Richard John "Richie" Wermerling (born 11 May 1968 in Whitechapel, England) is a musician who found fame as the vocalist, keyboardist, songwriter and sometime producer with the British group Let Loose, although it was reported by Radio 1 in 1996 that he had previously played drums with The Nolans. When Let Loose disbanded in November 1996, Wermerling went on to write and produce for fellow musicians before co-founding the band Bottlefly in 1997 with vocalist Mark Arnell.
Wermerling can now once again be found writing, producing and performing his own solo work, and also working with the band Feetgazer. Richie has now started writing and performing under the Let Loose name once more with a new line up. The first album from Let Loose 09 entitled Paint It In Gold was released independently on May 5th 2009 and the first live appearance of the band will be on June 4th 2009.