Kevin Bivona

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Kevin Bivona
Born (1986-11-08) November 8, 1986 (age 37)
Van Nuys, California, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • record producer
  • audio engineer
Instrument(s)
  • Guitar
  • bass
  • vocals
  • keyboards
Years active2005–present
Labels
Member of
Spouse(s) Aimee Allen [1]

Kevin Bivona (born November 8, 1986 [2] ) is an American multi-instrumentalist and audio engineer best known for his work with Tim Armstrong's various musical projects, particularly the Transplants and Rancid. He is currently the guitarist for the ska punk band the Interrupters.

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Early career

In 2005, Bivona became the touring keyboard player for The Transplants on the Vans Warped Tour. Following the Warped Tour, he began to work around Los Angeles as a recording engineer. [3] This led to continued involvement with Transplants, as well as Paul Wall, Travis Barker, Dirt Nasty, The Cool Kids, and Psycho White.

Personal life

Bivona is married to fellow Interrupters band member Aimee Allen. The other two members of the Interrupters are his brothers, who are twins. [1]

With The Transplants and studio work

On March 2, 2011, Bivona appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno with Travis Barker and Cypress Hill, performing "The Beat Goes On" off Barker's debut solo album. [4] On March 7, 2011, he appeared on Conan with the Transplants performing "Saturday Night" off Travis' solo record. [5]

In 2011, he engineered and mixed the Jimmy Cliff record Rebirth produced by Tim Armstrong. Both Armstrong and Bivona were awarded the Grammy Award for "Best Reggae Album."

In 2012, Bivona and Aimee Allen co-founded the Los Angeles–based ska-punk band The Interrupters along with his brothers, twins Jesse and Justin. [6] Their debut record was released August 5, 2014, on Hellcat Records.

"Tim Timebomb" project

From October 2012 to October 2013, Bivona was heavily involved in the Tim Timebomb project, in which Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong released a song a day for a year via his website. [7]

During the summer of 2013, the Transplants toured the US and Canada, opening for Rancid. The Rancid headlining tour was split into three legs, with the Transplants on the first two legs of the tour. For the third and final leg of the Rancid tour, the Tim Timebomb project took the Transplants' direct support spot. While Bivona played bass in Transplants, [8] and organ, piano and guitar in Tim Timebomb, he also played organ/piano for a few Rancid songs for the extent of the tour. His band The Interrupters were opening support for the second and third legs of the tour. [9]

Selected discography

YearArtist/bandAlbumRole
2006 +44 When Your Heart Stops Beating Keyboards, programming
2010 Paul Wall The Heart of a Champion Engineer
Dirt Nasty Nasty as I Wanna Be Mixing
Devils Brigade Devils Brigade Engineer
2011 Sublime with Rome Yours Truly Musician, vocals
The Cool Kids When Fish Ride Bicycles Engineer
Jimmy Cliff Sacred Fire EP Guitar, piano, engineer, mixing
Travis Barker Give The Drummer Some Guitar, bass, keyboards, engineer, composer
2012Jimmy Cliff Rebirth (Grammy Award for Best Reggae Album)Guitar, piano, engineer, mixing
Yelawolf Psycho White Keyboards
2013 Transplants In a Warzone Bass, engineer, guitar, keyboards
2014Various Artists 22 Jump Street soundtrackComposer, "Live Forever"
The Interrupters The InterruptersGuitar, vocals, songwriter, engineer
Rancid ...Honor Is All We Know Engineer, mixer
2016The InterruptersSay It Out LoudGuitar, vocals, songwriter, engineer
2017 Anti-Flag American Fall Hammond B3
Rancid Trouble Maker Engineer, Melodica, Piano, Hammond B3
2018The InterruptersFight the Good FightGuitar, vocals, songwriter, engineer
Madball For The CauseEngineer
RATBOY Internationally Unknown Engineer, Mixer, Master
2019 Grade 2 Graveyard IslandEngineer, Mixer
2020 Machine Gun Kelly Tickets to My Downfall Bass, Guitar, Hammond B3, Piano, Synthesizer
2021 Lars Frederiksen To VictoryEngineer, Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Percussion, Hammond B3
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones When God Was Great Guitar, Piano, Organ, Background Vocals
Trippie Redd & Travis Barker Neon Shark vs Pegasus Keyboards
The InterruptersLive In Tokyo!Producer, Songwriter, Guitar, Vocals
KennyHoopla Survivors Guilt: The Mixtape Keyboards
Dirty Heads Rage (Single)Songwriter, Guitar, Keyboards, Additional Production
JXDN Tell Me About Tomorrow Guitar, Keyboards
Kris Jenner feat. Travis Barker Jingle Bells Piano
2022Machine Gun Kelly Mainstream Sellout Additional Guitar, Keyboards
The InterruptersIn The WildProducer, Songwriter, Guitar, Hammond Organ, Piano, Vocals
JXDN28 (Songs For Cooper)Keyboards, String Arrangement
2023 Blink-182 One More Time... Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizers, Backing Vocals, Recording Engineer

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