Bobby Steele

Bobby Steele (born March 18, 1956) is an American punk rock musician. He is the current guitar player, songwriter, and sole original member of punk band The Undead. He has been a member of multiple other bands, most notably, as the second guitarist of The Misfits. He was replaced by Doyle.

Career

Steele was the guitarist for Parrotox, Slash and The Whorelords before joining The Misfits in 1978. While with The Misfits, he performed on the "Horror Business", "Night of the Living Dead" and "3 Hits From Hell" EPs and his playing can also be heard on the "Beware" and "Halloween" EPs as well as the "missing" Misfits album "12 Hits From Hell". After being replaced in October of 1980 by Jerry Only's younger brother Doyle, Steele formed The Undead with Chris Natz and Patrick Blanck. The band released their debut EP, "9 Toes Later", in 1982, which Glenn Danzig helped finance. The Undead have undergone many personnel changes throughout the years and today, Steele is the only remaining original member and chief songwriter of The Undead and a new album and tour is planned for 2008.

He has also played with Sloppy Seconds, Times Square, The Migraines, and The Graveyard School, and appeared in several movies.

Personal life

He adopted the stage name Steele because he has a minor case of spina bifida. He has advocated for medical marijuana legalization in front of the New York State Legislature, and has spoken out about the same at the Million Marijuana March in New York City. He also has an ex-girlfriend, Jill Matthews, who is the guitarist in the band Times Square, as well as the first female boxer to win the Golden Gloves from New York. She hasn't entered the ring again after her monumental loss to Regina Halmich in 1999, suggesting that the brunnette left the sport for good

Legal troubles

In March 2006, Steele was involved in a legal dispute with his East Village apartment's landlord, alleging that the property manager attempted to force him out of his rent-controlled apartment by removing a bulkhead over the stairwell which resulted in significant water damage to the top-floor unit. [ [http://www.thevillager.com/villager_149/guitaristgetshardcore.html Guitarist gets hardcore in fight to keep apartment ] ]

Discography

The Misfits

*"Horror Business" (1979) - EP
*"Night of the Living Dead" (1979) - single
*"Beware" (1980) - EP
*"3 Hits From Hell" (1981) - EP
*"Halloween" (1981) - single
* "12 Hits From Hell" (2001) – LP

The Undead

Albums

* "Never Say Die" (1986) - LP
* "Never Say Die" (1987) - cassette
* "Act Your Rage" (1989) - LP, cassette
* "Dawn Of The Undead" (1991) - LP
* "Dawn Of The Undead" (1991) - CD, cassette
* "Live Slayer" (1992) - LP, CD, cassette
* "The Undead" (1995) - cassette
* "Til Death" (1998) - LP, CD
* "Dawn of the Undead" (Remastered) (2006) - CD
* Still The Undead After All These Years (2007) - CD

EPs

* "9 Toes Later" (1982) - 7" EP
* "Times Square" (2000) - split 7" EP
* "Third World U S A" (2002) 4-song EP
* "Rockn'Roll Whore" (2002) 4-song EP
* "Be My Ghoul Tonight" (2003) 4-song EP

ingles

* "Verbal Abuse" (1983)- 7" single
* "Never Say Die" (1985) - 7" single
* "Invisible Man" (1992) - 7" single
* "Evening Of Desire" (1992) - 12" single
* "There's A Riot In Tompkins Square" (1993) - 7" single

References