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Rock-afire Explosion Is at It Again

GiggleSugar — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:00:00 -0700

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 synced by Rock-afire Explosion. Love it!

Rock-afire Explosion Wants to Make Love in This Club

GiggleSugar — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 01:00:00 -0700

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 children, it's pretty entertaining.

Rock-afire Explosion: How Is This Intended for Children?

GiggleSugar — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:00:00 -0700

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 mention of "blood stains in the carpet" would automatically disqualify a song from their play list, but no...

Where Not To Host Your Kid's B-Day Party

GiggleSugar — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 14:00:00 -0700

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...