Bill Stevenson

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Bill Stevenson
Bill Stevenson drumming for Black Flag; 1985.
Bill Stevenson drumming for Black Flag; 1985.
Background information
Birth name John William Stevenson
Born September 10, 1963 (1963-09-10) (age 44)
Origin Torrance, California, United States
Genre(s) Punk rock
Occupation(s) Drummer,
Producer,
Engineer
Instrument(s) Drums
Years active 1979 - present
Label(s) SST Records
Cruz Records
Epitaph Records
Associated acts All
Black Flag
Descendents
The Lemonheads
Only Crime

John William Stevenson (born September 10, 1963), better known as Bill Stevenson, is an American musician. 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 the "finALL" tour. 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 go through two other 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 (Warped Tour 04) between Bill's and Milo'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 legendary punk recording studio "The Blasting Room" in Fort Collins, CO. Currently, Stevenson is involved in Russ Rankin's side project Only Crime with former members of GWAR and Converge.

Bill is planning to produce and play drums on The Lemonheads' next album that is due for release sometime in 2008.[2][3] Bill is also currently producing Rise Against's follow-up to 2006's highly acclaimed The Sufferer & the Witness, which is expected to be released late 2008 or early 2009.[4]

[edit] Selected discography

[edit] References

  1. ^ Spurrier, Jeff. "DESCENDENTS HANG OUT IN NEVER-NEVER LAND", Los Angeles Times, January 5, 1986. Accessed January 10, 2008.
  2. ^ Lemonheads full length, reissue due next year, Punknews.org, November 16, 2007.
  3. ^ Stevenson talks about next Lemonheads album, Punknews.org, August 21, 2007.
  4. ^ KROQ talks to Rise Against. Punknews.org (May 20, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-05-21.
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All
Chad Price • Stephen Egerton • Karl Alvarez • Bill Stevenson
Dave Smalley • Scott Reynolds
Studio albums
Allroy Sez (1988) • Allroy's Revenge (1989) • Allroy Saves (1990) • Percolater (1992) • Breaking Things (1993) • Pummel (1995) • Mass Nerder (1998) • Problematic (2000)
EPs/Singles
Allroy for Prez (1988) • She's My Ex (1989) • Dot (1992) • Shreen (1994) • Guilty (1994)
Live albums
Trailblazer (1989) • Live Plus One (2001)
Other releases
New Girl Old Story (1991) • All (1999)
Side projects
Black Flag • Chemical People • Descendents • Dag Nasty • Down by Law • Drag the River • The Lemonheads • Only Crime • Tonyall • 40Engine • Slorder
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Black Flag
Greg Ginn · Henry Rollins · Kira Roessler · Bill Stevenson
Keith Morris · Ron Reyes · Dez Cadena · Raymond Pettibon · Chuck Dukowski · C'el Revuelta · David Horvitz · Brian Migdol · ROBO · Emil Johnson · Chuck Biscuits · Anthony Martinez
Albums
EPs
Live albums
Other releases
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Descendents
Milo Aukerman • Stephen Egerton • Karl Alvarez • Bill Stevenson
David Nolte • Gwynn Kahn • Frank Navetta • Tony Lombardo • Ray Cooper • Doug Carrion
Studio albums
Milo Goes to College (1982) • I Don't Want to Grow Up (1985) • Enjoy! (1986) • All (1987) • Everything Sucks (1996) • Cool to Be You (2004)
EPs/Singles
Ride the Wild/It's a Hectic World (1979) • Fat (1981) • Enjoy! (1986) • Clean Sheets (1987) • When I Get Old (Promo Version) (1996) • I'm the One (Promo Version) (1996) • When I Get Old (1997) • I'm the One (1997) • Sessions (1997) • 'Merican (2004)
Live albums
Liveage (1987) • Hallraker (1989) • Live Plus One (2001)
Compilation albums
Bonus Fat (1985) • Two Things at Once (1988) • Somery (1991)
Side projects
ALL • Black Flag • Buggerall • Dag Nasty • Doggy Style • Humble Gods • The Last • Left Insane • The Lemonheads • Milestone • Minuteflag • Only Crime • Spiffy • Tonyall
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The Lemonheads
Evan Dando • Karl Alvarez • Vess Ruhtenberg • Bill Stevenson • Devon Ashley
Former members
Ben Deily • Corely Loog Brennan • John Strohm • Doug Trachten • Jesse Peretz • Juliana Hatfield • Nic Dalton • Dave Ryan • Patrick Murphy
Studio albums
Hate Your Friends (1987) • Creator (1988) • Lick (1989) • Lovey (1990) • It's a Shame about Ray (1992) • Come on Feel the Lemonheads (1993) • Car Button Cloth (1996) • The Lemonheads (2006)
EPs and other releases
Laughing All the Way to the Cleaners (1986) • Create Your Friends (1989) • Favourite Spanish Dishes (1990) • Patience and Prudence (1991) • The Best of the Lemonheads: The Atlantic Years (1998)
Singles
"Luka" • "Different Drum" • "Gonna Get Along Without Ya Now" • "It's a Shame about Ray" • "Mrs. Robinson" • "Confetti" • "Into Your Arms" • "It's About Time" • "Big Gay Heart" • "The Great Big No" • "If I Could Talk I'd Tell You" • "It's All True" • "The Outdoor Type" • "Balancing Act" • "Become the Enemy"