What is Steven Van Zandt real name? Why did Steve Van Zandt leave the E Street Band?

Why did Steve Van Zandt leave the E Street Band?

In 1984, Steven Van Zandt who’s real name is Steven Lento, left the E Street Band to pursue a solo career, try to get Nelson Mandela out of captivity and end apartheid in South Africa, but by the 1990s, his solo career fizzled out, and he wasn’t sure what to do next.

It was at the same time that he was cast on The Sopranos that Bruce Springsteen reassembled the E Street Band for a world tour.

Steven Van Zandt is an actor and singer-songwriter from the United States. Van Zandt was born in the Massachusetts town of Winthrop. He is of Italian descent. He was born and raised in the New Jersey town of Middletown. In 1982, he married Maureen Santoro.