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Rick Bozzo
Birth name	Richard M. Bozzo
Born	(1952-01-12) January 12, 1952 in Burbank, California, U.S.
Genres	Rock, hard rock, heavy metal, shock rock
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter, bass guitarist, producer
Instrument(s)	Bass guitar, Vocals,
Years active	1967–present
Website	rickbozzo.com

Rick Bozzo (born January 12, 1952, in Burbank, California) is an American rock music bass guitarist, songwriter and record producer best known for his work with Meat Loaf, Guiffria and The Frost.

Performing career

Rick Bozzo grew up in Southern California and started playing music at around the age of 14 with the band The Winding Roads. He played bass and sang for this band. Some of their first gigs were at the 'love-ins' at Griffith Park, the Los Angeles Battle of the Band at Pacific Ocean Park, and opened for some big musical acts of the day such as Steppenwolf, Iron Butterfly, The Grass Roots, Canned Heat, Blue Cheer and Paul Revere & the Raiders with Mark Linsey.

The 1970s

He career started to take off after meeting Marvin Lee Aday, best known to fans as Meat Loaf. They formed the band 'Meat Loaf Soul' and after a few months moved to Michigan and joined up with Pete & Susie Woodman, and Frank Montoya. They toured the Midwest and recorded their first record under the name of Popcorn Blizzard. Pete Woodman was the drummer for the popular Michigan band The Bossmen prior to joining Popcorn Blizzard. This association later led Rick to play with The Frost, with Dick Wagner who, also formerly of The Bossmen. The first gig Rick played with The Frost was at The Eastown Theater in Detroit, opening for Sly and the Family Stone. The highlight of his days with The Frost was at the Goose Lake Pop Festival performing in from of 150,000 people.

After the demise of the Frost in the early 1970s, Rick moved back to Los Angeles and hooked up with a show band called Greenflow, for a worldwide USO Tour. He then formed the band Brass Knuckles, with Stan Keiser. Rick convinced Meat Loaf to provide some vocals to some pre-recorded tracks for this project, but Meat Loaf moved back to New York and had met Jim Steinman to work on a Broadway show. By 1976, Rick had joined the band Sabu, which recorded with various artists as a session band. In 1977, Meat Loaf would soon be calling Rick to come and rehearse for the Bat Out Of Hell tour. Sabu's management called and said they had a record deal with Polydor UK, and Rick told Meat Loaf's management that he had another commitment and would not be doing the Bat Out Of Hell tour.

With Rick handling the bass duties for Sabu, a band formed by Paul Sabu, they released the albums SABU and SABU II. After the release of SABU II, they appeared on the US Television shows, The Midnight Special, Dinah Show, Mike Douglas and The Merv Griffin show. The SABU II album included the hits Rock me Slowing and Wet and Wild, which later appeared on a KISS Collector's tape. This song was erroneously thought to have been a KISS demo, but was a SABU song. During this time, he also recorded on the million selling record, The Ann Margret Album. His session work continued with his bass stylings on the disco star Debbie Jacobs albums and the number one hit, Undercover Lover.

The 1980s

Rick was involved in a recording project for former Playboy Centerfold, Cyndi Wood in 1982. Between session work, Rick found time to play live with SABU, and record songs that were used in the movies Hard Rock Zombies, Vice Squad, Skin Tight, Women In Rock and Roll and the television show Mike Hammer. In 1985, Rick became involved with the band Angel, which would later become Guiffria and then House of Lords. He has recorded hundreds of publishing demos for Unichappell Music, Gold Hill Music and Screen Gems. Rick would then record the album Heartbreak for the band SABU, which was voted as one of the best albums of 1985 by readers of Metal Force Magazine.

External links

rickbozzo.com imdb.com