Rik Fox on Formation of WASP, Meeting Blackie Lawless, Tony Richards, Randy Piper, Interview 2021

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This is a full in bloom interview excerpt with bassist Rik Fox.
Rik talks about how he ended up forming W.A.S.P. with Blackie Lawless, Tony Richards, and Randy Piper.
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  • @Mad_Axe_Man125
    @Mad_Axe_Man1252 жыл бұрын

    I could listen to Rik Foxx talk all day..This guy has so many stories.

  • @foamrob6577
    @foamrob65772 жыл бұрын

    Wow this guy doesn't miss a detail!

  • @Nissardpertugiu

    @Nissardpertugiu

    2 жыл бұрын

    Others members were too drunk to remember 😄

  • @strivingx67
    @strivingx672 жыл бұрын

    Good grief this is good. Like a serial novel. I am waiting for the next issue lol. Rik is a bad ass. More please!

  • @DWyn-xq4yf
    @DWyn-xq4yf2 жыл бұрын

    Wonderful interview. The stuff you do with former W.A.S.P band members is worth listening to till the end. I love W.A.S.P music, and it is easy to understand what makes the early material heavy metal magic. The sum of the parts, including Blackie Lawless, place them at the top of the heap amongst their peers.

  • @AstroThree
    @AstroThree2 жыл бұрын

    Great interview. He is one of the best I've heard on the channel. Excited for next part!

  • @cheeseguy4998
    @cheeseguy49982 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for all your videos ! :)

  • @trurobertson
    @trurobertson2 жыл бұрын

    These interviews are a national treasure

  • @myshow667
    @myshow6672 жыл бұрын

    wow...flashbacks I used to work for Lady Killer when i was a kid, Joe Zettle used to sing for Aggressor with Dave Ferrara and left to join LK. He took my friend Joe D to play drums so I worked for them for a lil while. We would hang out after practice on like 38th st in NYC and those guys used to talk about Rik joining Steeler. Great record, great times

  • @huppmoile
    @huppmoile2 жыл бұрын

    Fascinating interviews. Every single one of them. It’s tantamount to a crime that you only have 12.3k subscribers.

  • @sistermidnight
    @sistermidnight2 жыл бұрын

    Rik Fox, a legend in his own mind.

  • @jamesmay3238
    @jamesmay32382 жыл бұрын

    Great story Mr. Fox !!! Enjoyed it very very much !!

  • @THECLARENCES
    @THECLARENCES2 жыл бұрын

    Love your interviews!!! xoxo The Clarences

  • @michaelgretzky1056
    @michaelgretzky10562 жыл бұрын

    Really good stuff! Love these behind the scenes stories! : )

  • @JETTBADASSMICHAELS
    @JETTBADASSMICHAELS2 жыл бұрын

    Great interview Rik , i love hearing you talk about your early days and years . Treasure trove of history right here and your memory is sharp as a tack . Good stuff mate \\MM//

  • @JETTBADASSMICHAELS

    @JETTBADASSMICHAELS

    Жыл бұрын

    @@SISTER76 Yes i know .

  • @randysmith4381
    @randysmith43813 ай бұрын

    Rik Fox Rocks! Thanks Rik for sharing all your stories

  • @geecee4746
    @geecee47462 жыл бұрын

    Its like being in a time machine, love these interviews

  • @2AChef-n-BBQ
    @2AChef-n-BBQ2 жыл бұрын

    Love the stories about how weird Blackie is, Rik has some cool insights

  • @aneesall
    @aneesall2 жыл бұрын

    Blackie Lawless Facebook fanpage 140,000 followers. Thanks for posting this interview.

  • @1978soloalbums
    @1978soloalbums2 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff! I wish he would write a book

  • @bradhardisty1652

    @bradhardisty1652

    2 жыл бұрын

    He was connected to so many people that he has a story about. He has a memory like a historian, I wish he would.

  • @the_real.lionheart

    @the_real.lionheart

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah that would be a good read

  • @cheeseguy4998

    @cheeseguy4998

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bradhardisty1652 Yet few people on here don't even believe he was in Wasp wtf

  • @theironforce3000
    @theironforce30002 жыл бұрын

    Rad interview !

  • @thomasbrogan9102
    @thomasbrogan91022 жыл бұрын

    Love these stories

  • @wadetomczyk8043
    @wadetomczyk80432 жыл бұрын

    Great interview

  • @pedraw
    @pedraw2 жыл бұрын

    I soooooooooo wish i could thumbs up this video a 1000 times every time I watch it

  • @issuesandtissues9280
    @issuesandtissues92802 жыл бұрын

    Loved the Steeler album 💜

  • @WAM4EVER
    @WAM4EVER2 жыл бұрын

    Rik is awesome!!!

  • @alrodriguez2261
    @alrodriguez22612 жыл бұрын

    RIK is the coolest person!!!! Super cool dude

  • @dbdb703
    @dbdb703Ай бұрын

    I could listen to him talk all day!

  • @Davo-gj7gl
    @Davo-gj7gl2 жыл бұрын

    Another great interview 👍🏻

  • @jaystevens9012
    @jaystevens901210 ай бұрын

    Rik and i hang alot... he has the best stories from that early Hollywood era

  • @BryanX64
    @BryanX642 жыл бұрын

    Wow crazy hearing about the “pictures of naked ladies” bit

  • @ejames6431
    @ejames64312 жыл бұрын

    Rik is a cool guy. I met him once at a club called "After Dark" in Rockland County back in 1981.

  • @Xarinova
    @Xarinova2 жыл бұрын

    I was at the Cat House in LA, after party for the Concrete Music Foundation 1988 or 9 ? - With Singer Dr. Starr and another friend Mikee Mascara (Vertigo Children) and laughing it up with Rik, when Anna "Flash" Luken had us pose for a picture. I swear the 4 of us look like A "Perfect Band" I sport it on my Facebook page. Very Proud of that shot. - If I remember correctly Poison took over Ron Keels Warehouse space near Washington and LaBrea in 1985...

  • @robertbenko6629
    @robertbenko66292 жыл бұрын

    Rick auditioned for my band 40 years ago and he walks in with that same big hair. He was really a good basses but we were not a really good band unfortunately...Lol

  • @zachariahvance7333
    @zachariahvance73332 жыл бұрын

    That guy is awesome

  • @bradhardisty1652
    @bradhardisty16522 жыл бұрын

    Rik Fox has a great detailed memory. He's active on FB group NY Rocks, contributes regularly. I'm a member of that group.

  • @the_real.lionheart
    @the_real.lionheart2 жыл бұрын

    Thats right he was in Steeler.. ...I still have that LP

  • @jonshaw4948
    @jonshaw4948 Жыл бұрын

    WOW!

  • @erenn6476
    @erenn64762 жыл бұрын

    Well that interview just ended kind of suddenly. No part 2???

  • @anthonylynch4737
    @anthonylynch47372 жыл бұрын

    Kick Arse Bass.player.That first Wasp album what a Record !

  • @walterpepper9064
    @walterpepper90642 жыл бұрын

    Damn what a cliffhanger.

  • @RolandDeschain1
    @RolandDeschain12 жыл бұрын

    Has Rik written a book yet? If not he bloody well should.

  • @leakybrain
    @leakybrain21 күн бұрын

    Was the rest of this interview ever published? Can’t find anything. …Interested in hearing more. I do not know him, don’t recall specifics, but remember lotta friends/friends of friends etc having some SERIOUS issues with the character of this dude.

  • @cheeseguy4998
    @cheeseguy49982 жыл бұрын

    Gary Holland was the drummer right before Tony,... Wasp and Great White then called Dante Fox switched drummers :)

  • @the_real.lionheart
    @the_real.lionheart2 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if he still has his KISS collection

  • @mooch514

    @mooch514

    2 жыл бұрын

    Its clear , blackie and wasp were influenced by kiss. Every pose blackie does looks like simmons in the make up days

  • @timbrown6629
    @timbrown662910 күн бұрын

    Jack Mack and the Heart Attack.

  • @troyelliott390
    @troyelliott3902 жыл бұрын

    👊

  • @Ohionortheast
    @Ohionortheast Жыл бұрын

    I had no idea Chris wasn’t an original member of wasp

  • @driven9863
    @driven98632 жыл бұрын

    Is there more of this with Fox interview?

  • @fullinbloom

    @fullinbloom

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes, coming soon.

  • @paistecat

    @paistecat

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@fullinbloom I was in an early version of what became W.A.S.P….. for a while with Frank Ferrano… Lizzie Grey.. originally with Joey Palermo on bass.

  • @cheeseguy4998

    @cheeseguy4998

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@paistecat Is the name you went by or nah just wondering ? Also was it really 1977 like they say it was ?

  • @paistecat

    @paistecat

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@cheeseguy4998 No it was Joseph Kurt… and Blackie wasn’t a bad guy… he just knew what he wanted to do… he later had a drummer named Ronnie Babiko in there after me… more of a straight hard rock drummer… he was a close friend of mine actually…

  • @paistecat

    @paistecat

    2 жыл бұрын

    This was in 1979… not 1977… but I met Blackie when he was in “Killer Kane”.

  • @RedArtistx
    @RedArtistx2 жыл бұрын

    Where's the rest of the interview?

  • @vangoghny2k
    @vangoghny2k2 жыл бұрын

    12:17 is this a barney gumble belch or am i mishearing?

  • @fullinbloom

    @fullinbloom

    2 жыл бұрын

    HA! No. Just the one I did in that Tesla guy's interview.

  • @vangoghny2k

    @vangoghny2k

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@fullinbloom link and timestamp please? Haha. Dig the wasp stuff, thanks.

  • @rebelbabeconner9064
    @rebelbabeconner90642 жыл бұрын

    Rik Fox likes to tell stories

  • @dosgos
    @dosgos2 жыл бұрын

    Cliff hanger!

  • @gregpeterson6161
    @gregpeterson61612 жыл бұрын

    It sounds to me like Blackie wanted to be somebody!

  • @tyorbs6277
    @tyorbs62772 жыл бұрын

    RIK FOX RULES

  • @ZombifiedPreacher1
    @ZombifiedPreacher12 жыл бұрын

    Electric Lady is on 8th street

  • @keithmcclellan4350
    @keithmcclellan43502 жыл бұрын

    Great White Lion Zombie Kitty Snake

  • @Stevejoohee
    @Stevejoohee2 жыл бұрын

    Why is Blackie always so silent?

  • @peteraron2621

    @peteraron2621

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think he likes to keep to himself these days Next year I think we'll here from him wasp will turn 40 I've heard there may be a book and record on the way

  • @jamesmay3238

    @jamesmay3238

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@peteraron2621 HE KEEPS SILENT BECAUSE HE LIES. HE KNOWS HE CANT CHANGE FACTS.

  • @cheeseguy4998

    @cheeseguy4998

    2 жыл бұрын

    He doesn't like to talk about ex members much at all that's why.

  • @peteraron2621

    @peteraron2621

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@cheeseguy4998 yes your right when he does an interview it's to talk about his music not throw mud at X members like they do to him

  • @peteraron2621

    @peteraron2621

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Jeffery Filler I know he has

  • @kkdeveauxgue2784
    @kkdeveauxgue27842 жыл бұрын

    I don't care what kind of drugs they were on,That First WASP album was off the chain,after that B.S...!!!!!😲🤣

  • @scottdickie908
    @scottdickie9082 жыл бұрын

    I always thought Blackie Lawless was a cartoon version of Ozzy Osbourne. I could listen to Wasp, but laugh like hell at the sight of Blackie.

  • @jasperedwards3341
    @jasperedwards33412 жыл бұрын

    axel rudi pell from steeler

  • @71sixx

    @71sixx

    2 жыл бұрын

    Axel is from German Steeler

  • @gabrielbrouwer
    @gabrielbrouwer2 жыл бұрын

    I believe the guy was in the band, but it’s kind of sad how he’s still rambling about it 40 years later. The guy just couldn’t play that well. End of story. That’s the reason he never got big. He had a great look but looks aren’t the only important thing.

  • @jimmycampbell78

    @jimmycampbell78

    2 жыл бұрын

    Its well documented he was in the band. Other band members agree he was. He is in photo shoots with them 🤣 It’s interesting how people try to deny it because they get invested in Blackie Lawless’ versions of the truth.

  • @jamesmay3238

    @jamesmay3238

    2 жыл бұрын

    YOUR NOTHING. YOUR WORDS DONT COUNT. BECAUSE YOUR NOTHING. WE NEVER HEARD OF YOU BEFORE. WHY ? BECAUSE YOUR NOTHING.

  • @gabrielbrouwer

    @gabrielbrouwer

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jamesmay3238 Rik is that you? Lol. Are you the James May from Top Gear or just some bloke nobody knows.

  • @cheeseguy4998

    @cheeseguy4998

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@gabrielbrouwer No Rik has his own Account on here i have seen it in comments before. Him and Blackie didn't get along that's why he got kicked out had nothing to do with his playing .

  • @MrBownze
    @MrBownze2 жыл бұрын

    Who the fuck is Rick Fox?

  • @guillermo3564
    @guillermo35642 жыл бұрын

    Your height, weight, looks? That was 80's metal for you. Style over substance.

  • @kurtstergar1042

    @kurtstergar1042

    2 жыл бұрын

    Paul and Gene if kids thought along those lines also in the 70's Except for their drummers. They only cared if they could play and were thin.

  • @Molt408
    @Molt4082 жыл бұрын

    keel, stryper and Oden...wow...some claim to fame. those bands blow hard

  • @TheM7drummer
    @TheM7drummer2 жыл бұрын

    They flew him out and found out he couldn't play that well. He was out,end of story.

  • @mightyminx6653

    @mightyminx6653

    2 жыл бұрын

    You are just repeating things youve read or heard. You dont actually know.. Cause i find it hard to believe that a guy that cant play would record an album with Ron Keel and Yngwie ..(Steeler) Thats just the beginning of his resume. Lastly Nikki Sixx couldnt play ( very good) when he was starting Motley Crue yet you arent saying a word about him.., end of story.

  • @jamesmay3238

    @jamesmay3238

    2 жыл бұрын

    That wasn't the reason at all. You weren't there. END OF STORY.

  • @gabrielbrouwer

    @gabrielbrouwer

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@mightyminx6653 come on, it’s well known that Yngwie thought Steeler sucked too. And if he’s such a good bass player, why didn’t he ever get big. Cause it seems he knew all the right people.

  • @TheM7drummer

    @TheM7drummer

    2 жыл бұрын

    I see Rik has his army out. ha

  • @mightyminx6653

    @mightyminx6653

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@gabrielbrouwer I never said he was incredible , but you have to have something to get even the bad credentials he seems to have.. From what ive heard , i dont know personally , everyone thought he was F****ng annoying . Like worse then a little sister annoying.. And yes everyone does know the Yngwie thought the songs were boring. That wasnt even debated.

  • @dennis8309
    @dennis83092 жыл бұрын

    You are thinking of joining WASP and you invite middle men to come over and see your KISS collection...lololol.

  • @jamesmay3238

    @jamesmay3238

    2 жыл бұрын

    YOU DIDNT LISTEN CORRECTLY.

  • @dennis8309

    @dennis8309

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jamesmay3238 - @5:30, do I need to transcribe it for you?

  • @jamesmay3238

    @jamesmay3238

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dennis8309 you must be a music major..

  • @dennis8309

    @dennis8309

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@jamesmay3238 - Not a music major, but I took 2 courses in music as ekectives while in University. But what does that have to to with anything? I simply pointed out that it is silly to invite them over to see your KISS collection. You missed that, I pointed it out to you as a timestamp, you felt stupid, and now you're still yapping...lol

  • @jamesmay3238

    @jamesmay3238

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@dennis8309 . please tell us more about yourself !! Please do !!

  • @howarddavis6802
    @howarddavis6802 Жыл бұрын

    Second worse bass player on the scene, Nikki Six was #1 worst.

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