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|caption = Stevens performing in 2008
| caption = Stevens in 2022
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| birth_name = Steven Bruce Schneider
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|5|5}}
|background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
|birth_name = Steven Bruce Schneider
| birth_place = New York City, U.S.
| genre = [[Hard rock]], [[glam metal]], [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]], [[instrumental rock]], [[post-punk]], [[New wave music|new wave]], [[power pop]]
|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1959|5|5}}
| occupation = Musician, songwriter, producer
|birth_place = [[New York City|New York]], [[New York (state)|New York]], United States
| instrument = Guitar, keyboards
|genre = [[Hard rock]], [[glam metal]], [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]], [[instrumental rock]]
| years_active = 1979–present
|occupation = Musician, songwriter, producer
|instrument = [[Guitar]]
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| associated_acts = [[Billy Idol]], [[Bozzio Levin Stevens]], [[Peter Criss]], [[Kings of Chaos (band)|Kings of Chaos]], [[Vince Neil]], [[Deadland Ritual]]
|years_active = 1979–present
|label =
| website =
|associated_acts = [[Billy Idol]], [[Bozzio Levin Stevens]], [[Peter Criss]] [[Neurotic Outsiders]], [[Kings of Chaos (band)|Kings of Chaos]], [[Vince Neil]], [[Deadland Ritual]], [[Steve Lukather]]
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'''Steve Stevens''' (born '''Steven Bruce Schneider'''; May 5, 1959) is an American guitarist and songwriter. He is best known as [[Billy Idol]]'s guitarist and songwriting collaborator,<ref name="LarkinHM">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Heavy Metal]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1995|edition=Second|isbn=0-85112-656-1|page=343}}</ref> and for his lead guitar work on the theme to ''[[Top Gun]]'' – "[[Top Gun Anthem]]" – for which he won a Grammy in 1987: [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance|Best Pop Instrumental Performance]]. Stevens has played for [[Michael Jackson]], [[Ric Ocasek]], [[Robert Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer]], and many others.<ref>{{cite web|url={{Allmusic|class=artist|id=p5529/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Steve Stevens|last=Prato|first=Greg|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=24 May 2010}}</ref> Stevens was in [[Vince Neil]]'s band from 1992 to 1994, touring and recording on his album ''[[Exposed (Vince Neil album)|Exposed]]''. In 1995, Stevens and Idol were briefly members of the group [[Neurotic Outsiders]]. Stevens was a founding member of the supergroup [[Bozzio Levin Stevens]], which released ''[[Black Light Syndrome]]'' in 1997 and ''[[Situation Dangerous]]'' in 2000. He brought Spanish flamenco guitar stylings to the song "[[Pistolero (song)|Pistolero]]" (1999) for the trance group [[Juno Reactor]]. During 2012–2016, Stevens appeared with [[Kings of Chaos (band)|Kings of Chaos]]. His "Steve Stevens" group headlined the closing performance at the Musikmesse in [[Frankfurt]], Germany, in April 2016. He is also a television personality on the E! show ''[[Married to Rock]]'', alongside his wife, [[Josie Stevens]].
'''Steve Stevens''' (born '''Steven Bruce Schneider'''; May 5, 1959) is an American guitarist. He is best known as [[Billy Idol]]'s guitarist and songwriting collaborator,<ref name="LarkinHM">{{cite book|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music|The Guinness Who's Who of Heavy Metal]]|editor=Colin Larkin|editor-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|publisher=[[Guinness Publishing]]|date=1995|edition=Second|isbn=0-85112-656-1|page=343}}</ref> and for his lead guitar work on the theme to ''[[Top Gun]]'' – "[[Top Gun Anthem]]" – for which he won a [[Grammy Awards|Grammy]] in 1987: [[Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Performance|Best Pop Instrumental Performance]].


Stevens has played for [[Michael Jackson]], [[Ric Ocasek]], [[Robert Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer]], and many others.<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p5529/biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Biography: Steve Stevens|last=Prato|first=Greg|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=May 24, 2010}}</ref> He was in [[Vince Neil]]'s band from 1992 to 1994, touring and recording on his album ''[[Exposed (Vince Neil album)|Exposed]]'' and was a founding member of the supergroup [[Bozzio Levin Stevens]], which released ''[[Black Light Syndrome]]'' in 1997 and ''[[Situation Dangerous]]'' in 2000. He played Spanish flamenco guitar on the song "[[Pistolero (song)|Pistolero]]" (1999) for the trance group [[Juno Reactor]]. During 2012–2016, Stevens appeared with [[Kings of Chaos (band)|Kings of Chaos]]. His "Steve Stevens" group headlined the closing performance at the Musikmesse in [[Frankfurt]], Germany, in April 2016. He is also a television personality on the E! show ''[[Married to Rock]]'', alongside his wife, [[Josie Stevens]].
==Career==
His solo album releases include ''[[Atomic Playboys]]'' (1989),<ref name="LarkinHM"/> ''[[Flamenco a Go-Go]]'' (1999), and ''[[Memory Crash]]'' (2008).


==Discography==
== Career ==
His solo album releases include ''[[Atomic Playboys]]'' (1989),<ref name="LarkinHM" /> ''[[Flamenco a Go-Go]]'' (1999), and ''[[Memory Crash]]'' (2008).
===Solo albums===
*''The Guitar World According To Steve Stevens'' (1986 cassette from the music magazine ''[[Guitar World]]'')
*''[[Atomic Playboys]]'' (1989)
*''Akai Guitar Sample Collection'' (1994)
*''[[Flamenco a Go-Go]]'' (1999)
*''[[Memory Crash]]'' (2008)


===Movie soundtracks===
== Discography ==
[[File:Idolandstevens.jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Stevens (left) and [[Billy Idol]] in 2003]]
*"[[Top Gun Anthem]]", ''[[Top Gun]]'' (1986)
=== Studio albums ===
*"[[Speed (Billy Idol song)|Speed]]", ''[[Speed (1994 film)|Speed]]'' (1994)
* ''The Guitar World According to Steve Stevens'' (1986 cassette from the music magazine ''[[Guitar World]]'')
* ''[[Atomic Playboys]]'' (1989)
* ''Akai Guitar Sample Collection'' (1994)
* ''[[Flamenco a Go-Go]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Memory Crash]]'' (2008)


===Albums with Billy Idol===
=== with Billy Idol ===
*''[[Billy Idol (album)|Billy Idol]]'' (1982)
* ''[[Billy Idol (album)|Billy Idol]]'' (1982)
*''[[Rebel Yell (album)|Rebel Yell]]'' (1983)
* ''[[Rebel Yell (album)|Rebel Yell]]'' (1983)
*''[[Whiplash Smile]]'' (1986)
* ''[[Whiplash Smile]]'' (1986)
*''[[Devil's Playground (album)|Devil's Playground]]'' (2005)
* ''[[Devil's Playground (album)|Devil's Playground]]'' (2005)
*''[[Kings & Queens of the Underground]]'' (2014)
* ''[[Kings & Queens of the Underground]]'' (2014)
* ''[[The Roadside]]'' (2021)
* ''The Cage'' (2022)


===Album with Michael Jackson===
=== with Ric Ocasek ===
*''[[Bad (album)|Bad]]'' (1987)
* ''[[This Side of Paradise (album)|This Side of Paradise]]'' (1986)


===Album with Robert Palmer===
=== with Jerusalem Slim ===
* ''Jerusalem Slim'' (1992)
*''[[Don't Explain (Robert Palmer album)|Don't Explain]]'' (1990)


===Albums with Jerusalem Slim===
=== with Vince Neil ===
* ''[[Exposed (Vince Neil album)|Exposed]]'' (1993)
*''Jerusalem Slim'' (1992) – only released in Europe and Japan


===Album with Vince Neil===
=== with Bozzio Levin Stevens ===
*''[[Exposed (Vince Neil album)|Exposed]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Black Light Syndrome]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Situation Dangerous]]'' (2000)


=== with Kyosuke Himuro ===
===Albums as a member of Bozzio Levin Stevens===
*''[[Black Light Syndrome]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Kyosuke Himuro|I·De·A]]'' (1997)
* ''The One Night Stands'' Live (1998)
*''[[Situation Dangerous]]'' (2000)
* ''Mellow'' (2000)

* ''Beat Haze Odyssey'' (2000)
=== Albums with [[Kyosuke Himuro]] ===
* ''I·De·A'' (1997)
* ''Collective Souls'' (1998)
* ''The One Night Stands'' (1998)
* ''Mellow'' (2000)
* ''Beat Haze Odyssey'' (2000)
* ''Follow the Wind'' (2003)
* ''Follow the Wind'' (2003)


===Albums with [[Gregg Bissonette]]===
=== with Deadland Ritual ===
* "[[Deadland Ritual|Down in Flames]]" (2018)
*''Submarine (Stevens played on "Train to Willoughby")'' (2000)
* "Broken and Bruised" (2019)


===Albums with [[Adam Bomb]]===
===As Featured Singles ===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
*''New York Times (Stevens played on "NY Child" "Cheyenne" "Saluda a Lola" & "Anxiety") produced by Jack Douglas'' (2001)
|-
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Title
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions
! rowspan="2" scope="col" | Album
|-
! style="width:5em; font-size:90%;"| [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|US<br />Main.]]<br><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Mainstream Rock Airplay: Week of June 22, 2024 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-mainstream-rock-tracks/2024-06-22 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=June 18, 2024}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| "Crack Cocaine" {{small|([[Billy Morrison]] feat. [[Ozzy Osbourne]] and Steve Stevens)}}
| 2024
| 2
| ''The Morrison Project''
|-
|}


== Guest appearances ==
===Albums with [[Sebastian Bach]]===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
*''[[Give 'Em Hell (Sebastian Bach album)|Give 'Em Hell]]'' (2014)
! scope="col" style="width:15em;"| <br />Title<br /><br />
! scope="col"| Release
! scope="col"| Other artist(s)
! scope="col"| Album
|-
! scope="row"| "First Day in the Rain"
| 1982
| [[Peter Criss]]
| ''[[Let Me Rock You]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Roll Over (Thompson Twins song)|Roll Over]]"
| rowspan="3"| 1985
| rowspan="3"| [[Thompson Twins]]
| rowspan="3"| ''[[Here's to Future Days]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Revolution_(Beatles_song)#Thompson_Twins|Revolution]]"
|-
! scope="row"| "Breakaway"
|-
! scope="row"| "With You"
| 1987
| [[Jill Jones]]
| ''[[Jill_Jones_(album)|Jill Jones]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Dirty Diana]]"
| 1988
| [[Michael Jackson]]
| ''[[Bad (album)|Bad]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[You're Amazing]]"
| 1990
| [[Robert Palmer (singer)|Robert Palmer]]
| ''[[Don't Explain (Robert Palmer album)|Don't Explain]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Two Worlds"
| 1991
| [[McQueen Street]]
| ''McQueen Street''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Do You Hear What I Hear?|Do You Hear What I Hear]]"
| 1998
|
| ''Merry Axemas Vol. 2''
|-
! scope="row"| "Train to Willoughby"
| 2000
| [[Gregg Bissonette]]
| ''Submarine''
|-
! scope="row"| "NY Child"
| rowspan="4"| 2001
| rowspan="4"| [[Adam Bomb]]
| rowspan="4"| ''New York Times''
|-
! scope="row"| "Cheyenne"
|-
! scope="row"| "Saluda a Lola"
|-
! scope="row"| "Anxiety"
|-
! scope="row"| "Alpha Burst"
| rowspan="3"| 2004
| rowspan="3"| [[Derek Sherinian]]
| rowspan="3"| ''[[Mythology (Derek Sherinian album)|Mythology]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "El Flamingo Suave"
|-
! scope="row"| "A View from the Sky"
|-
! scope="row"| "Ghost Runner"
| rowspan="2"| 2011
| rowspan="2"| [[Derek Sherinian]]
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Oceana (album)|Oceana]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Oceana"
|-
! scope="row"| "The Fallout"
| 2012
| Neodymium Project
| {{N/A|non-album single}}
|-
! scope="row"| "Jet Airliner"
| 2013
| [[John Wetton]], [[Billy Sherwood]]
| ''Fly Like an Eagle – An All-Star Tribute to Steve Miller Band''
|-
! scope="row"| "Sorry"
| rowspan="4"| 2014
| [[Meg Myers]]
| ''[[Sorry (Meg Myers album)|Sorry]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Push Away"
| rowspan="3"| [[Sebastian Bach]]
| rowspan="3"| ''[[Give 'Em Hell (Sebastian Bach album)|Give 'Em Hell]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Had Enough"
|-
! scope="row"| "Gun to a Knife Fight"
|-
! scope="row"| "I Will Always Be Yours"
| 2018
| [[Ben Rector]]
| ''[[Magic (Ben Rector album)|Magic]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[I Melt with You]]"
| 2019
| [[David Hasselhoff]]
| ''Open Your Eyes''
|-
! scope="row"| "The Vortex"
| rowspan="2"| 2022
| rowspan="2"| [[Derek Sherinian]]
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Vortex (Derek Sherinian album)|Vortex]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Seven Seas"
|-
! scope="row"| "Thoughtful Distress"
| rowspan="2"| 2023
| rowspan="2"| [[Albert Hammond Jr.]]
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Melodies On Hiatus]]''
|}


=== Soundtrack appearances ===
===Other performances===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
*''Peter Criss '' | Let Me Rock You (1982)
|-
*Ric Ocasek "This Side of Paradise" (1986)
! scope="col" style="width:15em;"| <br />Title<br /><br />
*Merry Axemas Vol.2 ; track 3 "Do You Hear What I Hear" (1998)
! scope="col"| Release
*''The Fallout | Neodymium Project (2012)''
! scope="col"| Other artist(s)
*''Desire'' | Meg Myers - Sorry (2014)
! scope="col"| Soundtrack album
*''I Will Always Be Yours | Ben Rector (2018)''
|-
*''Down in Flames'' | Deadland Ritual (2018)
! scope="row"| "[[Top Gun Anthem]]"
| 1986
| [[Harold Faltermeyer]]
| ''[[Top Gun (soundtrack)|Top Gun]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Atomic Playboys|Power of Suggestion]]"
| rowspan="2"|1994
| Perry McCarty
| ''[[Ace Ventura: Pet Detective#Music|Ace Ventura: Pet Detective]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "[[Speed (Billy Idol song)|Speed]]"
| [[Billy Idol]]
| ''[[Speed (1994 film)#Soundtrack|Speed]]''
|-
! scope="row"| "Top Gun Anthem" (re-recording)
|2022
|Harold Faltermeyer
|''[[Top Gun: Maverick (soundtrack)|Top Gun: Maverick]]''
|}


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{Commons category}}
* [http://www.ram.org/music/articles/stevensinterview.html Ram 1997 (text)]
* [http://metalbabemayhem.com/steve-stevens-rockaway-l/ From Rockaway to L.A. 2014 (text)]


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Latest revision as of 04:52, 27 November 2024

For persons of a similar name, see Stephen Stevens (disambiguation).
Steve Stevens
Stevens in 2022
Stevens in 2022
Background information
Birth nameSteven Bruce Schneider
Born (1959-05-05) May 5, 1959 (age 65)
New York City, U.S.
GenresHard rock, glam metal, heavy metal, instrumental rock, post-punk, new wave, power pop
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, producer
Instrument(s)Guitar, keyboards
Years active1979–present

Steve Stevens (born Steven Bruce Schneider; May 5, 1959) is an American guitarist. He is best known as Billy Idol's guitarist and songwriting collaborator,[1] and for his lead guitar work on the theme to Top Gun – "Top Gun Anthem" – for which he won a Grammy in 1987: Best Pop Instrumental Performance.

Stevens has played for Michael Jackson, Ric Ocasek, Robert Palmer, and many others.[2] He was in Vince Neil's band from 1992 to 1994, touring and recording on his album Exposed and was a founding member of the supergroup Bozzio Levin Stevens, which released Black Light Syndrome in 1997 and Situation Dangerous in 2000. He played Spanish flamenco guitar on the song "Pistolero" (1999) for the trance group Juno Reactor. During 2012–2016, Stevens appeared with Kings of Chaos. His "Steve Stevens" group headlined the closing performance at the Musikmesse in Frankfurt, Germany, in April 2016. He is also a television personality on the E! show Married to Rock, alongside his wife, Josie Stevens.

Career

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His solo album releases include Atomic Playboys (1989),[1] Flamenco a Go-Go (1999), and Memory Crash (2008).

Discography

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Stevens (left) and Billy Idol in 2003

Studio albums

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with Billy Idol

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with Ric Ocasek

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with Jerusalem Slim

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  • Jerusalem Slim (1992)

with Vince Neil

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with Bozzio Levin Stevens

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with Kyosuke Himuro

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  • I·De·A (1997)
  • The One Night Stands Live (1998)
  • Mellow (2000)
  • Beat Haze Odyssey (2000)
  • Follow the Wind (2003)

with Deadland Ritual

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Main.
[3]
"Crack Cocaine" (Billy Morrison feat. Ozzy Osbourne and Steve Stevens) 2024 2 The Morrison Project

Guest appearances

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Title

 Release Other artist(s) Album
"First Day in the Rain" 1982 Peter Criss Let Me Rock You
"Roll Over" 1985 Thompson Twins Here's to Future Days
"Revolution"
"Breakaway"
"With You" 1987 Jill Jones Jill Jones
"Dirty Diana" 1988 Michael Jackson Bad
"You're Amazing" 1990 Robert Palmer Don't Explain
"Two Worlds" 1991 McQueen Street McQueen Street
"Do You Hear What I Hear" 1998 Merry Axemas Vol. 2
"Train to Willoughby" 2000 Gregg Bissonette Submarine
"NY Child" 2001 Adam Bomb New York Times
"Cheyenne"
"Saluda a Lola"
"Anxiety"
"Alpha Burst" 2004 Derek Sherinian Mythology
"El Flamingo Suave"
"A View from the Sky"
"Ghost Runner" 2011 Derek Sherinian Oceana
"Oceana"
"The Fallout" 2012 Neodymium Project non-album single
"Jet Airliner" 2013 John Wetton, Billy Sherwood Fly Like an Eagle – An All-Star Tribute to Steve Miller Band
"Sorry" 2014 Meg Myers Sorry
"Push Away" Sebastian Bach Give 'Em Hell
"Had Enough"
"Gun to a Knife Fight"
"I Will Always Be Yours" 2018 Ben Rector Magic
"I Melt with You" 2019 David Hasselhoff Open Your Eyes
"The Vortex" 2022 Derek Sherinian Vortex
"Seven Seas"
"Thoughtful Distress" 2023 Albert Hammond Jr. Melodies On Hiatus

Soundtrack appearances

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Title

 Release Other artist(s) Soundtrack album
"Top Gun Anthem" 1986 Harold Faltermeyer Top Gun
"Power of Suggestion" 1994 Perry McCarty Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
"Speed" Billy Idol Speed
"Top Gun Anthem" (re-recording) 2022 Harold Faltermeyer Top Gun: Maverick

References

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  1. ^ a b Colin Larkin, ed. (1995). The Guinness Who's Who of Heavy Metal (Second ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 343. ISBN 0-85112-656-1.
  2. ^ Prato, Greg. "Biography: Steve Stevens". AllMusic. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
  3. ^ "Mainstream Rock Airplay: Week of June 22, 2024". Billboard. Retrieved June 18, 2024.
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