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1949 September 23 Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen is born in Long Branch, NJ to Adele and Douglas Springsteen. 1958 Bruce sees Elvis on TV and asks his mother for a guitar. 1965 Bruce joins his first band, The Castiles 1966 May 16 The Castiles record their first single in Bricktown Studios, NJ. The single contains two songs, “Baby, I” and “That’s What You Get”. Both songs are written by Bruce and George Theiss, singer for The Castiles. Only 5 copies of the single were pressed and only two are said to still exist. 1967 June 19 Bruce graduates from highschool. 1968 After The Castiles break up, Bruce forms a band called Earth. Bruce attends classes at Ocean County College but after a petition handed in by classmates claiming Bruce was too weird, Bruce realizes college is not for him and quits. Bruce’s parents, Adele and Douglas decide to move the family to California. Bruce however remains in Jersey and moves to Asbury Park staying at a friends’, Tinkers, surfboard factory. Asbury Park would also eventually become Bruce’s musical home. 1969 Springsteen’s most famous early band, Steel Mill is formed. The band was first called Child but when they found out another band went by that name, they changed it. The songs are mostly lyrical experiments and often include long instrumental (guitar) parts. The lineup of Steel Mill mostly consists of Danny Federici, Vinny Lopez, Robin Thompson and Steve Van Zandt. |