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Hard Rock Cafe and CE Presents welcome The Undead featuring Bobby Steele with special guests The Wasted and The X-Ray Dead on Sunday, September 8, 2024! Entry and seating for event attendees begin at 7:00 PM. General Admission tickets are required for entry and are available for purchase at Eventbrite.com. General Admission tickets do not reserve a seat. Seating within the event is available on a first-come, first-served basis. If you require accessible seating accommodations, you must notify the venue in advance. If you wish to eat and/or drink prior to the event you may contact the venue by phone at 412.481.7625 or place your reservation on OpenTable. This event is open to all ages with alcohol available for purchase to attendees ages 21 and over. Valid identification is required for the purchase and/or consumption of alcohol. Learn more about The Undead: In January 1981, the Lower East Side was one of New York City’s most dangerous, drug infested neighborhoods…a forgotten and long neglected slum. But something was about to happen that would ultimately rocket this square mile of Hell to international prominence in the art world and change it forever. That “something” was the debut performance of a new band, THE UNDEAD, formed by Bobby Steele, the famously exiled guitarist of one of New York’s most notorious punk bands, THE MISFITS. Bobby had been relegated to finding THE UNDEAD a new venue after being banished from every established NYC nightclub because, he says, of a few “minor” substance-fueled indiscretions… Bobby had moved to the Lower East Side two years earlier, and quickly became familiar with its desolate streets, where few outsiders dared to set foot…unless it was to buy heroin…or die tryin’. Always “The Misfit,” Bobby stood out in the neighborhood…a target of scorn for the deviant hoodlum locals who shouted racial epithets when they saw him. Bobby really didn’t have to work hard to establish a reputation among his neighbors…that crazy Gringo…like walking the dark streets one night carrying a 6-foot long, hooked meat rack that he’d found lying by a dumpster – thinking it’d make a cool decoration for his apartment. Bobby had noticed what appeared to be an old-fashioned “speakeasy” on the corner of Avenue A and East 7th Street…The A7 Club. So, after recording his new band’s first demo, he brought a copy to the club’s owner, and convinced him to book them for a Friday night gig. On January 31, 1981 THE UNDEAD debuted to a packed house. Thanks to some creative, aggressive promotion, the small venue was overwhelmed by the 80 paying punks who came to see THE UNDEAD…and what they witnessed that Friday night was the birth of the New York Hardcore Punk scene! In time, the NYHC Scene had grown…festered…into what is now the EAST VILLAGE…recognized as one of the leading tourist destinations in the world. THE UNDEAD was the first band out of the NYHC scene to ink a recording contract with a prominent label…STIFF RECORDS…the seminal British punk record label that had launched the careers of THE DAMNED, MOTORHEAD, THE GO-GOs, ELVIS COSTELLO, and numerous legendary punk acts. Getting the label’s attention, in true Undead style, began by the band crashing a party at STIFF’S new Soho offices, and graffitiing every inch of available wall space. The result was that STIFF representatives went to see THE UNDEAD, opening for THE MISFITS at the RITZ on December 17, 1981…and immediately arranged to meet with the band and discuss a contract. THE UNDEAD would lay claim to numerous “firsts”…fighting oppressive forces every step of the way. Openly “blacklisted” by an industry that resents his strong will and sense of independence, Bobby has managed to operate on the fringes of the legitimate record industry. When he inadvertently laid the groundwork for the “Indie Revolution” in the 1990s, Steele, the anger magnet, really provoked the bean counters at the majors. One prominent industry insider told Bobby, “You are a phenomenon. That’s something we all agree on. We also have agreed that you will NEVER get a record deal.” Statements like this one would have led any sensible artist to give up…then and there. But Bobby is not always sensible…he chooses to do what he wants, and he accepted the comment as a challenge. He had shown the experts and made a success of an album they all told him “sucked and would never sell.” On the day of its release, ACT YOUR RAGE sold out its first pressing of 6,000 units, and broke the 10,000-unit mark in under 8 months…while labels that had blown off the release were boasting that their best-selling title broke the 2,000 mark “after only 2 years.”

Hard Rock Cafe and CE Presents welcome The Undead featuring Bobby Steele with special guests The Wasted and The X-Ray Dead on Sunday, September 8, 2024! Entry and seating for event attendees begin at 7:00 PM. General Admission tickets are required for entry and are available for purchase at Eventbrite.com. General Admission tickets do not reserve a seat. Seating within the event is available on a first-come, first-served basis. If you require accessible seating accommodations, you must notify the venue in advance. If you wish to eat and/or drink prior to the event you may contact the venue by phone at 412.481.7625 or place your reservation on OpenTable. This event is open to all ages with alcohol available for purchase to attendees ages 21 and over. Valid identification is required for the purchase and/or consumption of alcohol. Learn more about The Undead: In January 1981, the Lower East Side was one of New York City’s most dangerous, drug infested neighborhoods…a forgotten and long neglected slum. But something was about to happen that would ultimately rocket this square mile of Hell to international prominence in the art world and change it forever. That “something” was the debut performance of a new band, THE UNDEAD, formed by Bobby Steele, the famously exiled guitarist of one of New York’s most notorious punk bands, THE MISFITS. Bobby had been relegated to finding THE UNDEAD a new venue after being banished from every established NYC nightclub because, he says, of a few “minor” substance-fueled indiscretions… Bobby had moved to the Lower East Side two years earlier, and quickly became familiar with its desolate streets, where few outsiders dared to set foot…unless it was to buy heroin…or die tryin’. Always “The Misfit,” Bobby stood out in the neighborhood…a target of scorn for the deviant hoodlum locals who shouted racial epithets when they saw him. Bobby really didn’t have to work hard to establish a reputation among his neighbors…that crazy Gringo…like walking the dark streets one night carrying a 6-foot long, hooked meat rack that he’d found lying by a dumpster – thinking it’d make a cool decoration for his apartment. Bobby had noticed what appeared to be an old-fashioned “speakeasy” on the corner of Avenue A and East 7th Street…The A7 Club. So, after recording his new band’s first demo, he brought a copy to the club’s owner, and convinced him to book them for a Friday night gig. On January 31, 1981 THE UNDEAD debuted to a packed house. Thanks to some creative, aggressive promotion, the small venue was overwhelmed by the 80 paying punks who came to see THE UNDEAD…and what they witnessed that Friday night was the birth of the New York Hardcore Punk scene! In time, the NYHC Scene had grown…festered…into what is now the EAST VILLAGE…recognized as one of the leading tourist destinations in the world. THE UNDEAD was the first band out of the NYHC scene to ink a recording contract with a prominent label…STIFF RECORDS…the seminal British punk record label that had launched the careers of THE DAMNED, MOTORHEAD, THE GO-GOs, ELVIS COSTELLO, and numerous legendary punk acts. Getting the label’s attention, in true Undead style, began by the band crashing a party at STIFF’S new Soho offices, and graffitiing every inch of available wall space. The result was that STIFF representatives went to see THE UNDEAD, opening for THE MISFITS at the RITZ on December 17, 1981…and immediately arranged to meet with the band and discuss a contract. THE UNDEAD would lay claim to numerous “firsts”…fighting oppressive forces every step of the way. Openly “blacklisted” by an industry that resents his strong will and sense of independence, Bobby has managed to operate on the fringes of the legitimate record industry. When he inadvertently laid the groundwork for the “Indie Revolution” in the 1990s, Steele, the anger magnet, really provoked the bean counters at the majors. One prominent industry insider told Bobby, “You are a phenomenon. That’s something we all agree on. We also have agreed that you will NEVER get a record deal.” Statements like this one would have led any sensible artist to give up…then and there. But Bobby is not always sensible…he chooses to do what he wants, and he accepted the comment as a challenge. He had shown the experts and made a success of an album they all told him “sucked and would never sell.” On the day of its release, ACT YOUR RAGE sold out its first pressing of 6,000 units, and broke the 10,000-unit mark in under 8 months…while labels that had blown off the release were boasting that their best-selling title broke the 2,000 mark “after only 2 years.”

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