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Steve Stevens
real name Steven Bruce Schneider
US guitarist and songwriter
United States · b. 1959-05-05
Steve Stevens is credited on 1,188 releases across 308 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1982–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
1,188
Credits
308
Albums
5
Decades active
567
In collections
Biography
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Steve was born in Brooklyn on May 5th 1959.
In 1979 Steve played in a band called One Hand Clap and it was here that he hooked up with Ray Melnik.
After successfully collaborating with Billy Idol, Steve went on to work with many artists on many different types of projects: Juno Reactor with Ben Watkins, Faudel, Gregg Bissonette, Chris Squire and Billy Sherwood. He released two emotive albums with Terry Bozzio and Tony Levin and wrote, recorded and performed with the Japanese artist Kyosuke Himuro. He wrote the Soundtrack for the award winning movie Top Gun for which he received a grammy. He worked also with Vas, Steve Lukather, Adam Bomb, Robert Palmer, Harold Faltermeyer, Joni Mitchell, The Thompson Twins, Ric Ocasek, Simon F, Peter Criss, Jerusalem Slim, McQueen Street, Michael Jackson and wrote, recorded and toured extensively with Vince Neil.
Bio from Discogs
Credited work
1,188 releases · 308 albums · active 1982–2025
- Performance · 2,753
- Other credits · 201
- Production · 99
- Engineering · 15
Studios: Loop Dance Constructions Studios · Studio Marcadet · Studio Guillaume Tell · Skyline Studios
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Bad
1987

Rebel Yell
1983

Top Gun (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
1986

Billy Idol
1982

Vital Idol
1985

Whiplash Smile
1986

Here's To Future Days
1985

Idol Songs - 11 Of The Best
1988

The Essential Michael Jackson
2005

Try This
2003

Scream
2017

Chalk Mark In A Rain Storm
1988

This Side Of Paradise
1986

Eyes Without A Face
1984

Aisles
2021

Idolize Yourself (The Very Best Of Billy Idol)
2008

Greatest Hits
2001

Dirty Diana
1988

Atomic Playboys
1989

Digital Noise Alliance
2022

Top Gun (Music From The Motion Picture)
2024

Should I Stay Or Should I Go?
2024

Melodies On Hiatus
2023

Skeletons In The Closet
2009
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Billy Idol
- Scooter
- Juno Reactor
- Michael Jackson
- Thompson Twins
- Guildo Horn & Die Orthopädischen Strümpfe
- Bozzio Levin Stevens
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