Steve Conte
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| Steve Conte | |
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 Steve Conte playing with the New York Dolls in Irving Plaza, NYC (2006)
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| Background information | |
| Origin | New York, USA |
| Genre(s) | Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Guitar |
| Associated acts | The Contes New York Dolls Crown Jewels Yoko Kanno |
Steve Conte is a member and the lead singer of the band The Contes along with his brother John Conte. He is also the lead singer of Crown Jewels, and is the current lead guitarist of the New York Dolls. Conte first became known to the music industry through his band Company of Wolves (Mercury Records) in the early 1990s. Steve has done studio and/or live work with artists like Peter Wolf, Willy DeVille, Maceo Parker, Billy Squier, Suzi Quatro, Jill Jones, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, Phoebe Snow, David Johansen & The Harry Smiths, Chuck Berry, Willie Nile and many others. Conte occasionally plays guitar with Eric Burdon & The Animals.
He has also worked with composer Yoko Kanno and lyricist Tim Jensen in music for several anime series. Steve Conte sang the opening theme, Stray, to the Studio BONES' anime series Wolf's Rain as well as the tracks Heaven's Not Enough and Could You Bite the Hand? on both of the anime's soundtracks. Conte can also be heard in some episodes of Cowboy Bebop, most notably for the song Call Me Call Me, as well as Words That We Couldn't Say, No Reply, and the CD version of Rain, sung by Mai Yamane in the series. More recently, he sang the ending theme to Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG; Living Inside the Shell alongside with Shanti Snyder. He also performed on the duet "The Garden of Everything" with Japanese singer Maaya Sakamoto on her RahXephon-related single "Tune the Rainbow".
He most recently provided the vocals for the video game Sonic and the Secret Rings closing credits song titled Worth a Chance, and the game's main theme Seven Rings In Hand.
Currently, Conte is planning another tour, during 2009, as evidenced by a poster he left on the MySpace website for Deborah Harry (lead singer of the band Blondie).
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[edit] Discography
[edit] with Company of Wolves
- Company of Wolves (1990, Mercury Records)
- Shakers and Tambourines (1998, Ryf Records)
- Steryl Spycase (2001, Ryf Records)
[edit] with Crown Jewels
- Spitshine (1996, Thunderdog)
- Linoleum (1998, Thunderdog)
[edit] with The Contes
- Bleed Together (2003, Thunderdog)
[edit] with New York Dolls
- One Day It Will Please Us to Remember Even This (2006, Roadrunner Records)
- Cause I Sez So (2009, Atco Records)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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