Jul 07 2008
The Rock-Afire Explosion
Whenever I went to Chuck E. Cheese’s as a kid, my mission was to play as many arcade games as possible. The pizza was nice too, but one thing I was not fond of, was the show. That fuzzy animatronic band at the Pizza Time Theater just freaked me out, and all i wanted to do was head right back to the arcade. Well for some, those singing robots were more than just a sideshow, they were a reason to live. You can meet these people and the story behind their animatronic heroes in the new doc “The Rock-afire Explosion”.
This movie focuses on one particular band, the rock-afire explosion, original to the Showbiz Pizza franchise. Unlike those foam bots a Chuck E. Cheese’s, these machines mimicked playing real instruments and had very intricate facial expressions. There reign on arena kid rock lasted throughout the eighties and inspired many collectors and afficionados long after Showbiz Pizza had disappeared. These people are the heart of “The Rock-afire Explosion” which comes out in the Fall of 2008 and seems perfect for any kid of the eighties regardless of whether they were freaked out or were enthralled by this sideshow.
