Rock-afire Explosion is proving to be an enduring musical act. This creepy animatronic robot cover band, including a dog and a gorilla, originally played at Showbiz Pizza in the '80s. Their creators, Creative Engineering, now have a fan bidding contest where you can request to have your favorite song performed by them. Here's someone's winning bid: Arcade Fire's "Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)" lip Read more

Did you grow up in a place with a Showbiz Pizza? I missed this phenomenon (mine was a Chuck-E-Cheese's kind of town), but my boyfriend was raised on Showbiz and its animatronic band, the Rock-afire Explosion. Made up of a singing gorilla, a bass-playing bear, and many other lovable if slightly creepy characters, the band would sing rock and country hits of the '80s and earlier (plus, of course, Read more

Last week, I discovered this nightmare-inducing music vid of Showbiz Pizza's robotic house band, Rock-afire Explosion, singing "Smooth Criminal." The band recently made an Internet comeback, and their vids are now unavoidable. Check out their rendition of Usher's "Love in This Club." It's a little unsettling, but once you get over the fact that they're singing of a potential sexual conquest to Read more

Showbiz Pizza's in-house robotic band, Rock-afire Explosion, always creeped me out as a kid. I recently stumbled across a music vid the group released for their cover of "Smooth Criminal" and thought I'd give the group another chance to redeem themselves. Big mistake. There is some hard-core horror movie sh*t up in this vid. What the hell do they slip into that pizza sauce? You'd think the Read more

Showbiz Pizza provides animatronic entertainment for kids in the form of The Rock-afire Explosion. When I was a kid, this robot band sang horrendous songs while looking slightly possessed and bobbing their heads unrhythmically. But the times, they are a changing... Read more