Steve Balsamo

Steve Balsamo was born in Wales on 19 May 1971. His father, a chef from Venice, his mother Welsh. At school, Steve was evicted from the choir, being told he could not sing. He channelled his creative leanings into art and attended art school to specialise in painting. At the age of 17, Steve once again started singing and songwriting again, forming several bands that toured pubs and clubs doing renditions of classic rock songs. After a friend mentioned to Steve that Andrew Lloyd Webber was looking for a performer to play the part of Jesus. Seizing the opportunity to showcase his 3½ octave range voice, Steve was determined to get the part. Despite his lack of West End experience, Steve won the role of Jesus from the thousands who auditioned - leading to that memorable headline about the origins of the Son of God! His performance was a revelation and his face was seen on bus shelters across the capital. On one television performance from the show he not only had Andrew Lloyd Webber weeping, but also managed to sell £160,000 worth of tickets to “Superstar” in half an hour! Steve and Storys bandmate Rob have also been working on progrock project CD ChimpanA, which Steve's vocals feature on Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.