Born: 1960 Moongoose McQueen, originally Chris Irvine, was born and raised in Deleware. But who cares, that's boring. Here's where the story starts.
Chris went to Art Chamsky High School (GO BEAVERS!). This is where he met Duke LaRue, also known as Rich Ward. Rich was working on playing guitar in jazz band with Bud Fontsere, or as Fozzy fans know him as, KK LaFlame. After meeting Dan Dryden and his Cousin Chuck Berry (no relation), Chris got the brillant idea to make a band. They were mediocre at best, only getting barmitzvahs, birthdays, and anniversaries to play at, but Chris had other plans, BIG plans.
Chris, now insisting that everyone call him Moongoose McQueen, the god of rock, told everyone to not plan for college because they were moving to LA. Moongoose figured it would take 2 months tops to get signed with a deal. But this would turn out to not be true. While bands like Flock of Seagulls, AHa, and the Go Go's were being signed, Fozzy Osborne laid in ambiguity....until Masami "Sammy" Tomami stepped in. He showed the guys what they thought was the promised land. Of course, Duke didn't read the stupid contract!
And you should know the rest of this story. They got into a sour deal which held them captive in Japan for 20 years, got their songs stolen from them, and Moongoose went to work at McDonald's dressing up as Ronald McDonald.
Now Fozzy is back in the US, kicking Heavy Metal ass and taking names. As to the rumors that Moongoose is actually Chris Jericho in disguise, he says, "Chris Jericho is a stalker and needs to get a life. This is almost getting way out of hand!"
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