Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth

Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth (born May 5, 1959) is the lead vocalist of New Jersey thrash metal band Overkill. He has worked with Overkill since 1980 and has been the lead vocalist of this band since then. Although a bassist, he focuses on vocals in the band. He also did the vocals for the band The Cursed featuring Dan Lorenzo (Hades and Non Fiction) in 2007. In 1998, Ellsworth was diagnosed with a very aggressive form of nose cancer and underwent immediate surgery. It was caught before it spread. Ellsworth suffered a stroke in Germany in June 2002, right in the middle of the song "Necroshine". Ellsworth 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)....