Beyond the Ring: Hulk Hogan's Secret Music Career Unearthed!

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"Chills were running up and down my spine!" Before finding his calling in professional wrestling as Hulk Hogan, Terry Bollea was a bass player with long hair in a band named Ruckus. Little did he know how dramatically his life would change after a gig in Daytona! Learn more

Before Hulk Hogan rose to become a wrestling superstar, Terry Bollea had a profound passion for the world of music in his real life.

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“[Ruckus] was my last band,” Hogan once shared. “I had been on the road for ten years, and I was a studio musician in Atlanta, a century artist.

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Being Discovered By Wrestlers at a Gig HULK HOGAN: “Growing up, I was a huge wrestling fan. As a kid, I was scared to death of them because, back in the day, wrestlers were very protective, and if you called wrestling fake, they would punch you in the face."

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“Suddenly, before I knew it, there were a bunch of wrestlers at our gigs. These were regional wrestlers who would wrestle in Tampa, Miami, Orlando, and Tallahassee, so they’d come back to Tampa every night, where we would be playing till 3 AM.” One of those wrestlers was Jack Brisco.

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JACK BRISCO: “I went to this nightclub called The OP (The Other Place). It was about midnight. I walked in, and standing there was Terry Bollea (later Hulk Hogan) playing guitar in a band. He was just so impressive. He was only 21 years old at the time. I couldn’t believe my eyes!"

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