Steve Stevens

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Steve Stevens
Stevens in 2022
Background information
Birth name	Steven Bruce Schneider
Born	(1959-05-05) May 5, 1959 (age 65) New York City, U.S.
Genres	Hard rock, glam metal, heavy metal, instrumental rock, post-punk, new wave, power pop
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter, producer
Instrument(s)	Guitar, keyboards
Years active	1979–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.

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

• 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)

• Billy Idol (1982)
• Rebel Yell (1983)
• Whiplash Smile (1986)
• Devil's Playground (2005)
• Kings & Queens of the Underground (2014)
• The Roadside (2021)
• The Cage (2022)

• This Side of Paradise (1986)

• Jerusalem Slim (1992)

• Exposed (1993)

• Black Light Syndrome (1997)
• Situation Dangerous (2000)

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

• "Down in Flames" (2018)
• "Broken and Bruised" (2019)

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