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==Discography==
==Discography==
===Studio albums===
===Studio albums===
*''The Guitar World According to Steve Stevens'' (1986 cassette from the music magazine ''[[Guitar World]]'')
* ''The Guitar World According to Steve Stevens'' (1986 cassette from the music magazine ''[[Guitar World]]'')
*''[[Atomic Playboys]]'' (1989)
* ''[[Atomic Playboys]]'' (1989)
*''Akai Guitar Sample Collection'' (1994)
* ''Akai Guitar Sample Collection'' (1994)
*''[[Flamenco a Go-Go]]'' (1999)
* ''[[Flamenco a Go-Go]]'' (1999)
*''[[Memory Crash]]'' (2008)
* ''[[Memory Crash]]'' (2008)


===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]]'' EP (2021)
* ''[[The Roadside]]'' EP (2021)


===with Ric Ocasek===
===with Ric Ocasek===
*''[[This Side of Paradise (album)|This Side of Paradise]]'' (1986)
* ''[[This Side of Paradise (album)|This Side of Paradise]]'' (1986)


===with Jerusalem Slim===
===with Jerusalem Slim===
*''Jerusalem Slim'' (1992)
* ''Jerusalem Slim'' (1992)


===with Vince Neil===
===with Vince Neil===
*''[[Exposed (Vince Neil album)|Exposed]]'' (1993)
* ''[[Exposed (Vince Neil album)|Exposed]]'' (1993)


===with Bozzio Levin Stevens===
===with Bozzio Levin Stevens===
*''[[Black Light Syndrome]]'' (1997)
* ''[[Black Light Syndrome]]'' (1997)
*''[[Situation Dangerous]]'' (2000)
* ''[[Situation Dangerous]]'' (2000)


===with Kyosuke Himuro===
===with Kyosuke Himuro===
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* ''Beat Haze Odyssey'' (2000)
* ''Beat Haze Odyssey'' (2000)
* ''Follow the Wind'' (2003)
* ''Follow the Wind'' (2003)

===with Deadland Ritual===
* "[[Deadland Ritual|Down in Flames]]" (2018)
* "Broken and Bruised" (2019)


==Guest appearances==
==Guest appearances==

Revision as of 06:50, 7 March 2022

For the Australian rules footballer, see Steve Stevens (footballer).
Steve Stevens
Stevens performing in 2008
Stevens performing in 2008
Background information
Birth nameSteven Bruce Schneider
Born (1959-05-05) May 5, 1959 (age 65)
New York, New York, United States
GenresHard rock, glam metal, heavy metal, instrumental rock
Occupation(s)Musician, songwriter, producer
InstrumentGuitar
Years active1979–present

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,[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] Stevens was in Vince Neil's band from 1992 to 1994, touring and recording on his album Exposed. 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" (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

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

Discography

Studio albums

with Billy Idol

with Ric Ocasek

with Jerusalem Slim

  • Jerusalem Slim (1992)

with Vince Neil

with Bozzio Levin Stevens

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)

with Deadland Ritual

Guest appearances


Title

 Release Other artist(s) Album
"First Day in the Rain" 1982 Peter Criss Let Me Rock You
"Dirty Diana" 1987 Michael Jackson Bad
"You're Amazing" 1990 Robert Palmer Don't Explain
"Do You Hear What I Hear" 1998 none Merry Axemas Vol. 2
"Train to Willoughby" 2000 Gregg Bissonette Submarine
"NY Child" 2001 Adam Bomb New York Times
"Cheyenne"
"Saluda a Lola"
"Anxiety"
"The Fallout" 2012 Neodymium Project non-album single
"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

Soundtrack appearances


Title

 Release Other artist(s) Soundtrack album
"Top Gun Anthem" 1986 Harold Faltermeyer Top Gun
"Speed" 1994 Billy Idol Speed

References

  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 24 May 2010.
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