Well, guitar hero steve stevens is back with his new solo album memory crash, a ten song collection of mostly instrumental guitar songs, as the super shredder shows that he still has plenty of dazzling fretwork left in his system after years spent working with billy idol, bozzio leven stevens, todd rundgren, and many others. Born in brooklyn, new york, on may 5, 1959, stevens first picked up the guitar when he was only seven years old, and later became. It is a mostly instrumental album with help from doug pinnick of. Steve stevens was born on august 14, 1965 in hartford, connecticut, usa. Steve stevens download all songs steve stevens download. He wrote the soundtrack for the award winning movie top gun for which he received a grammy.
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