35 Facts About Rik Fox

Rik Fox was active mainly during the 1970s and 1980s, in the New York City and Hollywood area rock and metal scenes.

Virgin eventually became known as SIN upon Rik Fox's suggested band name change.

In 1981, Fox was playing around New York State including weekly shows at the Orangeburg Pub in Orangeburg, NY with the E Walker Band with Ace Richards on keyboards and guitar, lead singer Ray Dahr and drummer Scott Carlson.

Rik Fox claimed that for years and I have to back him up on that, you know what I mean.

Rik Fox contends that to his recollection, the band was named Sister when he joined.

Rik Fox is shown in early band photographs taken by Don Adkins Jr.

Many unverified allegations usually follow band membership changes, and Rik Fox was no stranger to that.

Rik Fox auditioned for Steeler and was offered the job, but before he'd accepted it, he was offered the bassist duties in the band Angel by keyboardist Greg Giuffria.

Rik Fox had a bit of a dilemma, being tempted by Giuffria's offer since Angel was his 'dream band'.

Rik Fox spent five months in Steeler, long enough to record the self-titled album and play some amazing gigs before being unceremoniously let go from the band.

Meanwhile, after leaving Steeler, Rik Fox was now 'on the map' and had a bankable reputation and sizable following, enough to now attempt to sell out clubs on his name alone.

Things came to a head during recording what would have been their first album when, after apologizing to the producer of these sessions, Bill Metoyer, Rik Fox stormed out of the session.

Wasting no time, Rik Fox quickly re-formed another line up using three newly relocated members of the New York band, Mongol Horde recording artists Alien, who had recently disbanded in New York, contacted Rik Fox and came to Los Angeles to join him in reforming a new lineup of SIN.

When Rik Fox attempted to sue, Strum threatened with a counter-suit to 'bleed Rik Fox dry' and then following, Vincent claimed bankruptcy.

Rik Fox then approached a fellow New Yorker, former Anthrax lead singer Neil Turbin to offer him the gig, which Turbin turned down in favor of his own project.

Rik Fox eventually left the band, returning to Hollywood,.

Rik Fox had successfully recorded with Dokken drummer Mick Brown for the Surgical Steel sessions.

Rik Fox abandoned his 'pretty-boy look' and played in a local, low-key Hollywood band Wiseguys, radically camouflaging himself into a rather incognito image that better fit the band Ministry, than the more Glam-looking bands he created or performed with.

Rik Fox worked on the film 'Surface to Air' with Chad McQueen, Melanie Shatner, and Michael Madsen.

Rik Fox acted briefly on the television soap opera General Hospital, acting directly with series anchor 'Luke'-Anthony Geary.

Rik Fox was one of the featured interview subjects for the VH-1 Cable series 'Driven' for the episode "The Rise of Motley Crue" being a close friend of Nikki Sixx and the band, and recommended to VH-1 producers by former Hollywood booking agent Vicky Hamilton.

Rik Fox is remembered as one of the featured interview subjects for the legendary Rock film parody, The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years by friend and director Penelope Spheeris.

Rik Fox has been referred to by many Polish media correspondents and others as a 'recognized pioneer' in this venture, of creating the first representation in the US, of the Polish winged hussar cavalry of central Europe which, apparently, is a part of his ancestry.

Polish 17th century military author Bartosz Musialowicz had interviewed him and written an article about Rik Fox, dubbing him with the honorary title of 'The First Saber of the US' for founding and creating the first officially recognized representation of the Polish winged hussar cavalry in American history.

Rik Fox then stepped aside a second-term for family-related reasons.

Rik Fox is involved in co-promotion of the European and Japanese market release of The Steeler Anthology with former bandmate Ron Keel.

The first book which will feature Rik Fox, is by NPR personality Charlie Schroeder, titled Man of War, regarding Schroeder's Walter Mitty-like embedded experiences of participating with various re-enactments of warriors of military history to see and experience what it was like to be those historical warriors.

Rik Fox is slated to be among the featured popular performers in the upcoming coffee table book 'Lost Rockers' scheduled for a 2015 publication release.

The third book, by historian Miltiades Varvounis, titled Made in Poland: The Women and Men Who Changed the World, in which Rik Fox was included among author's list of the 100 most influential Polish people that changed the world.

In promoting his ancestral noble Polish heritage, Rik Fox was featured as a 17th-century Polish winged hussar cavalry-knight figure in the Documentary film "Path to Glory; The Rise and Rise of the Polish Arabian Horse", as well as having been the featured subject in 2013, for the History Channel cable television series Museum Secrets, which selects various curious topics of history and expounds upon them.

Rik Fox is writing a book on his creation and introduction of the winged hussars' representation in America.

Rik Fox is re-entering the music scene making a comeback and, continues to give interviews and currently, is enjoying a resurgence in popularity and in contact with his friends and international fans in Facebook where many facets of his background can be seen there.

Rik Fox is a graduate and active member of Community Emergency Response Team, which is an Emergency Management Services augmentation support organization under the Los Angeles City and County Fire Department and Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Additionally, Rik Fox is a licensed Security Officer, and a licensed Ham Radio operator, call-sign KM6CDJ.

Rik Fox has or is endorsing the following musical equipment gear:.