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Robert Ellsworth (born May 3, 1959), best known as Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth, is an American singer who is the lead vocalist of New Jersey thrash metal band Overkill.[3] He has been the vocalist of Overkill since its inception in 1980, and he and bassist D. D. Verni are the band's only constant members.

Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth
Ellsworth in 2015
Background information
Birth name	Robert Ellsworth
Also known as	Blitz
Born	(1959-05-03) May 3, 1959 (age 63)[1][2]
Origin	New Jersey, U.S.
Genres	Thrash metal, speed metal, groove metal, heavy metal
Occupation(s)	Singer
Years active	1980–present
Member of	Overkill, BPMD
Formerly of	The Cursed

Ellsworth is a member of the supergroup cover band BPMD.[4] He also previously fronted The Cursed, a now defunct band featuring guitarist Dan Lorenzo, which released the Room Full of Sinners LP in 2007.[5]

Personal life

In 1998, Ellsworth was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of nose cancer and underwent immediate surgery, which successfully removed the tumor.

Ellsworth had a focal seizure in Germany in June 2002, right in the middle of the song "Necroshine". He commented: "The beauty of a stroke is that you don't remember. I don't know what it changed, because I forget how it used to be (laughs). Occasionally I piss my pants when somebody turns a microwave on (laughs). I'm riding my motorcycle. I still swim, I work out. The idea is that when you have a problem, there's two ways to look at it – you can live in the problem or you can live through the problem. For me, I just lived through it. I thought very soon afterwards if it had actually killed me, I said 'Wouldn't it be something to die in the middle of an Overkill show?'."[6]

Ellsworth was critical of the Obama administration. In a 2010 interview, he was asked if he felt that Obama would spawn any songs about political awareness and replied, "You could probably just do one record and call it 'Liar' (laughs)" He then outlined instances where he believed the party displayed hypocrisy and called the Democratic Party "just an awful thing."[7]

In 2014, Ellsworth again faced health issues, battling borderline pneumonia during a German tour.[8]

References

На других языках

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- [en] Bobby Ellsworth

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[ru] Эллсворт, Бобби

Роберт Джозеф Эллсворт (англ. Robert Joseph Ellsworth; 3 мая 1959[1][2], Нью-Джерси, США) , более известный как Бобби «Блиц» Эллсворт — вокалист трэш-метал-группы Overkill из Нью-Джерси. Он был вокалистом группы с ее основания в 1980 году, и он с басистом Карло Верни — единственные постоянные участники. Также он записывал вокал для группы с Дэном Лоренцо The Cursed в 2007. В 2018 году записал вокал для песни Mother of Sin группы Metal Allegiance на альбоме Volume II: Power Drunk Majesty. Эллсворт занимает 65-е место в списке «Топ-66 лучших фронтменов хард-рока и метала» американского онлайн-журнала Loudwire[3].

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