Ryan Roxie
| Ryan Roxie | |
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Roxie performing with Alice Cooper in 2015
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ryan Rosowicz |
| Born | December 1, 1965 |
| Origin | Sacramento, California |
| Genres | Rock, Indie-Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instruments | Guitar, vocals |
| Years active | 1977-present |
| Labels | Wax-Tone Records |
| Associated acts | Alice Cooper, Gilby Clarke, Slash's Snakepit, Roxie77, HappyPill, Casablanca |
| Website | Official website |
Ryan Roxie (born Ryan Rosowicz in Sacramento, California, December 1, 1965) is an American guitarist/singer-songwriter currently residing in , Sweden, and is best known for his guitar work with Alice Cooper and Slash's Snakepit.
Roxie was born in Sacramento, California and grew up in the East Bay in Pleasanton. Ryan's father, Polish, used to play trumpet and his mother was a drummer in her high school marching band. Around age five Roxie picked up the guitar but was more interested in drums. It wasn't until he was around eleven or twelve that he started taking guitar seriously.
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. He was influenced by albums like Van Halen and has had many guitar heroes including Brian May from Queen, Steve Stevens, Elliot Easton from The Cars, Neil Geraldo from Pat Benatar and Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick.
Candy were a band featuring original members Kyle Vincent, Jonathan Daniel, John Schubert, and guitarist Geoff Siegel. Gilby Clarke replaced Siegel after 6 months. They had an album release in 1985 titled Whatever Happened To Fun. Later that year, Gilby Clarke replaced Kyle Vincent as lead vocalist, and guitarist Roxie joined the lineup. After Gilby parted to form his own band Kill for Thrills the rest of the guys joined up with new lead vocalist Shane and became the Electric Angels.
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