Bobby Ellsworth

Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth
Ellsworth in 2024
Ellsworth in 2024
Background information
Birth nameRobert Ellsworth
Also known asBlitz
Born (1959-05-03) May 3, 1959 (age 65)[1][2]
OriginNew Jersey, U.S.
GenresThrash metal, heavy metal, groove metal
OccupationSinger
Years active1980–present
Member ofOverkill, BPMD
Formerly ofThe Cursed

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.

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]

  1. ^ OVERKILL (May 3, 2019). "Happy 60th to our very own BB pic.twitter.com/XnA5LwPc7p". twitter.com. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  2. ^ "Overkill". facebook.com. Retrieved May 4, 2019.
  3. ^ Overkill's Bobby Blitz – Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?, August 27, 2014, archived from the original on December 21, 2021, retrieved September 9, 2021
  4. ^ "BOBBY 'BLITZ' ELLSWORTH, MIKE PORTNOY, PHIL DEMMEL And MARK MENGHI Join Forces In BPMD: 'American Made' Album Due Soon". Blabbermouth.net. January 31, 2020. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  5. ^ "The Cursed – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". metal-archives.com. Retrieved September 10, 2021.