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The Undead
Interviews • August 9, 2026
From shaping the early guitar drive of The Misfits to heading up The Undead, slinging bass for Times Square, and running Post Mortem Records out of a New Jersey bedroom, Bobby Steele’s footprint on tri-state punk is as real as it gets. He’s dodged precinct venue shutdowns, survived botched UK tours, and even stripped his sound down to a solo acoustic LP of classic '50s crooner covers. Through four decades of changing scenes, Bobby’s whole career has been built on playing by his own rules. Part I: Static Age & The Misfits Era Scene Point Blank: When you put that advertisement in The Aquarian Weekly back in November 1978 looking for a punk outfit with management and a label backing them, how surprised were you when Glenn Danzig was the one who actually responded to your ad? Bobby Steele: I'd heard of The Misfits when my earlier punk band played the Lodi Boys Club, and I met Steve Zing for the first time. Then, when we played Eddie's Lounge, I saw "Cough/Cool" on the jukebox and played it. I thought it was awful. So when I went to audition. I only really went because I thought it was good to get used to auditioning. I wasn't interested in them at all. Then, they played the Bullet EP -- and I was blown away by the sound. Scene Point Blank: Your first gig with that original lineup happened a mere few weeks after you joined, right on the heels of the … Read more
Deniz Tek
Interviews • July 25, 2026
There is a specific kind of velocity associated with the name Deniz Tek. To the aviation world, he was a … Read more
Scene Point Blank's Favorites: The Year So Far (July 2026)
Music • July 13, 2026
That's right: we're halfway through 2026 already, although whether that means this year is a glass-half-empty or glass-half-full kind of … Read more
Demos You Want To Check #4
Music / New Kids On The Block • July 7, 2026
The musical landscape is ever changing. New genres are popping up, new hypes burst out of nowhere and die out … Read more
