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. ==References==