Steve Klein (musician)

Stephen Lee Klein

Klein in 2012
Background information
Born September 30, 1979
Origin Coral Springs, Florida, United States
Genres Rock, pop punk, melodic hardcore, hardcore punk
Occupation(s) Musician, guitarist, lyricist, record producer
Instruments Guitar, vocals
Years active 1997-2014
Associated acts New Found Glory, The International Superheroes of Hardcore, Man Overboard

Stephen Lee "Steve" Klein (born September 29, 1979)[1][2] is an American musician and record producer. Klein was a founding member of Florida rock group New Found Glory, for whom he was the primary lyricist and rhythm guitarist.

Having formed New Found Glory with frontman Jordan Pundik in 1997, Klein performed on seven of the band's eight studio albums. Klein also contributed guitar to the bands now defunct alter-ego side project, The International Superheroes of Hardcore, where he was known under the pseudonym of "Mr. Mosh". Klein made his production debut in 2011, on Man Overboard's self titled second album.

When writing lyrics for each of the bands album's, Klein has explained that he simply tries to "capture a different time period in our lives".

The band made an announcement via Facebook on December 12, 2013 that Klein was no longer in the band, due to "personal differences." Following this announcement, New Found Glory revealed that they would begin searching for a replacement. However, they ultimately decided to continue as a quartet[3]

On March 12, 2014 idobi Radio reported that on the same day New Found Glory removed Klein from the band, Klein was arraigned on multiple felony charges, including lewd acts with a minor, and possession of child pornography.[4]

Discography

with New Found Glory

with International Superheroes of Hardcore

Record labels

with New Found Glory

References

  1. "IMDb > Steve Klein (I)". IMDb. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  2. "Steve Klein (2)". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2010-07-14.
  3. "To All Our Fans". Facebook.com. Retrieved 2013-12-12.
  4. "Former New Found Glory guitarist arraigned on multiple felonies for lewd conduct with a minor". idobi.com. Retrieved 2014-03-12.