STEVE POLTZ - biography

Hi, my name is Steve Poltz and I live in San Diego, Ca. I like hot dogs, apple pie and baseball. Sometimes I wear my mother’s clothes and jump up and down in rapid succession on my sister’s bed. I love the soundtrack to Jesus Christ Superstar. I learned every word to it when I was eleven years old. I was always scared to recite the lines of Judas cuz he betrayed Jesus and I don’t wanna go to hell. No siree. Charles Manson and Hitler scare me.

I was an altar boy at St. Theresa’s Catholic church in Palm Springs. This is the same church where the had the funeral for Sonny Bono.

One time when I was about ten years old + crashed head first on my bike into a parked construction truck. I took over 50 stitches to my skull. It was shortly after this accident that I started to write songs.

I’ve read Catcher in the Rye seventeen times and never once did it make me want to shoot the president. I think Jodie Foster is talented and I like Bill Clinton.

If I won the lottery I wouldn’t be playing the guitar for you people. I’d just sit at home and watch Jerry Springer, Wheel of Furtune and Matlock. I hate music. It all sounds like noise to me. I have to go see my doctor now. He says I’m not right in the head.

BIOGRAPHY
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Steven Joseph Joshua Poltz left his post as an altar boy at SAINT Theresa’s Catholic Church ~~and started writing songs. Perhaps it was the sh~~ in Palm Springs California and started writing songs. Perhaps it was the shock of the Desert heat or the trauma of the move from Halifax Nova Scotia.

For some reason he started a band called The Rugburns and began Touring, From Tijuana Mexico to Honalulu to New York City. He painted the Name of St. Joseph’s Catholic school on the side of his Van so cops would leave him alone.

As a boy in PalmSprings he went Trick oR Treating at Liberace’s House and Met Elvis Presley at his private Jet at the Airport. (he still thinks Elvis hugged his 13 year old sister too Long)

After graduating from Univ. of San Diego (Political Science) he started touring and recording.

Rugburns
  Morning Wood
  Mommy I’m Sorry
  Taking the World by Donkey

Steve Poltz
  Chinese Vacation
  One Left Shoe
  Answering Machine
  Live at Largo

He went solo in 1998 And released one left Shoe on Mercury Records The Album garnered 3 1/2 stars in Rolling Stone.

Answering Machine is 56 songs all 45 seconds long. Outgoing messages from his home Machine. This is one of Neil Young’s favorite records.

Steve has won Best Acoustic Artist 3X
Artist of the Year 2X
and Influential Artist of the Decade at the San Diego Music Awards.

He has had songs featured in numerous television shows Dharma & Greg, Dawson’s Creek and Party of Five
Movie Soundtracks
Notting Hill, Jack Frost

He co-wrote Jewel’s biggest hit You Were meant for Me and starred in the Video as the shirtless Skinny Guy.

Has played with Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Jewel, The Wallflowers, Bare Naked Ladies, Rusted Root, John Doe, Bob Schneider, Lucinda Williams etc etc

Toured Australia, Europe, Japan, Canada, New Zealand.
Played as a street Musician all over Europe and Morrocco.

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