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The Rock-afire Explosion is an animatronicrobot band that played in Showbiz Pizza Place from 1980 to 1990, and in various Showbiz Pizza locations between 1990 and 1992 as Showbiz rebranded and the band was steadily replaced by Chuck E. Cheese characters. The show was created and manufactured by noted inventor Aaron Fechter, through his company Creative Engineering, Inc. in Orlando, Florida; in addition to overseeing the production of the animatronics, Fechter also provided the voices for several characters.
Following the completion of rebranding, the show was sold to other restaurants and entertainment centers, such as Circus Pizza, Pistol Pete's Pizza, and Billy Bob's Wonderland. The characters in The Rock-afire Explosion were various anthropomorphized animals, including a brown bear, a grey wolf, a silverback gorilla, and other species. They would perform medleys of classic rock, pop, and country music, as well as original compositions and comedic skits.
ShowBiz Pizza Place was a family entertainment center founded in 1980 by Robert L. Brock and Creative Engineering. The brand emerged following a separation between Brock and Pizza Time Theatre, owners of the Chuck E. Cheese's franchise. ShowBiz Pizza restaurants entertained guests through a large selection of arcade games, coin-operated rides, and animatronic stage shows as a way to provide a complete package of food and entertainment. The brand's mascot was Billy Bob Brockali, a Brown Bear with a Southern accent who performed skits and songs with the chain's animatronic band, The Rock-afire Explosion.
Both companies became competitors and found early success, partly due to the rise in popularity of arcade games during the late 1970s and early 1980s. The type of animatronics used in the chain distinguished it from its rival which offered many of the same services. Following Pizza Time Theatre's bankruptcy filing in 1984, however, ShowBiz Pizza Place bought the struggling franchise and formed ShowBiz Pizza Time Inc., a combination of the former companies' names. Many ShowBiz locations were eventually rebranded to Chuck E. Cheese's restaurants, which was done between 1990 and 1992.
Rock-afire Explosion ** The 12 Days of XMAS ** Sponsored By Kenny R
This was supposed to be a hurriedly thrown together show tape in 1982, to see if we could actually produce a show tape in 2 days. Day 1 was the recording of the show, where al the voices gathered to do a live, 1 take production, each of us making up our own lines that no one else knew about, and then, 1 day to program the show. It was never to be videotaped or analyzed or critiqued. It was just a quick Christmas show for Showbiz Pizza Place. You can see evidence of the sloppiness of this production all over including the programming of Billy Bob's mouth at the beginning, and minimal precision throughout. But, it has become a "Classic" and Kenny Ryman asked to sponsor its production into a High Definition, You Tube production as a gift to all the fans. Thank you Kenny!
published: 23 Dec 2018
The Rock Afire Explosion: Best of Fatz Geronimo (Burt Wilson tribute 1955-2023)
Tribute to Burt “Sal” Wilson who did the voice of Fatz Geronimo of The Rock Afire Explosion at Showbiz Pizza Place. Burt passed away on December 28th 2023.
#rockafireexplosion #showbizpizza
published: 29 Dec 2023
Rock-afire Explosion Animation
Teaching myself how to draw animals: the result.
A fun lil' animation done in 19 days. The audio is from the Rock-afire Explosion's "From Bach to Rock" 1992 showtape. You can watch to the full 10 minutes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiBLmIc14g0&t=43s
The sound quality is hot garbage, but we wouldn't have it any other way.
Thanks for watching :^)
published: 02 Apr 2021
Rockafire Explosion Documentary
This is the Rock-afire Explosion Documentary from 2008.
published: 23 Jun 2015
(FNAF) Talking In Your Sleep * The Rock-afire Explosion
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Color Correction: @TheRealSullyG
published: 19 Nov 2023
The Rock-afire Explosion: The Best Band You've Never Heard Of
Showbiz Pizza and its animatronic band, The Rock-afire Explosion, were once a cultural phenomenon. But now, outside of its small community, you'd be hard-pressed to find people who know what it was. But why is that? And what is The Rock-afire Explosion, anyway? The answer may not be as simple as you think.
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0:00 : Intro
0:50 : Ac...
published: 10 Sep 2023
The Rock-afire Explosion at Billy Bob’s Wonderland - Terrifying Animatronics
The Rock-afire Explosion band 2019 at Billybob's Wonderland in Barboursville, West Virginia.
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published: 26 Oct 2019
Beatles Abbey Road Show Tape ** The Rock-afire Explosion **
This is the show I played for Michael Jackson when he came to visit me in 1984. He thought "those were cute songs" and asked me "who wrote those songs". When I teased him about not knowing that these were Beatle songs, he seemed offended and didn't speak to me again that night. Gosh, I was only ribbing ya' Michael! Not long after that, MJ bought the entire Beatles catalog of songs, and I think hearing and watching this performance had a significant influence on his decision.
published: 05 Aug 2017
A Tribute To Burt “Bubba” Wilson. Voice Of Fatz Geronimo from the Rock A Fire Explosion
To Honor The Legacy of Burt Wilson, Who passed away on the Night of December 27th 2023, Heres a tribute
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published: 28 Dec 2023
Usher* Love in This Club* The Rock-afire Explosion
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Choreographer-Chris Thrash--Get your favorite song performed by the Rock-afire Explosion! Go to http://www.starsof.com/fans for details! Programming will be done by Aaron Fechter who created these characters and the system to program them 30 years ago, or Chris Thrash a young, up and coming animatronic choreographer prodigy
This was supposed to be a hurriedly thrown together show tape in 1982, to see if we could actually produce a show tape in 2 days. Day 1 was the recording of th...
This was supposed to be a hurriedly thrown together show tape in 1982, to see if we could actually produce a show tape in 2 days. Day 1 was the recording of the show, where al the voices gathered to do a live, 1 take production, each of us making up our own lines that no one else knew about, and then, 1 day to program the show. It was never to be videotaped or analyzed or critiqued. It was just a quick Christmas show for Showbiz Pizza Place. You can see evidence of the sloppiness of this production all over including the programming of Billy Bob's mouth at the beginning, and minimal precision throughout. But, it has become a "Classic" and Kenny Ryman asked to sponsor its production into a High Definition, You Tube production as a gift to all the fans. Thank you Kenny!
This was supposed to be a hurriedly thrown together show tape in 1982, to see if we could actually produce a show tape in 2 days. Day 1 was the recording of the show, where al the voices gathered to do a live, 1 take production, each of us making up our own lines that no one else knew about, and then, 1 day to program the show. It was never to be videotaped or analyzed or critiqued. It was just a quick Christmas show for Showbiz Pizza Place. You can see evidence of the sloppiness of this production all over including the programming of Billy Bob's mouth at the beginning, and minimal precision throughout. But, it has become a "Classic" and Kenny Ryman asked to sponsor its production into a High Definition, You Tube production as a gift to all the fans. Thank you Kenny!
Tribute to Burt “Sal” Wilson who did the voice of Fatz Geronimo of The Rock Afire Explosion at Showbiz Pizza Place. Burt passed away on December 28th 2023.
#ro...
Tribute to Burt “Sal” Wilson who did the voice of Fatz Geronimo of The Rock Afire Explosion at Showbiz Pizza Place. Burt passed away on December 28th 2023.
#rockafireexplosion #showbizpizza
Tribute to Burt “Sal” Wilson who did the voice of Fatz Geronimo of The Rock Afire Explosion at Showbiz Pizza Place. Burt passed away on December 28th 2023.
#rockafireexplosion #showbizpizza
Teaching myself how to draw animals: the result.
A fun lil' animation done in 19 days. The audio is from the Rock-afire Explosion's "From Bach to Rock" 1992 s...
Teaching myself how to draw animals: the result.
A fun lil' animation done in 19 days. The audio is from the Rock-afire Explosion's "From Bach to Rock" 1992 showtape. You can watch to the full 10 minutes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiBLmIc14g0&t=43s
The sound quality is hot garbage, but we wouldn't have it any other way.
Thanks for watching :^)
Teaching myself how to draw animals: the result.
A fun lil' animation done in 19 days. The audio is from the Rock-afire Explosion's "From Bach to Rock" 1992 showtape. You can watch to the full 10 minutes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiBLmIc14g0&t=43s
The sound quality is hot garbage, but we wouldn't have it any other way.
Thanks for watching :^)
Showbiz Pizza and its animatronic band, The Rock-afire Explosion, were once a cultural phenomenon. But now, outside of its small community, you'd be hard-presse...
Showbiz Pizza and its animatronic band, The Rock-afire Explosion, were once a cultural phenomenon. But now, outside of its small community, you'd be hard-pressed to find people who know what it was. But why is that? And what is The Rock-afire Explosion, anyway? The answer may not be as simple as you think.
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Thanks for watching! I hope you have a great day!
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Timestamps:
0:00 : Intro
0:50 : Act 1: So, Like... Animatronics, Right?
5:41 : Tangent 1: Aaron's Silly Little Guys
10:55 : Tangent 1 ends
14:41 : Act 2: The Rock-afire Explosion Is Awesome, Actually
28:29 : Rock-afire clipshow begins
32:53 : Rock-afire clipshow ends
38:32 : Tangent 2: The Noble American Colander
45:18 : Act 3: The Desperation of Aaron Fechter
51:47 : Tangent 3: Fine, I'll Talk About Uncle Klunk
57:22 : Tangent 3 ends
1:02:20 : Tangent 4: Love, Death, and Robots
1:06:08 : Tangent 4 ends
1:18:17 : Tangent 5: Five Nights at Freddy's is a Plague Upon This Earth
1:21:29 : Tangent 5 ends
1:24:24 : Act 4: Eve of Destruction
1:30:37 : Aaron's tweets
1:41:23 : Tweet montage ends
1:53:44 : Conclusion
1:56:00 : Credits
Showbiz Pizza and its animatronic band, The Rock-afire Explosion, were once a cultural phenomenon. But now, outside of its small community, you'd be hard-pressed to find people who know what it was. But why is that? And what is The Rock-afire Explosion, anyway? The answer may not be as simple as you think.
Thumbnail art by toasterbathbombs: https://toasterbathbombs.tumblr.com/
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/chimeramanticor
My Twitch: https://twitch.tv/chimeramanticore
My Tumblr: https://chiimeramanticore.tumblr.com
My Discord server: https://discord.gg/qtVFyURxQu
My Animatronics-specific server: https://discord.gg/yVSk8geccq
My Patreon (I made one finally): https://patreon.com/chimeramanticore
Thanks for watching! I hope you have a great day!
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Timestamps:
0:00 : Intro
0:50 : Act 1: So, Like... Animatronics, Right?
5:41 : Tangent 1: Aaron's Silly Little Guys
10:55 : Tangent 1 ends
14:41 : Act 2: The Rock-afire Explosion Is Awesome, Actually
28:29 : Rock-afire clipshow begins
32:53 : Rock-afire clipshow ends
38:32 : Tangent 2: The Noble American Colander
45:18 : Act 3: The Desperation of Aaron Fechter
51:47 : Tangent 3: Fine, I'll Talk About Uncle Klunk
57:22 : Tangent 3 ends
1:02:20 : Tangent 4: Love, Death, and Robots
1:06:08 : Tangent 4 ends
1:18:17 : Tangent 5: Five Nights at Freddy's is a Plague Upon This Earth
1:21:29 : Tangent 5 ends
1:24:24 : Act 4: Eve of Destruction
1:30:37 : Aaron's tweets
1:41:23 : Tweet montage ends
1:53:44 : Conclusion
1:56:00 : Credits
The Rock-afire Explosion band 2019 at Billybob's Wonderland in Barboursville, West Virginia.
If you would like to help support these videos, then please consid...
The Rock-afire Explosion band 2019 at Billybob's Wonderland in Barboursville, West Virginia.
If you would like to help support these videos, then please consider contributing to my Patreon: https://patreon.com/hoosiertours
If you’d prefer to support via Paypal: https://paypal.me/hoosierboo
Feel free to send me an email at: [email protected]
The Rock-afire Explosion band 2019 at Billybob's Wonderland in Barboursville, West Virginia.
If you would like to help support these videos, then please consider contributing to my Patreon: https://patreon.com/hoosiertours
If you’d prefer to support via Paypal: https://paypal.me/hoosierboo
Feel free to send me an email at: [email protected]
This is the show I played for Michael Jackson when he came to visit me in 1984. He thought "those were cute songs" and asked me "who wrote those songs". When ...
This is the show I played for Michael Jackson when he came to visit me in 1984. He thought "those were cute songs" and asked me "who wrote those songs". When I teased him about not knowing that these were Beatle songs, he seemed offended and didn't speak to me again that night. Gosh, I was only ribbing ya' Michael! Not long after that, MJ bought the entire Beatles catalog of songs, and I think hearing and watching this performance had a significant influence on his decision.
This is the show I played for Michael Jackson when he came to visit me in 1984. He thought "those were cute songs" and asked me "who wrote those songs". When I teased him about not knowing that these were Beatle songs, he seemed offended and didn't speak to me again that night. Gosh, I was only ribbing ya' Michael! Not long after that, MJ bought the entire Beatles catalog of songs, and I think hearing and watching this performance had a significant influence on his decision.
To Honor The Legacy of Burt Wilson, Who passed away on the Night of December 27th 2023, Heres a tribute
Credits
@strax22
@klaude
@dooklarue
@sptweb
@Freddy ...
To Honor The Legacy of Burt Wilson, Who passed away on the Night of December 27th 2023, Heres a tribute
Credits
@strax22
@klaude
@dooklarue
@sptweb
@Freddy trap
@victoriasshowbizpizzafan1979
@fanprograms
To Honor The Legacy of Burt Wilson, Who passed away on the Night of December 27th 2023, Heres a tribute
Credits
@strax22
@klaude
@dooklarue
@sptweb
@Freddy trap
@victoriasshowbizpizzafan1979
@fanprograms
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Choreographer-Chris Thrash--Get your fa...
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Choreographer-Chris Thrash--Get your favorite song performed by the Rock-afire Explosion! Go to http://www.starsof.com/fans for details! Programming will be done by Aaron Fechter who created these characters and the system to program them 30 years ago, or Chris Thrash a young, up and coming animatronic choreographer prodigy
We are under attack! Please subscribe so I can send you our new links if we are hacked and our videos destroyed again!
Choreographer-Chris Thrash--Get your favorite song performed by the Rock-afire Explosion! Go to http://www.starsof.com/fans for details! Programming will be done by Aaron Fechter who created these characters and the system to program them 30 years ago, or Chris Thrash a young, up and coming animatronic choreographer prodigy
This was supposed to be a hurriedly thrown together show tape in 1982, to see if we could actually produce a show tape in 2 days. Day 1 was the recording of the show, where al the voices gathered to do a live, 1 take production, each of us making up our own lines that no one else knew about, and then, 1 day to program the show. It was never to be videotaped or analyzed or critiqued. It was just a quick Christmas show for Showbiz Pizza Place. You can see evidence of the sloppiness of this production all over including the programming of Billy Bob's mouth at the beginning, and minimal precision throughout. But, it has become a "Classic" and Kenny Ryman asked to sponsor its production into a High Definition, You Tube production as a gift to all the fans. Thank you Kenny!
Tribute to Burt “Sal” Wilson who did the voice of Fatz Geronimo of The Rock Afire Explosion at Showbiz Pizza Place. Burt passed away on December 28th 2023.
#rockafireexplosion #showbizpizza
Teaching myself how to draw animals: the result.
A fun lil' animation done in 19 days. The audio is from the Rock-afire Explosion's "From Bach to Rock" 1992 showtape. You can watch to the full 10 minutes here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiBLmIc14g0&t=43s
The sound quality is hot garbage, but we wouldn't have it any other way.
Thanks for watching :^)
Showbiz Pizza and its animatronic band, The Rock-afire Explosion, were once a cultural phenomenon. But now, outside of its small community, you'd be hard-pressed to find people who know what it was. But why is that? And what is The Rock-afire Explosion, anyway? The answer may not be as simple as you think.
Thumbnail art by toasterbathbombs: https://toasterbathbombs.tumblr.com/
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/chimeramanticor
My Twitch: https://twitch.tv/chimeramanticore
My Tumblr: https://chiimeramanticore.tumblr.com
My Discord server: https://discord.gg/qtVFyURxQu
My Animatronics-specific server: https://discord.gg/yVSk8geccq
My Patreon (I made one finally): https://patreon.com/chimeramanticore
Thanks for watching! I hope you have a great day!
-----
Timestamps:
0:00 : Intro
0:50 : Act 1: So, Like... Animatronics, Right?
5:41 : Tangent 1: Aaron's Silly Little Guys
10:55 : Tangent 1 ends
14:41 : Act 2: The Rock-afire Explosion Is Awesome, Actually
28:29 : Rock-afire clipshow begins
32:53 : Rock-afire clipshow ends
38:32 : Tangent 2: The Noble American Colander
45:18 : Act 3: The Desperation of Aaron Fechter
51:47 : Tangent 3: Fine, I'll Talk About Uncle Klunk
57:22 : Tangent 3 ends
1:02:20 : Tangent 4: Love, Death, and Robots
1:06:08 : Tangent 4 ends
1:18:17 : Tangent 5: Five Nights at Freddy's is a Plague Upon This Earth
1:21:29 : Tangent 5 ends
1:24:24 : Act 4: Eve of Destruction
1:30:37 : Aaron's tweets
1:41:23 : Tweet montage ends
1:53:44 : Conclusion
1:56:00 : Credits
The Rock-afire Explosion band 2019 at Billybob's Wonderland in Barboursville, West Virginia.
If you would like to help support these videos, then please consider contributing to my Patreon: https://patreon.com/hoosiertours
If you’d prefer to support via Paypal: https://paypal.me/hoosierboo
Feel free to send me an email at: [email protected]
This is the show I played for Michael Jackson when he came to visit me in 1984. He thought "those were cute songs" and asked me "who wrote those songs". When I teased him about not knowing that these were Beatle songs, he seemed offended and didn't speak to me again that night. Gosh, I was only ribbing ya' Michael! Not long after that, MJ bought the entire Beatles catalog of songs, and I think hearing and watching this performance had a significant influence on his decision.
To Honor The Legacy of Burt Wilson, Who passed away on the Night of December 27th 2023, Heres a tribute
Credits
@strax22
@klaude
@dooklarue
@sptweb
@Freddy trap
@victoriasshowbizpizzafan1979
@fanprograms
We are under attack! Please subscribe so I can send you our new links if we are hacked and our videos destroyed again!
Choreographer-Chris Thrash--Get your favorite song performed by the Rock-afire Explosion! Go to http://www.starsof.com/fans for details! Programming will be done by Aaron Fechter who created these characters and the system to program them 30 years ago, or Chris Thrash a young, up and coming animatronic choreographer prodigy
HIDDEN ERROR: Usage of "Touring_members" is not recognized
The Rock-afire Explosion is an animatronicrobot band that played in Showbiz Pizza Place from 1980 to 1990, and in various Showbiz Pizza locations between 1990 and 1992 as Showbiz rebranded and the band was steadily replaced by Chuck E. Cheese characters. The show was created and manufactured by noted inventor Aaron Fechter, through his company Creative Engineering, Inc. in Orlando, Florida; in addition to overseeing the production of the animatronics, Fechter also provided the voices for several characters.
Following the completion of rebranding, the show was sold to other restaurants and entertainment centers, such as Circus Pizza, Pistol Pete's Pizza, and Billy Bob's Wonderland. The characters in The Rock-afire Explosion were various anthropomorphized animals, including a brown bear, a grey wolf, a silverback gorilla, and other species. They would perform medleys of classic rock, pop, and country music, as well as original compositions and comedic skits.
dear first offender we hope that you'll surrender we'll get you in the end, we'll get you in the end dear young protestor we hope this callous gesture will slow down those convictions you defend we're watching and waiting for those signs of warning so watch where you're going yeah yeah yeah yeah dear young reactor think about your future or this is where it ends, or this is where it ends dear silence breaker you've made a big mistake and we'll make sure it's the last one that you make we're watching and waiting for those signs of warning so watch where you're going yeah yeah yeah yeah dear sons and daughters of this new world order this is not a test, this is not a test dear young reactor, we're gonna pull you under you know it's for the best, you know it's for the best we're watching and waiting for those signs of warning so watch where you're going yeah yeah yeah yeah we're watching and waiting for those signs of warning so watch where you're going yeah yeah yeah yeah
Jul. 22—AUTHOR'S NOTE — I recently wrote about the Rock-afire Explosion and long-defunct '80s eatery Showbiz Pizza for the food issue of Mud and Magnolias magazine, which inspired me to revisit this story of my short road trip to see ... .