STEVE STEVENS' ATOMIC PLAYBOYS - Atomic Playboys (Released: 1989, Warner Bros.)

This guy from New York is one of the most interesting Rock guitarrist of all times. His first band was Fine Maribus but the guys never released and album so he started to play as session musician playing on Peter Criss' Let Me Rock You album. Same year Stevens joined forces with Billy Idol playing on his S/t album back in '82. The combo extended during two more Idol's albums enjoying massive success (Rebel Yell (1983) and Wiskplash Smile (1986)) and that helped Steven to be guested by such artist as Robert Palmer, Thompson Twins or Michael Jackson (Dirty Diana) and to play the Top Gun Anthem.
After separating ways with Idol, Stevens decided to pursue his own solo carrer releasing this first solo effort in 1989 under the name Steve Steven's Atomic Playboys. The album didn't enjoy much success reaching a disappointing USA # 119. Two singles were released Atomic Playboys and Action (Sweet's cover) but both failed to chart while the cut Power of Suggestion was featured in Jim Carrey's 1994 film Ace Ventura: Pet Detective.
Due to poor sales Stevens decided to join Michael Monroe to form Jerusalem Slim and in 1993 he played on Vince Neil's Exposed. In 1997 he started a Progressive project with Tony Levin and Terry Bozzio (Bozzio Levin Stevens) releasing two albums and in 2005 he joined forces again with Billy Idol for the album Devil's Playground.
Two more albums were released by Steve Stevens as solo artist Flamenco A Go-Go (1999) and Memory Crash (2008)
Produced by Ted Templeman and Beau Hill, mastering by Ted Jensen and with vocals by Perry McCarthy (Warrior's vocalist) Atomic Playboys is an amazing Hard Rock album full of virtuosity and very good and catchy tunes... a must have.

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Atomic Playboys (official video)

Action (official video)