Foxy Shazam in San Francisco

About Foxy Shazam

Foxy Shazam is the stage persona of Kevin Stephen Fisher, a theatrical hard rock performer who emerged from the late 70s glam scene with an aesthetic somewhere between David Bowie and Alice Cooper on a genuinely unhinged budget. Built on genuine technical guitar work and an almost operatic command of melodrama, Foxy's catalog treats rock music like it's meant to be performed in costumes made of sequins, confidence, and pure spite. His tracks often build from genuine rock foundations—solid riffs, actual hooks—into these elaborately absurd narratives. "Hello" became his closest brush with mainstream recognition, but tracks like "Winter Song" and "The Ballad of Foxy Shazam" are where you find the core appeal: music that takes itself seriously enough to have real musicianship, not seriously enough to avoid looking completely ridiculous on stage. He's been making variations on this formula for decades, and the formula works because it's honest.

Foxy shows are theater productions where the music actually matters. Expect costumes, visible sweat, a guy who will make eye contact, and an audience that's either fully committed or awkwardly amused. No irony. Just commitment.

Known for Hello, Winter Song, Contraforces, The Ballad of Foxy Shazam, Holy Holy Holy

Foxy Shazam + San Francisco

Foxy Shazam has maintained a presence in San Francisco's rock circuit for years, a band that thrives on the kind of theatrical excess the city's venues have always tolerated and occasionally celebrated. Their December 2025 show at The Fillmore proved why they still draw crowds: eight songs that moved from the declarative punch of "Yes! Yes! Yes!" through the spacey ambition of "Ghost Animals / Bombs Away" and closed with "The Only Way to My Heart..." — a track that suggests vulnerability beneath the artifice. "Magic" hit different in a room that's hosted everyone from Journey to modern psych-rock acts. Foxy Shazam doesn't shy away from the ridiculous, and San Francisco has never required its rock bands to be serious.

Foxy Shazam in San Francisco News

• Foxy Shazam announce U.S. tour featuring The Number 12 Looks Like You and Lobby Boxer Lambgoat · Feb 27, 2025
• Glassjaw offshoot Head Automatica announce first tour in over 10 years (BV presale) BrooklynVegan · Jul 11, 2023
• Foxy Shazam Announce Spring 2012 U.S. Tour Loudwire · Feb 15, 2012
• Foxy Shazam Cancels Shows Pollstar News · Oct 29, 2010
• Portugal the Man / Foxy Shazam Punknews · Feb 20, 2008

Live Music in San Francisco

San Francisco's music scene has always had room for excess and reinvention, from glam rock's underground roots to the current blend of psych, prog, and theatrical rock acts. Venues like The Fillmore have become anchors for bands that prioritize spectacle and musicianship equally. Foxy Shazam fits naturally into this ecosystem — a city where artifice and authenticity aren't mutually exclusive, where a band can be both ridiculous and genuinely skilled.

San Francisco road trip to see Foxy Shazam?

Stay in Hayes Valley or the Mission—both neighborhoods have the kind of restaurants and bars that make a weekend feel deliberate rather than touristy. Head to State Bird Provisions for dinner if you can get in; it's precise and inventive without being pretentious. Spend a day in Muir Woods or hiking around Twin Peaks for actual views of the city. The de Young Museum in Golden Gate Park is worth a couple hours if the weather holds. Hit up a coffee place on Valencia Street in the Mission just to sit and watch the neighborhood move around you.