Introduction
Bobby Steele (born Robert Charles Kaufhold on 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 Wolfgang von Frankenstein. He married Diana Viar who joined The Undead in November 2014. They are both in the band RIP that started in 2013.
Career
Steele grew up in New Milford, New Jersey and lived there until 1978, when he moved into Manhattan. 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.
Steele performing at Tomkins Square Park
Bobby and Diana Steele
The Undead 2016
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, 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" 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
- I Made a Monster (2009)- 3-song EP
- Having An Undead Summer (2017)- 4-song EP
Singles
- 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
- Halloween- (2007)- 7” single