The Rock-afire Explosion

The Rock-afire Explosion is an animatronic character rock band created by Aaron Fechter. They played at the Showbiz Pizza Place restaurants from 1980 until 1993 when they were rebranded into Chuck E. Cheese characters, after the band was discontinued.

The Rock-afire Explosion
Background information
Origin	Orlando, Florida, United States
Genres	Rock and roll pop psychedelic rock country
Years active	1980–present
Website	engineeringcreative.com
Members	Billy Bob Looney Bird Dook LaRue Fatz Geronimo Beach Bear Mitzi Mozzarella Rolfe DeWolfe Earl Schmerle Sun Moon Choo-Choo Antioch
Past members	Uncle Klunk

Band members

• Billy Bob Brockali – Bass, Banjo, vocals
• Looney Bird – Vocals
• Dook LaRue – Drums, vocals
• Fatz Geronimo – Keyboards, vocals
• Beach Bear – Guitar, vocals
• Rolfe DeWolfe and Earl Schemerle – Vocals

Voice actors

• Billy Bob
  • Aaron Fechter (1980–present)
• Mitzi Mozzarella
  • Aaron Fechter (1980–1982)
  • Monique Danielle (1982)
  • Shalisa James (1982–present)
• Dook LaRue
  • Duke Chauppetta (1980–1997, reprised 2016-2021)
  • Brandon Shepherd (2025-present)
• Fatz Geronimo
  • Burt "Sal" Wilson (1978 as "Fats Gorilla", Wolf Pack 5, 1980–2007, 2020–2023 as "Fatz Geronimo")
  • Mark Brink (1986-1987)
  • Aaron Fechter (2006–2020, 2023-2024)
  • Shooter Jennings (2024-present)
• Uncle Klunk
  • Jeff Howell
  • Shawn Fernandez
• Beach Bear
  • Aaron Fechter (1980–1982)
  • Rick Bailey (1982–present)
• Rolfe DeWolfe
  • Aaron Fechter (1980–present)
  • Joe Conti (1986–87)
• Looney Bird
  • Aaron Fechter (1980–present)
• Earl Schmerle
  • Aaron Fechter (1980–present)
  • Joe Conti (1986–87, 1990)
• Santa Claus
  • Burt Wilson

The Rock-afire Explosion Media

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  A child uses a microphone to speak with Billy Bob at the ShowBiz Pizza location in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

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  The Rock-afire Explosion (under The Hard Luck Bears) performing at Gulliver's Kingdom in Matlock Bath, Derbyshire

Other websites

• Official documentary film site Archived 2020-07-26 at the Wayback Machine