While in high school, Fox was interested in rock music and photography, choosing as his subjects, the flashy personalities of the New York glam scene of the early 1970s.

From the band's biography: "SIN was originally formed in New York/New Jersey in 1976–77, coming out of the ashes of New Jersey club circuit bands VIRGIN and LUST, with the name SIN first being coined by bassist Rik Fox, bringing with him, drummer Basil Stanley (Stan Bassel from Long Island), joining Ian Criss and Keith (Vinny Matthews) Starz.

After moving to Los Angeles, California, at the invitation of Blackie Lawless, and arriving on February 4, 1982, Fox played bass-guitar in several bands, including Steeler, Sin, and W.A.S.P..

Both Lawless and Richards' narrative, allege that "Rik Fox couldn't do it in the band, his playing was just not right", so they "let him go in a very short period of time."

3-track demo recorded at Pipers' studio tell a very different story; showing a very solid and melodic bass style by Fox and how much Lawless' narrative was apparently incorrectly misinforming the public.

Further, it should also be considered that since it is widely recognized that 'power associates itself with power', it is abundantly clear that if Fox had moved on to a larger successful career, that, thirty years later, nobody would bother attempting to dismiss or dispute his membership in W.A.S.P.

[5] After leaving W.A.S.P., Fox spent a short time rehearsing briefly with both Warlord and Hellion, and then joined the Ron Keel fronted band Steeler[2] in 1983.

Fox spent five months in Steeler, long enough to record the self-titled album and play some amazing gigs before being unceremoniously let go from the band.

This laid the groundwork that was integral for many of the bands yet to follow, such as Poison and Guns N' Roses, just as the MTV era was being introduced to rock music fans.

At the time of the original membership change, after Fox's membership was confirmed, Steeler acquired the services of a young, up-an-coming Swedish guitar-whiz virtuoso named Yngwie J. Malmsteen, which gave the band some much-garnered attention, selling out venues and opening for the likes of Hughes/Thrall, Vandenberg, and Quiet Riot at a high point in their respective careers.

*Updated note: May 10, 2019, saw a long-awaited Steeler reunion during the KEELFEST concert event held at the Alrosa Villa club in Columbus, Ohio, featuring legendary guitarist Mitch Perry.

Meanwhile, after leaving Steeler, Fox was now 'on the map' and had a bankable reputation and sizable following, enough to now attempt to sell out clubs on his name alone.

Fox's first L.A. lineup began to sell out clubs rapidly drawing attention, following on the heels of his popular notoriety from Steeler.

Wasting no time, Fox quickly re-formed another line up using three newly relocated members of the New York band, Mongol Horde recording artists Alien,[6][7] who had recently disbanded in New York, contacted Fox and came to Los Angeles to join him in reforming a new lineup of SIN.

After being approached and picked up by Jerry Weintraub's 'Management 3' in Beverly Hills, Fox was 'advised' (coerced) to replace vocalist Frank C. Starr (see The Four Horsemen) and drummer Mark Anthony Benquechea who were replaced by musicians of producer Dana Strum's choosing and, with singer Mark Slaughter singing the tracking vocals they entered Encore Studios in 1985 to record album master demos, being produced by Vinnie Vincent bassist Dana Strum (who also produced among other L.A. bands, the band Burn).

This meeting led to spending several months performing and recording an album with them and supporting the Lita Ford band for a 1987 New Year's Eve concert.

Fox stated in his interviews that "this pattern of bad luck began to take on the appearance of his developing a penchant for joining popular name bands that, despite looking very promising going in, were, in effect, already sinking ships... it began to look like I couldn't stay with a band for very long, which, despite outward appearances, as anyone can easily see, was not the case, since they fell part on their own soon after I left them and I had moved on to other ventures."

However, in the waning years of the 1980s, Rik Fox has had the good fortune to have shared the stage and performed with some of Rock's Legends, including the late Ronnie James Dio and rock comedian Sam Kinison, Little Steven, Ozzy Osbourne drummer Randy Castillo, as well as Kiss guitarist Mark St. John, and Bruce Springsteen's drummer, 'Mighty' Max Weinberg, (in the late 1970s), Roseanne's John Goodman, producer Jean Beauvoir, as well as the band Warrant and Guns N' Roses, among others at various all-star jams, or, jamming with the likes of Steppenwolf's legendary guitarist Michael Monarch.

After having served five years in the California State Military Reserve[9] (which is a lower civilian branch of the U.S. Army), as a radio operator/communications NCO with the rank of E4 (Corporal), his interest moved on in all things military, which brought him to working in the film industry as an assistant property master, and weapons handler, working on some direct-to-video lower budget films and on the Network syndicated television series Air America, featuring Lorenzo Lamas, and the late Scott Plank, with whom Fox became close friends.

Rik was also one of the featured interview subjects for the VH-1 Cable series 'Driven' for the episode "The Rise of Mötley Crüe" being a close friend of Nikki Sixx and the band, and recommended to VH-1 producers by former Hollywood booking agent Vicky Hamilton (music executive).

Rik is also remembered as one of the featured interview subjects for the legendary Rock film parody, The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years by friend and director Penelope Spheeris.

Fox is also involved in co-promotion of the European and Japanese market release of The Steeler Anthology with former bandmate Ron Keel.

[13] Although he has not left the music field entirely, broadening his horizons, in recent years, Fox has taken a new interest in learning the field of natural horsemanship through his wife Tamara, (married on October 1, 2009, in a small private ceremony), and they train their (rescued) horses, while he continues to work on his pursuit of raising Polish historical awareness and culture and military history with their winged hussar group.

Through Shrapnel Records producer Mike Varney, Fox has recently re-connected with fellow Steeler bandmate and drummer Mark Edwards.

; A Sting in the Tale by author Darren P. Upton, and asked to share his input on the early days of the band's creation of which he is now known to have been an original founding member of.

[14][15] Rik Fox is also slated to be among the featured popular performers in the upcoming coffee table book 'Lost Rockers' scheduled for a 2015 publication release.

In Rik's case, for the episode dealing with the Moscow State Museum in Russia, and a suit of Polish winged armor on display there, the director and producer sought him out because, in the words of the segment producer: 'of all his active research on the subject and what he has brought to the table with regard to his being the most highly visible contributions of promoting the winged hussars and Polish history in the United States.'

In addition to returning to music or reform another band lineup, Rik Fox has also recorded bass tracks for the re-make Rascal's song "I Ain't Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore" (originally covered by the band Angel) for the Spiders & Snakes 2014 album release 'The Year of the Snake', and stepped in temporarily replacing bassist Phil St. Vincent for several live shows until Vincent returned.

Already being a published writer, (based on the entertainment value seen in his many online interviews and adventures), public demand has motivated Fox to pen his own biography, currently in the works, which promises to be a real catharsis of sorts.

Rik Fox is re-entering the music scene making a comeback and, continues to give interviews and currently, is enjoying a resurgence in popularity and in contact with his friends and international fans in Facebook where many facets of his background can be seen there.