Bill Stevenson (musician)

For other people named Bill Stevenson, see Bill Stevenson (disambiguation).

Bill Stevenson
Stevenson performing with the Descendents in 2011
Background information
Birth name	John William Stevenson
Born	September 10, 1963 (1963-09-10)
Origin	Torrance, California, United States
Genres	Punk rock
Occupations	Musician, producer, drummer, engineer
Instruments	Drums, percussion
Years active	1979–present
Labels	SST, Cruz, Epitaph
Associated acts	All, Black Flag, Descendents, The Lemonheads, Only Crime

John William "Bill" Stevenson (born September 10, 1963) is an American musician and record producer. He is the drummer and frequent songwriter for the California punk rock group Descendents. In late December 1981 he played a few concerts with Black Flag because their drummer ROBO was detained in England after a tour there. He went on to record with Black Flag on several of their albums until 1985. After this he focused his attention on the Descendents and played with them until Milo Aukerman left in 1987. After Milo had left, Bill and the others from the Descendents, Karl Alvarez and Stephen Egerton, got singer Dave Smalley of Dag Nasty and formed All. All went on to have two more singers, Scott Reynolds (1989–1993) and Chad Price (1993–present). Aukerman came back to do the 1996 album Everything Sucks and the newest, Cool to Be You. All and Descendents continue to tour between Stevenson's and Aukerman's respective careers as a recording engineer and a biochemist. However, it has been some years since either All or the Descendents have done any touring.

Stevenson was born in Torrance, California and attended Mira Costa High School, with fellow members of the Descendents.

Stevenson, along with Jason Livermore are the founders of the recording studio "The Blasting Room" in Fort Collins, Colorado. Currently, Stevenson is involved in Russ Rankin's side project Only Crime with former members of GWAR and Converge.

Stevenson's most recent work is producing Rise Against's sixth studio album, Endgame, which was released March 15, 2011, as well as the latest NOFX album Coaster. In August 2007, he revealed plans to produce and play drums on The Lemonheads' next album, which remains unreleased today.

Selected discography

• Useless ID - Symptoms (2012) Producer
• Frenzal Rhomb - Smoko at the Pet Food Factory (2011) Producer
• The Swellers - Good for Me (2011) Producer
• Rise Against - Endgame (2011) Producer
• The Casualties - We Are All We Have (2009) Producer
• Propagandhi - Supporting Caste (2009) Producer
• Broadway Calls - Good Views, Bad News (2009) Producer
• Cooper - Right Now! (2009) Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering
• Finde - Nada Es Como Ayer (2009) Producer, backing vocals on "Mi Última Idea"
• NOFX - Coaster (2009) Producer
• Rise Against - Appeal to Reason (2008) Producer
• The Deadweights - From the Age of Doublethink (2008) Producer
• Useless ID - The Lost Broken Bones (2008) Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering
• Hagfish - Rocks Your Lame Ass (1995) Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering
• Hagfish - Self Titled (1997) Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering
• Mustard Plug
• Puddle of Mudd- "Famous" CD (2007) Co-Producer
• Comeback Kid - Broadcasting... (2007) Producer, Engineer
• Only Crime - Virulence (2007) Co-producer, engineer, drums
• The Lemonheads - The Lemonheads (2006) Co-producer, engineer, drums
• Rise Against - The Sufferer & the Witness (2006), Producer
• Good Riddance - My Republic (2006), Producer
• NOFX - Wolves In Wolves' Clothing (2006), Producer, Recorder, Mixing
• Cooper - Makes Tomorrow Alright (2005), Producer, Engineer
• Yells Fire in a Crowded Theater - What We're Running (2005), Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Comeback Kid - Wake the Dead (2005) Producer, Engineer
• Suicide Machines - War Profiteering Is Killing Us All Producer, Engineer, Mixer
• Tribute To Nothing - How Many Times Did We Live? (2005), Mixing
• Silent Drive - Love Is Worth It (2004) Producer, Recorder, Mixing, Mastering
• Only Crime - To the Nines (2004) Drums, Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering
• Useless ID - Redemption (2004) Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering
• Descendents - Cool to Be You (2004) Drums, Producer, Backing Vocals
• Descendents - 'Merican (2004) Drums, Producer, Backing Vocals
• The Casualties - On The Front Line (2004) Producer, Engineer, Mastering, Mixing
• A Wilhelm Scream - Mute Print (2004) Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Anti-Flag - The Terror State (2003) Mixing
• The Suicide Machines - A Match and Some Gasoline (2003) Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Rise Against - Revolutions Per Minute (2003) Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Good Riddance - Bound By Ties of Blood and Affection (2003) Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Bodyjar - Jarchives: 10 Years of Bodyjar (DVD/CD) (2003) Drums, Mixing
• Good Riddance - Cover Ups (2002) Drums, Guitar, Engineer
• MxPx - Ten Years and Running (2002) Producer
• The O.C. Supertones - Live! Volume One (2002) Engineer
• All/Descendents - Live Plus One [2 CD Split] (2001) Drums, Producer
• Good Riddance - Symptoms of a Leveling Spirit (2001) Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Slick Shoes - Wake Up Screaming (1999) Producer
• Lagwagon - Let's Talk About Leftovers (2000) Engineer
• Good Riddance - The Phenomenon of Craving (2000) Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Bodyjar - Take A Look Inside (Import Bonus Edition) (2000) Producer, Engineer
• All - Problematic (2000) Drums, Producer
• Less Than Jake - Borders & Boundaries (2000) Mixing
• MxPx - At the Show (With Bonus Tracks) (2000) Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Ace Troubleshooter - Ace Troubleshooter (2000) Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• All - ALL (1999) Drums, Producer
• Good Riddance - Operation Phoenix (1999) Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Ann Beretta - Burning Bridges EP (1999) Mixing
• Ann Beretta - To All Our Fallen Heroes (1999) Mixing
• All - Mass Nerder (1998) Drums, Producer
• The Ataris - Look Forward to Failure (1998) Producer, Engineer
• Lagwagon - Let's Talk about Feelings (1998) Mixing
• Descendents - Everything Sucks (1996) Drums, Producer
• All - Pummel (1995) Drums, Producer
• Big Drill Car - No Worse for the Wear (1994) Producer
• All - Breaking Things (1993) Drums, Producer
• All - Percolater (1992) Drums, Producer
• Big Drill Car - Batch (1991) Producer
• Descendents - Somery (1991) Drums, Producer, Artwork
• Chemical People - The Right Thing (1990) Producer, Backing Vocals
• All - Allroy Saves (1990) Drums, Producer, Backing Vocals
• All - Trailblazer (1990) Drums, Producer
• Black Flag - I Can See You (1989) Drums
• Chemical People - Ten Fold Hate (1989) Producer, Backing Vocals
• All - Allroy's Revenge (1989) Drums, Producer
• Chemical People - So Sexist! (1988) Producer, Backing Vocals
• All - Allroy for Prez (1988) Drums, Producer
• All - Allroy Sez (1988) Drums, Producer
• Descendents - Hallraker (1988) Drums, Producer
• Black Flag - Wasted...Again (1987) Drums
• Bulimia Banquet - Party My Colon (1988) Producer
• Descendents - Liveage (1988) Drums, Producer
• Descendents - ALL (1987) Drums, Producer
• Descendents - Enjoy! (1986) Drums, Engineer, Backing Vocals
• Descendents - I Don't Want to Grow Up (1985) Drums, Engineer, Backing Vocals
• Minuteflag - MinuteFlag (1985) Drums
• Black Flag - In My Head (1985) Drums, Producer
• Black Flag - The Process of Weeding Out (1985) Drums, Producer
• October Faction - October Faction (1985)Drums
• Black Flag - Loose Nut (1985) Drums, Producer, Backing Vocals
• Black Flag - Live '84 (1984) Drums, Mixing
• Black Flag - Slip It In (1984) Drums, Producer
• Black Flag - Family Man (1984)Drums, Engineer
• Black Flag - My War (1984) Drums, Producer
• Black Flag - TV Party (EP) (1982) Drums
• Descendents - Milo Goes to College (1982) Drums, Backing Vocals
• Descendents - Fat (1981) Drums, Backing Vocals
• Descendents - Ride the Wild/It's a Hectic World single (1979) Drums, Producer