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's guitarist and songwriting collaborator, and for his lead guitar work on the theme to '' Top Gun'' – "

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" – for which he won a

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in 1987:

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. Stevens has played for

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, Robert Palmer, and many others. Stevens was in

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's band from 1992 to 1994, touring and recording on his album ''

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''. Stevens was a founding member of the supergroup

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, which released '' Black Light Syndrome'' in 1997 and ''

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'' in 2000. He brought Spanish flamenco guitar stylings to the song " Pistolero" (1999) for the trance group

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. During 2012–2016, Stevens appeared with Kings of Chaos. His "Steve Stevens" group headlined the closing performance at the Musikmesse in

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, Germany, in April 2016. He is also a television personality on the E! show '' Married to Rock'', alongside his wife,

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Career

His solo album releases include ''

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'' (1989), ''

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'' (1999), and ''

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'' (2008).

Discography

Studio albums

* ''The Guitar World According to Steve Stevens'' (1986 cassette from the music magazine ''

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'') * ''

'' (1989) * ''Akai Guitar Sample Collection'' (1994) * ''

'' (1999) * ''

'' (2008)

with Billy Idol

* ''

'' (1982) * ''

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'' (1983) * ''

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'' (1986) * '' Devil's Playground'' (2005) * '' Kings & Queens of the Underground'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2021) * ''The Cage'' (2022)

with Ric Ocasek

* ''

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'' (1986)

with Jerusalem Slim

* ''Jerusalem Slim'' (1992)

with Vince Neil

* ''

'' (1993)

with Bozzio Levin Stevens

* '' Black Light Syndrome'' (1997) * ''

'' (2000)

with Kyosuke Himuro

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

with Deadland Ritual

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

Guest appearances

Soundtrack appearances

References

External links

Ram 1997 (text)

From Rockaway to L.A. 2014 (text)
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