story of Richard Wygand that changed his life by trying to understand a childhood nightmare, by following his wildest dreams of being a professional athlete. Story told at Punkaste (Richard's autobiography), which resulted in the creation of a one man philosophical punk band also called Punkaste. The philosophy is simple, be your own super. Philosophy based on Punk Rock songs. Punkaste is now a story of self-healing with the intention to inspire and motivate others to heal, by leading my example. Because in oder to follow your dreams all you need is attitude. The attitude I call Rock-it.

Richard wygand

Everything started with a Reiki session on summer solstice  in 2012. That day, the world as I knew it came to an end, and I started my soul searching. 

In 2014, I found myself depressed and sick. My soul was sick, I needed to change, so I started a process of self destruct. Fast forward to 2016: while assembling my son’s crib, I chose to heal. I choose to not let history repeat itself, I did not want to pass on my depression to my kids. By 2019, after a particularly challenging therapy session, I stopped by the School of Rock and decided to finally start learning the guitar for good which kick off my healing.

Fast forward to 2020, while I was painting my daughter's crib, I had an intuitive thought: I could be a one-man band. For that I needed to make magic happen. I carry a heavy cross of judgment, fear, shame and guilt that was stoping to follow my dream of doing music. With a lot of effort and a bit of help I was able to release my first album, Dad is a punk in 2021. 

In 2022, something truly magical occurred. There's no other way to describe it. In February, after 18 years, I was released from therapy and successfully reversed not one, not two, but three prescription medications. Music has profoundly healed me, and you can see that transformation in my YouTube channel through my music videos with an attitude. Roots attitude, which simply means going after your dreams. With a roots attitude I released my second album, completely solo in 2023. And here we are...

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