Michael Steele(III)
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Singer, songwriter and bassist Michael Steele was born on June 2, 1955
in Pasadena, California and grew up in suburban Newport Beach. Steele
was briefly in the
70's all-girl rock group, The Runaways,
as both the lead singer and bass player, but got kicked out for being
too old. She played in almost fourteen bands prior to joining
The Bangles in 1983 (she replaced original
bassist Annette Zilinskas). After
The Bangles split up in 1989, Michael wrote
songs and recorded demos for a possible solo album that sadly never
materialized. In 1993, Steele fronted the band "Crash Wisdom", which
subsequently broke up in late 1994. She left Los Angeles and moved to
Northern California to concentrate on painting. In 1996, Michael became
the bass player for the band Eyesore; this gig only lasted for four
months. Steele has done some session work for Jan Krist,
'Kings X' guitarist
Ty Tabor and Eliza. Moreover, Michael did a
guest stint in fellow The Bangles band
member Victoria Peterson's
group, the Continental Drifters, in which she filled in for primary
bassist Mark Walton. On November 21, 1998, Steele made a public
appearance singing lead vocals on two songs at a
Sandy Denny tribute show at St. Ann's Church
in New York City. She subsequently performed on stage with the
Continental Drifters at Acme Underground in New York City on November
23, 1998. In 1999, she was the last member of
The Bangles to rejoin the group. In 2005,
Michael Steele left The Bangles.