Michael Steele (musician)

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Michael Steele

Michael Steele (born June 2, 1955 in Pasadena , California ; actually Susan Thomas ) is an American musician and former bassist for the pop group Bangles .

Career

Steele began her professional career as 'Micki Steele' in the teen girl band The Runaways . She stayed only a short time and left the band in 1975, months before their first album. The main recordings of this period from August 1975 were not released until 1993 on the album Born to Be Bad . Steele played bass and sang most of the songs himself.

Between 1976 and 1983 Steele played in numerous bands from Los Angeles, including Elton Duck (1979-1980), Slow Children (1979) and Nadia Kapiche (1981). Steele concentrated on her musical techniques and was able to establish herself as a professional bassist. She was known for her melodic style, influenced by bassists such as Paul McCartney , John Entwistle , Colin Molding and Carol Kaye . In 1983 she became the bassist in the band The Bangles, which was founded in 1981 .

Albums

Different light

Although the Bangles' debut album, All Over the Place , received critical acclaim, it was not a commercial success. The breakthrough came with the 1986 album Different Light and the hit singles Manic Monday and Walk Like an Egyptian (Steele sang the second verse of the song). On the album, Steele sang September Gurls , originally by Big Star , and her own composition Following . Rolling Stone magazine praised the song as outstanding.

Everything

The successful album Everything (released in 1988) was the last album of the Bangles for the time being, the band split up in 1989. On Everything Steele presented herself as a songwriter with three original compositions ( Complicated Girl , Something to Believe In and Glitter Years ). Two more of her pieces did not make it on the album. One was Between the Two , which was released on the Doll Revolution album after the Bangles reunited . The second track, Happy Man Today , has remained unreleased (although it was played live during the 1987 summer tour).

Solo career and other engagements

After the Bangles split in 1989, Steele wrote lyrics and recorded songs for a solo album. The solo project failed because her record deal was canceled before it was completed. Regardless, Steele was still musically active. She played in a few bands, mostly as a rhythm guitarist and singer in her band Crash Wisdom and as a bassist in Michelle Muldrow's band Eyesore . In the late 1990s, the Bangles agreed to reunite. Steele was the last to say yes. In 2003 the album Doll Revolution was released . Like Everything , the album contains three compositions by Steele ( Nickel Romeo , Between the Two , Song for a Good Son ). Steele left the band in early 2005, the exact reasons are unknown.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "June classic rock birthdays - classic rock artists born in June". Classicrock.about.com
  2. ^ The Times / The Australian. October 27, 2006
  3. ↑ Born To Be Bad at http://kensternation.tripod.com
  4. ↑ Owens, Kevin. Michael Steele - Harmonic Re-emergence Bass Player. (December 1, 2003)
  5. ^ Gordon, Robert (2009). Big Star: The More You Learn, The Less You Know , page 41, Keep An Eye On The Sky.
  6. ↑ Fissinger, Laura (13 th March 1986). "The Bangles: Different Light: music reviews". Rolling Stone. ( Memento from June 21, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ↑ Eyesore Home Page ( Memento of February 3, 1998 in the Internet Archive )

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Commons : Michael Steele  - album with pictures, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Steele, Michael
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Thomas, Susan (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 2, 1955
PLACE OF BIRTH Pasadena , California