Showbiz Pizza Place was a competitor of Chuck E. Cheese in the 1980s, offering the a very similar experience for kids. Here's ...

Competitor ShowBiz Pizza Place gave Chuck E. Cheese a run for its money in the ’80s with its own distinctive animatronic stage show, The Rock-afire Explosion. But after Chuck E. Cheese filed for ...

ShowBiz Pizza Place started in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1980 and was Chuck E. Cheese's rival (they later merged). The animatronic band there was called the Rock-afire Explosion and played classic ...

The Rock-afire Explosion — a seven-member band that once thrilled audiences at ShowBiz Pizza Place, with a later incarnation performing at Chuck E. Cheese — has achieved something of a cult ...