Randy Steffes

Randall "Randy" Steffes is a Canadian musician and manager. As a musician, he has played with Bif Naked's early band Gorilla Gorilla and the skate punk band SNFU. He has also worked as manager, tour manager, guitar technician, sound engineer, and additional musician for Green Day, Good Riddance, and The Real McKenzies.

Career

Gorilla Gorilla Steffes grew up in Beausejour, Manitoba and attended the University of Manitoba. He was a member of Gorilla Gorilla, a fixture of the Winnipeg punk rock scene in the late 1980s. Singer Bif Naked, later a successful solo artist, fronted the band beginning in 1989.

Gorilla Gorilla relocated to Vancouver the following year. There they recorded a demo cassette tape with Cecil English and Craig Bougie (both noted for their work with NoMeansNo) and toured alongside The Wongs, a short-lived project featuring SNFU singer Ken Chinn. He relocated to Berkeley, California while working with the band. Steffes initially had several positions with Green Day, including guitar technician.

In August 1996, Green Day replaced Steffes with manager Bob Cavallo, known for his work with such artists as Prince and Earth Wind & Fire.

In 2007, Steffes began working with The Real McKenzies as tour manager and sound engineer.

With SNFU In 2014, Steffes joined SNFU as guitarist, composing a new lineup of the band alongside Chinn, bassist Dave Bacon, and former Real McKenzies guitarist Kurt Robertson. The reconstituted group toured in support of their new record, Never Trouble Trouble Until Trouble Troubles You.