Chris Jericho is one of the most popular superstars in wrestling history. Let us know about his Rock band named Fozzy.
Y2J is one of the all-time greats of WWE, having won all the major titles on numerous occasions. Having started his wrestling career during the 1990s in ECW and WCW, he formed an American heavy metal band in 1999 in Atlanta, Georgia, named Fozzy. This is one of the most exciting aspects of his life, irrespective of wrestling. This is everything you need to know about his band called Fozzy.
Chris Jericho Band Fozzy
Jericho has been with the band for over 20 years now, and he is so involved in it that he had to quit WWE to go on tour on more than one occasion. This band was formed when Chris Jericho met Ward in a wrestling show in San Antonio, Texas. Ward convinced Jericho to play for the band.
During the band’s first show at the club “The Hanger”, Fozzy was started as Fozzy Osbourne, a play on the name of the singer Ozzy Osbourne. Jericho first started as a part-time member, but one year later, in 2000, he became a permanent member of the band as a lead vocalist.
Y2J took the band name of Mongoose McQueen. This character was an actual gimmick. Using the skills he learned from WWE, he made his own character.
There is a hilarious thing about this Mongoose personality: it refused to acknowledge the existence of Chris Jericho in the real world.
Fozzy History
With time they shortened its name to Fozzy and made its very own fictional backstory that it was an experienced band that had seen dark days when their previous recording company had turned over.
The band released its first album, “Happenstance”, in 2002 after the initial success of its self titled first albums, and both released contain ed covers of popular Rock bands like Twisted Sister, Iron Maiden and Judas Priest.
The band showed growth with All that Remains in January 2005. Chris and Fozzy’s singles are even used as theme songs for PPVs. “Enemy” was used by WWE for its PPV event No Way Out in 2006 and by TNA Bound for Glory.
Fozzy signed a record deal with Riot Entertainment. Fozy released its 4th album, “Chasing the Grail, “Martyr No More” and used it as a theme song for WWE’s Royal Rumble PPV in 2010.
Fozzy and Chris Jericho promote their new album “Do You Wanna Start a War?” From 2013 to 2016. In 2017, Fozzy released “Judas, but it was delayed due to Jericho’s return to WWE. Instead, the theme song for NXT Take Over was made: Chicago. This song was a significant hit for Fozzy. It also crossed 30 million views on Youtube.
Their new album “2020” was about to be released, but it was pushed back to next year due to the COVID pandemic, which resulted in market failure. The title also changed due to the release date being made.
Band Members
| Lead Vocals | |
| Rich Ward | Lead guitar, Backing Vocals, Keyboard, Programming |
| Frank “Bud” Fontsere | Drums, Backing Vocals |
| Billy Grey | Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals (Touring only) |
| Randy Drake | Bass, Backing Vocals |
| Paul Di Leo | Former Bassist |
| Sean Delson | Former Bassist |
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