Person
- Born
- 1961-06-18
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Richard Alfonso Martinez (born June 18, 1961), better known by the stage name Oz Fox, is the lead guitarist of the Christian glam metal band Stryper. Martinez' high school friends called him Oz in honor of Ozzy Osbourne due to his ability to emulate the vocals of Osbourne while playing Black Sabbath covers in his pre-Stryper days. He was recruited by the Sweet brothers in 1983 to form what would become Stryper. As a founding member of the band, Fox <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Oz+Fox">Rea
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Key dates
- Born
- 18 June 1961
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Fox
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Whittier
- Spouse
- Annie Lobert
- Occupation
- singer
- Genre
- Christian metal
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.ozfox.us
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Categories
1961 births20th-century American guitarists20th-century American male musicians20th-century evangelicals21st-century American guitarists21st-century American male musicians21st-century evangelicalsAmerican evangelicalsAmerican heavy metal guitaristsAmerican heavy metal singersAmerican male guitaristsAmerican male singers