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03/18/1956 Bobby Steele was born in Teaneck, NJ.
__/__/1974 The Phantom Of The Paradise soundtrack on A&M Records (A&M 3176) included "Construction Song" by a different band named The Undead.
06/__/1974 Bobby Steele graduated from New Milford High School.
09/__/1978 Bobby, Chris Natz, and Richie Matalian formed The Skabs.
__/__/1980 "Hitler's Brain" by a San Francisco band named The Undead was featured on the San Francisco Underground #2 EP. It was released on Subterranean Records (Sub 10).
10/__/1980 Richie Matalian left The Skabs and was replaced by Patrick Blanck, at which time The Skabs became The Undead.
01/30/1981 The Undead played their first show.
__/__/198_ The UK band called The Undead released their It's Corruption single on No Future Records. They also released a single called Violent Visions and later an album called The Killing Of Reality.
06/__/1981 Bobby appeared in the June issue of Penthouse with his head between a woman's legs.
09/__/1981 Bobby underwent surgery to remove an infected toe. All shows scheduled for 10//1981 and 11//1981 were then cancelled.
09/26/1982 Bobby fired the other members of The Undead.
04/04/1987 Bobby fired the other members of The Undead.
__/__/1987 Lars Espensen (later of The A-Bones) joined The Undead on stage several times to do the saxophone solo during "In Eighty Four."
10/31/1987 Bobby fired the other members of The Undead.
06/__/1990 Just a few days before starting the next Undead tour, Tim Taylor and Eddie Enzyme left the band.
06/29/1990 Bobby recruited Rich "Dingoe" Pressley from The Numbskulls and Steve Sloppy from Sloppy Seconds as new members of The Undead.
11/__/1990 Bobby toured with The Fiendz, who later became his backing band (Jim Joyce and Joe Darone) when The Undead toured.
__/__/1992 Bobby toured with a drum machine and backing tapes as The Undead. During this time, he also attempted to put together a "super group" that would record cover versions of 1960s songs. The band was to be called The Character Assassins with Lee Ving on vocals, Bobby Steele and Joey Shithead on guitar, Glen Matlock on bass, and Earl Hudson on drums. Bobby never got in touch with Matlock before the idea was dropped due to lack of record label interest.
05/__/1993 Bobby toured Europe with The Campus Tramps opening. Two members (Brian and Ratty) of The Campus Tramps served as his band.
10/30/1993 Bobby Steele burst out of a coffin on stage at The Undead's Chiller Theatre show.
12/02/1993 Joey Image joined The Undead on stage and played the drums on several Misfits songs. He and Bobby Steele had run into each other in New York City the week before.
02/21/1994 Joey Image joined The Undead on stage again for a few Misfits songs.
__/__/1994 Bobby appeared in the movie "Marilyn Chambers' New York Nights."
11/__/1995 Near the end of 1995, Times Square (Bobby's other band) began performing live.
02/__/1996 Bobby began performing sporadically at a club in New York City with an Alice Cooper cover band known as Mr. Nice Guy.
02/27/1996 Bobby Steele joined The Misfits at a special box set autograph signing in New York, NY.
05/24/1996 The movie "Welcome To The Dollhouse" was released, featuring "Evening Of Desire" during the film.
08/10/1996 The Undead, featuring members of The Migraines, began touring with The Migraines opening.
08/11/1996 Manny Mendez (formerly of The Trini Lopez Band) joined The Undead on stage for the saxophone solo during "In Eighty Four." He died a month later (September 9th) of diabetes-related complications. After the show, Eddie Migraine of The Migraines, Steve Keesler, and Bobby Steele wrote "The Night Has Eyes."
12/14/1996 Bobby joined The Zero Prophets on stage as their temporary bassist.
02/14/1997 At 12:27 a.m. in the morning, Times Square's "Learn It" received its first radio airplay.
03/23/1997 The Migraines performed a show at CBGB and recorded live versions of "There's A Riot In Tompkins Square" and "When The Evening Comes" with Bobby Steele on vocals.
06/28/1997 Bobby Steele joined The Accelerators on stage in Franklin, NJ and sang "Where Eagles Dare."
07/04/1997 Bobby Steele joined Joy Rider on stage in New York, NY and sang "Twist And Shout" and "Good Lovin'."
07/05/1997 Bobby Steele announced he was leaving Times Square.
09/12/1997 Bobby joined The Zero Prophets on stage as their temporary bassist.
11/14/1997 The Undead, featuring members of The Independents, began touring with The Independents opening.
02/15/1998 Bobby Steele appeared as a member of The Anti-Elvis Club at The Continental in New York, NY.
03/12/1998 Bobby joined The Migraines on stage for "When The Evening Comes" and "There's A Riot In Tompkins Square" at Pipeline in Newark, NJ.
07/23/1998 Joey Image joined The Undead on stage and played the drums on several Misfits songs.
10/16/1998 The Undead, featuring members of The Malignmen, began touring with The Malignmen opening.
12/10/1998 Former drummer Steve Zing joined The Undead on stage to play drums on "Verbal Abuse" and sing on a Misfits cover.
05/23/1999 Bobby Steele joined The Graveyard School (Undead drummer Joel Gausten's other band) on stage at their CBGB show and sang "When The Evening Comes."
11/20/1999 Bobby played bass for The Graveyard School at their show at the Malt Shop in Washington, NJ. After their set, Undead bassist Rahne Pistor joined Joel Gausten and Bobby on stage and the three performed "R.A.T.T. F.I.N.K.," "Last Caress," and "Bullet."
11/27/1999 Bobby Steele played bass for The Graveyard School at Connections in Clifton, NJ. After their set, Rahne Pistor joined them on stage and the three performed "I'm So Happy" and "Verbal Abuse." Later, during Sardonica's set, Bobby (on guitar and vocals) joined Fish from Sardonica (bass) and Dr. Chud of The Misfits (drums) for "I Turned Into A Martian" and "Last Caress." Then, Dr. Chud switched to vocals and Joel Gausten took over on drums for "Bullet."
07/17/2000 Bobby Steele was injured when the hood of the band's touring van closed on his hand, severing his thumb. The band cancelled that night's show, but continued the tour.
01/02/2001 Original Undead drummer Patrick Blanck was found dead in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.