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Steve Stevens (born Steven Bruce Schneider; May 5, 1959) is an American guitarist. He is best known as Billy Idol 's guitarist and songwriting collaborator, [ 1 ] and for his lead guitar work on the theme to Top Gun – " Top Gun Anthem " – for which he won a Grammy in 1987: Best Pop Instrumental Performance .
Bare Knuckle Pickups (Bare Knuckle, or BKP) is a privately-owned business based in the South West of England, UK, specialising in hand-wound electric guitar pickups. [1] The company was founded in 2003 by Tim Mills, who had previously worked with Elkie Brooks and Iced Earth.
Stevens fleshed it out with a revolving four-chord pattern (Emaj7–C#m–G#m–B). [8] Stevens then came up with a hard rock guitar riff in the middle of the song. Idol said he improvised some rap verses over the riff because "rap was everywhere in New York at the time, in all the discos and clubs, so it made sense after my croon to start ...
Despite the title, the album is not a traditional flamenco album.. Stevens reported drawing inspiration from noted flamenco player Paco de Lucía after seeing him play live. . The album features acoustic Spanish guitar but also departs from the flamenco genre by including electric guitar, drum and bass loops, electronics, ambient sounds and midi ge
Atomic Playboys is the first studio album by guitarist Steve Stevens, released in 1989 through Warner Bros. Records; [1] a remastered edition containing two bonus tracks was reissued on August 5, 2013 through Rock Candy Records. [2]
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Stevens has put a lot of "weird little segues" into this album, a feature that has impressed him from albums such as Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon.Other influences include Jimi Hendrix, particularly on Stevens' interpretation of Robin Trower's Day of the Eagle, as well as Led Zeppelin, King Crimson, and even Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Bo Diddley, and Jeff Beck.