Foxy Shazam in St. Louis

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 + St. Louis

Foxy Shazam brought the theatrical excess back to St. Louis on April 28, 2025 at Red Flag, tearing through 17 songs that proved why this band remains utterly inimitable. Opening with 'Love Rollercoaster,' they established the night's sweaty intensity before diving into deep cuts like 'A Black Man's Breakfast' and 'Ghost Animals'—songs that sit in the margins of their catalog but hit with genuine weirdness and conviction. The setlist leaned heavy on their ability to shift between bombastic rock and unexpectedly tender moments, with 'Only Love' and 'Kingdom Come' offering brief glimpses of restraint before 'Bombs Away' and closer 'Unstoppable' brought the mayhem roaring back. In a city that's seen its share of theatrical rock, Foxy Shazam remains the outlier—a band that refuses to tone anything down.

Foxy Shazam in St. Louis News

• Hail The Sun Announce Spring 2026 Tour New Noise Magazine · Jan 21, 2026
• Hail The Sun announce headlining North America tour with Foxy Shazam and more on select dates Lambgoat · Jan 13, 2026
• Waterparks announces North American dates of ‘The Prowler Tour’ Melodic Magazine · Jul 22, 2025
• Waterparks Map Out North American Tour Exclaim! · Jul 21, 2025
• Foxy Shazam announce U.S. tour featuring The Number 12 Looks Like You and Lobby Boxer Lambgoat · Feb 27, 2025

Live Music in St. Louis

St. Louis has long been a town where genre boundaries blur, from its blues roots through its glam and progressive rock phases. The city's music venues have historically welcomed acts that lean into theatricality and experimentation rather than mainstream polish. Foxy Shazam fits naturally into that lineage—a band unafraid of excess and visual spectacle, qualities that resonate in a scene that's never been afraid of the unconventional.

St. Louis road trip to see Foxy Shazam?

Base yourself in the Central West End, where the tree-lined streets and converted lofts give the neighborhood a genuinely livable vibe. Hit Broadway Oyster Bar for something with actual character, or Park Avenue Coffee if you need to ease in. Spend an afternoon at the City Museum—it's genuinely weird and worth your time, not a tourist trap. The Pulitzer Arts Foundation is also worth an hour if contemporary art is your thing. St. Louis takes itself less seriously than most cities, which makes it easy to move around and find decent food without overthinking it.