Riot loved music.
But to make his father happy he joined the army.
He was sent to Germany. Military life stifled Riot.
He went to watch a local band called Nirvana.

One of the band members left,
and he took over as back up guitarist.

That's how he met Minx.

Becuase he was AWOL, he was thrown out of the army.
He went back to the USA and his father kicked him out.
He returned to Germany and formed the Stingers.

Life was hard in the beginning.

Things began to pick up and soon they were invited to play in local clubs. An invitation to play Le Club Cool in the US was thier big break!!
The rest is history......