Bad Steve was a German heavy metal band, composed of former

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members

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, Frank Friedrich and

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, as well as former members of more obscure bands Kanaan and Sin City. They supported Accept on a 1984 tour in Germany. Rubach later had a brief stint with Accept vocalist Udo Dirkschneider's band

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Koemmet had been with Accept previous to their recording career and re-entered that band briefly between their releases '' Breaker'' and ''

Restless and Wild ''Restless and Wild'' is the fourth studio album by German heavy metal band Accept, released in 1982 in Continental Europe and in 1983 in the US and UK. It was the first Accept album not to be recorded at Delta-Studio, since the band had moved t ...

''.

Discography

Bad Steve made one release, the 1985 album ''Killing the Night'' on

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''Killing the Night'' (Mausoleum Records 1985)

Track listing

#"Bad Steve is Coming" #"Light up my Soul" #"Killing the Night" #"Running to You" #"Inside Looking Out" #"Across the Rainbow" #"Living on the Frontline" #"Leather Girl" #"Nightbreaker"

Credits

*Phillip Magoo (ex-Sin City) - vocals *

(ex-Accept) - guitar *Accu Becker (ex-Kanaan) - guitar *

(ex-Accept) -

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*Frank Friedrich (ex-Accept) -

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References

Primary source

* Record sleeve for ''Killing the Night''

Other sources

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External links

Artist biography and a little bit about the band on Dieter Rubach's personal website
{{Authority control German heavy metal musical groups