Rik Emmett

Triumph is great.

Rick Emmett, I know him.

Excellent.

What about Chilliwack? Can you get into Chilliwack with me?

folks, this

is Rick Emmett of Triumph, and we're talking rock with Dave and Shane.

Dave and Shane on the air.

It's rock of nations with heavy metal flair.

He said, but one thing you should know is that after you left and you became a big star, people knew I was your teacher.

And he's the same guy that taught Rick Emmett.

Raised my rate.

And he said, and they asked me if I could teach them how to play like you.

Mm-hmm.

Anyway, so I worked through a lot of things, but it was really the songwriting class at Humber College with this guy, Rick Emmett.

Okay.

And he's from this band called Triumph.

He put me in his house band and that gave me the opportunity to be a local musician in Chicago and back up a lot of music.

nationally and internationally famous people like these singers would come out like Kevin Cronin from Mario Speedwagon or Don Barnes from 38 Special and Rick Emmett from Triumph and I got to back up a lot of those people and then one of the people that did it every year was Kelly Kagey the drummer from Night Ranger and so that eventually led to my in into Night Ranger in seven years there and during that um I had been doing pit stuff here in New York city.

I live in New York city.

So just to keep my skills sharp on reading and whatnot was subbing in pits, like not even on stage, like as a pit musician.

This is true.

My news is courtesy of labramouth.net. Rick Emmett of Triumph reveals he's lost all his hair after Triumph's 2026 comeback tour.

Yeah, that's what happened to

me.

He says, you may see me wearing a lot of hats at the upcoming shows.

So in a new interview with Rob Edwards of Talking About Rock, Triumph's Rick Emmett opened up about returning to the road for North American tour after 30-year hiatus for the 2026 Trek.

Triumph's original members, Emmett and drummer-vocalist Gilmore, were joined by guitarist Phil X, drummer, and keyboardist Brent Fitz, and bassist Todd Kearns.

Phil X, whose real name is, I can't do this one, Theophilus Exenestis.