1. Ryan Roxie was born on Ryan Rosowicz, December 1,1965 and is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter best known as a solo artist and for playing guitar with Alice Cooper, Casablanca, Gilby Clarke, and Slash's Snakepit.
26 Facts About Ryan Roxie
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When he was about the age of five Ryan Roxie picked up the guitar but was more interested in drums.
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Ryan Roxie learned to play guitar from an old record player and invented his own form of scratching, going through many records in the process, picking out guitar parts.
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Later in the same year, Gilby Clarke replaced Kyle Vincent as lead vocalist, and Ryan Roxie joined the lineup on guitar.
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Ryan Roxie provided guitar on Gilby Clarke's albums, Pawnshop Guitars, Blooze, The Hangover and Rubber.
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Ryan Roxie played on the hit single "She's So High" produced by Bob Rock.
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Ryan Roxie played guitar on Inhale by James Michael.
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In 2000 Ryan Roxie wrote and recorded several songs on Slash's Snakepit's second album Ain't Life Grand.
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Ryan Roxie was offered a 'one year tour' playing with Cooper.
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Ryan Roxie's first show with the Cooper band was at Sammy Hagar's Cabo Wabo club in Cabo San Lucas.
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In 1997 Ryan Roxie joined up with long-time friends drummer Mike Fasano and bassist Will Effertz to create the band Dad's Porno Mag.
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In 2000 Ryan Roxie recorded his first studio album with Alice Cooper, Brutal Planet, and except for Stefan Adika the other members of GlamNation played in the band Alice Cooper used on the Brutal Planet Tour.
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In 2002 Ryan Roxie formed Ryan Roxie 77 and wrote a song whose influences lie somewhere in between the Beatles and the Beastie Boys.
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In October 2006 Ryan Roxie hosted his own radio show on Rocket 95.3 FM The show ran weekly and featured a variety of music.
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From 2010 through to 2014, Ryan Roxie recorded two albums with the Stockholm-based, Casablanca: Apocalyptic Youth and Riding a Black Swan.
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In March 2012 it was announced that Ryan Roxie was rejoining the Alice Cooper band for the forthcoming 2012 tour, joining Tommy Henriksen and Orianthi on guitar, Chuck Garric on bass and Glen Sobel on drums.
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In 2014, Ryan Roxie 77 released a six-song EP, The Ameriswede.
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Late in 2017, while on the road with Alice Cooper, Ryan Roxie released a new solo single, a cover of The Move's "California Man" featuring guest vocals from Robin Zander of Cheap Trick.
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Roxie participated in TEDxStockholm Wonderland in 2019; Ryan was praised for his entertaining segment.
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December 2018 Ryan Roxie is announced as a Headline act for "The Cancer on the Rocks Macmillan Benefit Fundraiser 2019" to be held on the 23 and 24 February in Cheshire.
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February 2019 Ryan Roxie is announced as a guest on the 2019 Bandit Rock Awards and performs songs from Imagine Your Reality.
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March 2019 Ryan Roxie to appear at the Crow Club in Athens Greece with Alice Cooper tribute band Snakebite, the show is billed as "Ryan Roxie of the Alice Cooper Band meets Snakebite the Alice Cooper Tribute Band".
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June 8,2019 Ryan Roxie plays with Blue Coupe at the Sweden Rock Festival.
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On March 24,2020, Ryan Roxie debuted "Sunday Livestream Sunday" a live stream show where Ryan Roxie performed some songs acoustically, general chit chat and news.
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On March 24,2020, Roxie launched his new System-12 Guitar Method, The online guitar lesson platform was received well by both the public and fans alike, Guitar International Online magazine releases an interview with Ryan and promotes the release.
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On October 16,2020, Ryan Roxie appeared in promotional video testing Aloha by Elk product, the platform essentially lets the user connect over internet and play together like they are in the same room in real time.