Bill Stevenson

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John William Stevenson (born September 10, 1963 in Torrance, California), better known as Bill Stevenson, is an American musician. He is the drummer 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 to attend college. After Milo had left, Bill and the others from the Descendents 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.

Bill Stevenson, along with Jason Livermore are the founders of the legendary punk recording studio "The Blasting Room" in Fort Collins, CO.

Currently, Bill is involved in Russ Rankin's side project Only Crime with former members of GWAR and Converge.

[edit] Selected discography

Comeback Kid - Broadcasting... (2007) Producer, Engineer
Only Crime - Virulence (2007) Co-producer, engineer, drums
Rise Against - The Sufferer and the Witness (2006), Producer
Good Riddance - My Republic (2006), Producer
NOFX - Wolves In Wolves' Clothing (2006), Producer, Recorder, Mixing
Comeback Kid - Wake the Dead (2005) Producer, Enginner
Silent Drive - Love Is Worth It (2004) Producer, Recorder, Mixing, Mastering
Only Crime - To the Nines (2004) Drums, Producer, Engineer, Mixing, Mastering
Descendents - Cool To Be You (2004) Drums, Producer, Backing Vocals
Descendents - 'Merican (2004) Drums, Producer, Backing Vocals
The Casualties - On The Front Line (2004) Producer, Engineer, Mastering, Mixing
A Wilhelm Scream - Mute Print (2004) Producer, Engineer, Mixing
Anti-Flag - The Terror State (2003) Mixing
The Suicide Machines - A Match and Some Gasoline (2003) Producer, Engineer, Mixing
Rise Against - Revolution Per Minute (2003) Producer, Engineer, Mixing
Good Riddance - Bound By Ties of Blood and Affection (2003) Producer, Engineer, Mixing
Bodyjar - Jarchives: 10 Years of Bodyjar (DVD/CD) (2003) Drums, Mixing
Good Riddance - Cover Ups (2002) Drums, Guitar, Engineer
MxPx - Ten Years and Running (2002) Producer
The O.C. Supertones - Live! Volume One (2002) Engineer
All/Descendents - Live Plus One [2 CD Split] (2001) Drums, Producer
Good Riddance - Symptoms of a Leveling Spirit (2001) Producer, Engineer, Mixing
Slick Shoes - Wake Up Screaming (1999) Producer
Lagwagon - Let's Talk About Leftovers (2000) Engineer
Good Riddance - The Phenomenon of Craving (2000) Producer, Engineer, Mixing
Bodyjar - Take A Look Inside (Import Bonus Edition) (2000) Producer, Engineer
ALL - Problematic (2000) Drums, Producer
Less Than Jake - Borders & Boundaries (2000) Mixing
MxPx - At the Show (With Bonus Tracks) (2000) Producer, Engineer, Mixing
Ace Troubleshooter - Ace Troubleshooter (2000) Producer, Engineer, Mixing
ALL - ALL (1999) Drums, Producer
Good Riddance - Operation Phoenix (1999) Producer, Engineer, Mixing
Ann Beretta - Burning Bridges EP (1999) Mixing
Ann Beretta - To All Our Fallen Heroes (1999) Mixing
ALL - Mass Nerder (1998) Drums, Producer
The Ataris - Look Forward to Failure (1998) Producer, Engineer
Lagwagon - Let's Talk about Feelings (1998) Mixing
Descendents - Everything Sucks (Descendents album)|Everything Sucks]] (1996) Drums, Producer
Big Drill Car - No Worse for the Wear (1994) Producer
ALL - Breaking Things (1993) Drums, Producer
ALL - Percolater (1992) Drums, Producer
Big Drill Car - Batch (1991) Producer
Descendents - Somery (1991) Drums, Producer, Artwork
ALL - Allroy Saves (1990) Drums, Producer, Backing Vocals
ALL - Trailblazer (1990) Drums, Producer
Black Flag - I Can See You (1989) Drums
ALL - Allroy's Revenge (1989) Drums, Producer
ALL - Allroy for Prez (1988) Drums, Producer
ALL - Allroy Sez (1988) Drums, Producer
Descendents - Hallraker (1988) Drums, Producer
Black Flag - Wasted...Again (1987) Drums
Descendents - Liveage (1988) Drums, Producer
Descendents - ALL (1987) Drums, Producer
Descendents - Enjoy! (1986) Drums, Engineer, Backing Vocals
Descendents - I Don't Want to Grow Up (1985) Drums, Engineer, Backing Vocals
Minuteflag - MinuteFlag (1985) Drums
Black Flag - In My Head (1985) Drums, Producer
Black Flag - The Process of Weeding Out (1985) Drums, Producer
October Faction - October Faction (1985)Drums
Black Flag - Loose Nut (1985) Drums, Producer, Backing Vocals
Black Flag - Live '84 (1984) Drums, Mixing
Black Flag - Slip It In (1984) Drums, Producer
Black Flag - Family Man (1984)Drums, Engineer
Black Flag - My War (1984) Drums, Producer
Descendents - Milo Goes to College (1982) Drums, Backing Vocals
Black Flag - TV Party (EP) (1981) Drums
Descendents - Fat (1981) Drums, Backing Vocals

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Black Flag
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Vocals: Keith Morris \| Chavo Pederast \| Dez Cadena \| Henry Rollins
Bass: Raymond Pettibon \| Spot \| Chuck Dukowski \| Kira Roessler \| C'el Revuelta
Drums: David Horvitz \| Brian Migdol \| ROBO \| Emil Johnson \| Chuck Biscuits \| Bill Stevenson \|Anthony Martinez
Discography
Albums: Damaged \| My War \| Family Man \| Slip It In \| Loose Nut \| In My Head
Extended plays: Nervous Breakdown \| Jealous Again \| Six Pack \| TV Party \| The Process of Weeding Out \| Minuteflag \| I Can See You
Live: Live '84 \| Who's Got the 10½? \| Annihilate This Week
Other releases: Everything Went Black \| The First Four Years \| Wasted...Again \| The Complete 1982 Demos Plus More \|
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