Bill Stevenson (musician)

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Bill Stevenson
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Stevenson performing with the Descendents in 2011
Background information
Birth name John William Stevenson
Born (1963-09-10) September 10, 1963 (age 49)
Origin Torrance, California, United States
Genres Punk rock
Occupations Musician, producer, drummer, engineer
Instruments Drums, percussion
Years active 1979–present
Labels SST, Cruz, Epitaph, Fat Wreck Chords
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.[1]

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.

One of Stevenson's most recent works is producing Rise Against's sixth studio album, Endgame, which was released March 15, 2011, As I Lay Dying's Awakened as well as the upcoming NOFX album Self Entitled.[2][3][4] In August 2007, he revealed plans to produce and play drums on The Lemonheads' next album, which remains unreleased today.[5][6]

During a post-gig interview from 1984 that recently surfaced on YouTube[7], Stevenson and Henry Rollins were asked by their teenage interviewer if they had "sold out". Stevenson shows the interviewer his blistered hands and asks "Does that look like we're selling out, bro?". Subsequently, it has be become commonplace for attendees at Stevenson's gig to enquire as to the state of his hands to ensure he hasn't sold out.

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References [edit]

  1. ^ Spurrier, Jeff. "DESCENDENTS HANG OUT IN NEVER-NEVER LAND", Los Angeles Times, January 5, 1986. Accessed January 10, 2008.
  2. ^ "NOFX reveal 'Self Entitled'". Punknews.org. 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2012-07-19. 
  3. ^ "NOFX's new album named 'Self-Entitled'; pre-order live now". Alternative Press. 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2012-07-19. 
  4. ^ "NOFX Announce New Album "Self Entitled"". Alter the Press!. 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2012-07-19. 
  5. ^ Lemonheads full length, reissue due next year, Punknews.org, November 16, 2007.
  6. ^ Stevenson talks about next Lemonheads album, Punknews.org, August 21, 2007.
  7. ^ Black Flag Interview, 1984, YouTube, Apr 25, 2011.
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