Ricky Lynn Phillips (born October 7, 1951) is an American bass guitarist and a member of the rock band

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since 2003, splitting duties with longtime bassist

Chuck Panozzo Charles Salvatore Panozzo (born September 20, 1948) is an American musician best known as a co-founder of the rock band Styx. He is currently a part-time bass player in the band, sharing bass duties with Ricky Phillips. Panozzo suffers from HIV ...

. He has also played in Nasty Habit, as a member of

The Babys The Babys are a British rock group best known for their songs " Isn't It Time" and "Every Time I Think of You". Both songs were composed by Jack Conrad and Ray Kennedy, and each reached No. 13 on the U.S. ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 8 on the ...

and

Bad English Bad English was an American/British glam metal supergroup formed in 1987. It reunited Journey keyboardist Jonathan Cain with singer John Waite and bassist Ricky Phillips, his former bandmates in the Babys, along with Journey guitarist Neal Schon ...

, and with Coverdale-Page and

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. Phillips and his former Bad English bandmate

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also played with former Montrose members

Sammy Hagar Samuel Roy Hagar (born October 13, 1947), also known as the Red Rocker, is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He rose to prominence in the early 1970s with the hard rock band Montrose and subsequently launched a successful solo car ...

and

Denny Carmassi Denny Carmassi (born April 30, 1947) is an American drummer most notable for playing with many rock bands. Biography Carmassi was born into a family of drummers; his father, his uncle, and his brother each played the drums. Some of Denny's e ...

on a live version of the Montrose song "Rock Candy".

Discography

With The Babys

* ''

Union Jacks ''Union Jacks'' is The Babys’ fourth album, which peaked at number 42 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in 1980. The lead single "True Love True Confession" failed to chart and was succeeded by the minor hit "Midnight Rendezvous," and finally the hit ...

'' * '' On The Edge''

With Bad English

* ''

'' * ''

Backlash Backlash may refer to: Literature * '' Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women'', a 1991 book by Susan Faludi * ''Backlash'' (Star Wars novel), a 2010 novel by Aaron Allston * Backlash (Marc Slayton), comic book character * ''Backla ...

With Styx

* ''

Big Bang Theory The Big Bang event is a physical theory that describes how the universe expanded from an initial state of high density and temperature. Various cosmological models of the Big Bang explain the evolution of the observable universe from the ...

'' * '' One with Everything: Styx and the Contemporary Youth Orchestra'' * '' The Mission'' * ''

Crash of the Crown ''Crash of the Crown'' is the seventeenth studio album by American rock band Styx. The album was released on June 18, 2021, by Universal Music Enterprises. The album charted for one week on the US ''Billboard'' 200 album chart, peaking at #1 ...

With Ronnie Montrose

* '' 10x10'' - Producer, Bass, Hammond organ, Lead and Backing Vocals, Guitar

With Coverdale/Page

* '' Coverdale/Page''

References

External links

Official websiteThe Babys Official Unofficial Archives and Chronological HistoryCareer Retrospective Interview from April 2016 with Pods & Sods
Living people American rock bass guitarists American male bass guitarists Bad English members The Babys members 1952 births Styx (band) members Angel (band) members 20th-century American guitarists Ted Nugent Band members {{US-bass-guitarist-stub