Steve Soto (b. August 23, 1963) is an American musician. He was once part of California punk band Agent Orange, and joined The Adolescents in 1980.[1]
When The Adolescents broke up, Soto, together with Frank Agnew, joined the Los Angeles based band Legal Weapon.
In 1986 The Adolescents reunited. In 1988 Soto was the main vocalist in the band. In 1989 The Adolescents broke up. They were back together in 2009.
Soto then went on to form the band Joyride with former Adolescent drummer Sandy Hanson. They released two albums, "Johnny Bravo" and "Another Month of Mondays", both on Dr. Dream records. While in Joyride he also started Manic Hispanic with Mike "Gabby" Gaborno and other members of the Cadillac Tramps and the Grabbers. Manic is still going strong today. They have four records on BYO Records, "The Menudo Incident"(1994), "The Recline of Mexican Civilization" (1998), "Mijo goes to Jr. College" (2002) and "Grupo Sexo" (2005). In 1996 he started the group 22 Jacks with Joe Sib from the group Wax; they toured extensively and released three records, "Uncle Bob"(1997) "Overserved" (1999) and "Going North" (2001) on the SideOneDummy label. In 2001 Soto joined Punk Rock Karaoke with Eric Melvin (NOFX) Greg Hetson (Bad Religion/Circle Jerks) and Derric Obrien (Social Distortion, DI, Agent Orange and Adolescents); they play "punk classics" live, letting members of the audience sing along. The Adolescents regrouped in 2001 and have been touring ever since. They released OC Confidential in the Summer of 2005.
Soto is currently fronting the band Steve Soto and the Twisted Hearts with James Achor, Mike Duffy, Veikko Lepisto, and Mike Bolger.
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