Bobby Steele

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American guitarist (born 1956)

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::summary American guitarist (born 1956) ::

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Field	Value
name	Bobby Steele
image	Bobby Steele at Tompkins Square Park 2 (cropped).jpg
caption	Steele in 2010
birth_name	Robert Charles Kaufhold
birth_date
birth_place	Teaneck, New Jersey, U.S.
death_date
genre	Horror punk, hardcore punk
occupation	Musician, songwriter
instrument	Guitar, vocals
years_active	1978–present
current_member_of	The Undead
past_member_of	Misfits
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Bobby Steele (born ** Robert Charles Kaufhold**; March 18, 1956) is an American punk rock musician. He is the current guitar player, singer, songwriter, and sole original member of the horror punk band The Undead. He has been a member of multiple other bands, most notably the second guitarist of The Misfits. He married Diana Viar who joined The Undead in November 2014.

Career

Steele grew up in New Milford, New Jersey and lived there until 1978 when he moved into Manhattan, New York. The house he had lived in later became the base for Post Mortem records, a label he founded.

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 1980 by Jerry Only's younger brother Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein, 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 band.

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

Discography

File:The Undead - Stierch.jpg|Steele fronting The Undead in 2000 File:Mr and Mrs Bobby Steele.JPG|Bobby and Diana Steele File:The Undead 2016.jpg|The Undead in 2016

The Misfits

Horror Business (1979) – EP
Night of the Living Dead (1979) – single
Beware (on "Horror Business", and "Teenagers From Mars") (1980) – EP
3 Hits from Hell (on "London Dungeon") (1981) – EP
Halloween (on "Halloween II") (1981) – single
12 Hits from Hell (2001) – LP

The Undead

Albums

Never Say Die (1986) – LP, cassette
Act Your Rage (1989) – LP, cassette
Dawn of the Undead (1991) – LP, CD, cassette
Live Slayer (1992) – LP, CD, cassette
The Undead (1995) – cassette
Til Death (1998) – LP, CD
Still the Undead After All These Years (2007) – CD, LP
12 Hits from Hell – Uncovered (2007) – digital-only
Bobby (aka Bobby Steele) (2009) – LP, CD
The Morgue The Merrier (2015) – CD, LP

EPs

9 Toes Later (1982) – 7-inch EP
Times Square (2000) – split 7-inch 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
I Made a Monster (2009) – 3-song EP
Having An Undead Summer (2017) – 4-song EP

Singles

Verbal Abuse (1983) – 7-inch single
Never Say Die (1985) – 7-inch single
Invisible Man (1992) – 7-inch single
Evening of Desire (1992) – 12-inch single
There's a Riot in Tompkins Square (1993) – 7-inch single
Halloween (2007) – 7" single

References

Garcia, Alfa. [http://www.northjersey.com/arts_entertainment/104397194_Not_without_a_struggle__.html "Veteran punk rocker continues the struggle"], ''[[The Record (Bergen County)]]'', October 6, 2010. Accessed August 23, 2011. "Steele, 54, is the only constant in the band — a New Milford native with a thick New Jersey accent who emits the energy of a 25-year-old and the hustle of a time-worn New York musician. '[Punk rock] is basically about bringing back the raw essence of rock-and-roll; the spirit of the '50s and early '60s rock-and-roll. … Rock music today is too sterile,' says Steele during an interview at his mother's New Milford home, where he lived before moving to the East Village in 1978. The house now serves as Steele's headquarters for his own indie label, Post Mortem Records."
"Misfits".

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