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Ryan Roxie, guitarist for Alice Cooper

On stage during the Ol Black Eyes is Back Tour 2019
Alice Cooper, Ryan Roxie, Glen Sobel, Chuck Garric, Nita Strauss, and Tommy Henriksen

RYAN ROXIE

"Ryan Roxie is one of the truest rock n' rollers that I've ever worked with. In all his years in my band, he has NEVER had a bad show, it's just not in his DNA. In fact, Ryan Roxie is pure rock energy- he's practically a show unto himself. His formula works!"
**- Alice Cooper**

Brief Bio

Vocalist/guitarist & songwriter, RYAN ROXIE, is best known as ALICE COOPER’S long-time lead guitarist and collaborator. From co-writing with Cooper to working with Slash & Gilby Clarke and forming Classic Rock Award winning band, Casablanca, Roxie has an impressive musical CV.

With the release of his latest solo album, Imagine Your Reality, Roxie is joined by many other noteworthy musicians, including a collaboration with Cheap Trick’s Robin Zander on the track California Man. Ryan Roxie continues to create infectiously melodic rock songs but this time with a more guitar-driven sound than ever before.

Along with the Alice Cooper recording & touring, Roxie keeps himself even busier with his ‘In the Trenches’Podcast as well as the weekly ‘Ryan Roxie Rock Show’ on the Monsters of Rock / Dash Radio platform. A few words about Roxie:

“One of the truest rock n' rollers that I've ever worked with...”

- Alice Cooper

"Roxie is a consummate song writer…upbeat riffs, solid-gold choruses and killer, heavy pop-rock sensibilities… "
– Classic Rock

“One of the finest power pop rockers around…”
–Fireworks

“Tunes positively oozing out of every pore…”
- Uberrock

Full Bio

Ryan Roxie’s recording & touring schedule with Alice Cooper continue to keep him busy rolling through 2023. Along with his first official 'solo' album, Imagine Your Reality, which see him collaborate with Cheap Trick’s Robin Zander on the track California Man, as well as many other guest musicians worthy of note. Roxie has the ability to create infectiously melodic rock songs but this time with even more guitar than any of his other previous releases. If there’s a secret to being a rock n' roll 'lifer', then Ryan Roxie certainly knows what it is.

Roxie began his musical career with LA band, Candy (also featuring Jonathan Daniel and Gilby Clarke). Candy soon morphed into the Electric Angels and signed to Atlantic Records, releasing one self-titled album, produced by Tony Visconti and considered somewhat of a rare gem. Of those early years Ryan says, ‘those bands turned me from boy to man...from novice to veteran...“

Inspired, he embarked on a prolific career which saw him working with various artists, including providing guitar on Gilby Clarke's albums, Pawnshop Guitars, Blooze, The Hangover and Rubber. You can also hear Roxie's guitar work on James Michael's (from Sixx AM) Inhale release.

Roxie began working with Alice Cooper in 1996. He was initially offered a 'one year tour' and 27 years later (with one leave of absence for family commitments) he’s become an integral part of the band. 1997 saw Roxie connecting with long-time friends, drummer Mike Fasano and bassist Will Effertz to create the band, Dad's Porno Mag. They released a self-titled album and following Effertz’s departure guitarist Keri Kelli and bassist Stefan Adika then joined the band and jumped on the road.

Roxie also wrote and recorded on Slash's Snakepit's second album Ain't Life Grand, and recorded his first studio album with Alice Cooper, Brutal Planet. Roxie’s collaboration with Cooper continued on albums including Dragontown, The Eyes of Alice Cooper and Dirty Diamonds, co-writing a number of songs on the latter two albums.

Showcasing his range of influences and love of power pop and melody - including Cheap Trick, Johnny Thunders & the Heartbreakers & Starz & Sloan, Roxie 77 was created as Ryan’s creative vehicle. Debut album, Peace, Love & Armageddon was released in 2004 and followed by Two Sides to Every Story in 2009 (with both a regular and acoustic version of each track).

Having put down roots in Sweden, the ex-California native formed Casablanca with his Swedish cohorts; Josephine Forsman (Sahara Hotnights) Erik Stenemo (Melody Club), Anders Ljung (Space Age Baby Jane) , Erik Almström (Bullet) and Mats Rubarth (bass). The band’s debut album, Apocalyptic Youth (2012) earned them a Classic Rock Award nomination for Best New Band. They followed this success with second album, Riding A Black Swan.

2012 saw the ambitious Roxie Box project come to fruition, with a four disc/70 song box including re-mastered recordings by Ryan and all of his collaborative bands.

In 2014 Roxie 77 released a six-song EP, The Ameriswede, a unique release via Bellyache Records with the album's two sides comprising of an "American side", mixed by Tommy Henriksen, and a "Swedish side", mixed by Jon Bordon.

Between 2015 and present times, Roxie continues to tour, tour, tour fulfilling his guitar duties for Alice Cooper. Motley Crue, Halestorm, Rob Zombie, Airbourne, Def Leppard and Deep Purple are just a few of the bands he has been touring with these past few years.

Ryan has also released his solo album ‘Imagine Your Reality’, as well as appearing as a special guitar guest on many other artist’s releases…Including song-writing credits on the new upcoming Alice Cooper record.

Ryan Roxie’s tireless work ethic is seemingly endless, and fueled by genuine talent and enthusiasm. He hosts a weekly Podcast called ‘In the Trenches with Ryan Roxie’ which can be found HERE , creates his own ‘Roxie’s Parking Lot’ gigs as part of the Alice Cooper tours and has worked globally as an ambassador for the Gibson guitar company as well as currently promoting the Hughes & Kettner Amp brand.

You can also hear Roxie weekly on the Monsters of Rock Radio platform. His years of experience gives him license to talk about all things rock on the broadcast. Check it out HERE.

Another recent project is Roxie’s creation of the System-12 Guitar Method. A new and unique way to learn the instrument that combines all of Ryan’s 40 plus years of guitar playing experience with the best educational technology available today.

His ethos, to ‘make the world just a little better than the day before’ has led to his humanitarian work with organizations such as Pay It Forward and Sweden's Children’s Cancer Foundation... and in his own words, one must 'Enjoy the Ride'.