Steve Stevens

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, 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. A session guitarist, he has played for Michael Jackson, Ric Ocasek, Robert Palmer and many others. Stevens was in Vince Neil's band in 1993, touring and recording on Neil's 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" (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) and Flamenco a Go-Go.

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 on Magna Carta Records (2008)

Movie soundtracks

 * "Top Gun Anthem", Top Gun (1986)
 * "Speed", Speed (1994)

Albums with Billy Idol

 * Billy Idol (1982)
 * Rebel Yell (1983)
 * Whiplash Smile (1986)
 * Devil's Playground (2005)
 * Kings & Queens of the Underground (2014)

Albums with Michael Jackson

 * Bad (1987)

Albums with Robert Palmer

 * Don't Explain (1990)

Albums with Jerusalem Slim

 * Jerusalem Slim (1992) – only released in Europe and Japan

Albums with Vince Neil

 * Exposed (1993)

Albums as a member of Bozzio Levin Stevens

 * Black Light Syndrome (1997)
 * Situation Dangerous (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)

Albums with Gregg Bissonette

 * Submarine (Stevens played on "Train to Willoughby") (2000)

Albums with Adam Bomb

 * New York Times (Stevens played on "NY Child" "Cheyenne" "Saluda a Lola" & "Anxiety") produced by Jack Douglas (2001)

Albums with Sebastian Bach

 * Give 'Em Hell (2014)

Other performances

 * Merry Axemas Vol.2 ; track 3 "Do You Hear What I Hear" (1998)
 * The Fallout | Neodymium Project (2012)
 * Desire | Meg Myers - Sorry (2014)
 * I Will Always Be Yours | Ben Rector (2018)
 * Down in Flames | Deadland Ritual (2018)