Stevie Aiello

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Stevie Aiello
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Aiello performing in Rome in June 2014
Background information
Birth nameStephen Aiello
Born (1983-04-30) April 30, 1983 (age 40)
Cranston, Rhode Island, United States
Occupation(s)
  • Songwriter
  • musician
  • record producer
Instrument(s)
  • Guitar
  • bass guitar
  • keyboards
  • vocals
Years active1998–present
Labels
Website steviemusic.com

Stephen Aiello (born April 30, 1983) is an American songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is best known for touring and recording with American rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars. He was one of the founding members of Monty Are I, a band he formed in 1998 with some friends. Aiello has also worked with artists such as Mumford & Sons, Cheyenne Jackson, Lana Del Rey, Junkie XL, Young Guns, Cobra Starship, Every Avenue, Starset, and The Knocks, among others.

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Aiello was nominated for two GMA Dove Awards for his work with Rapture Ruckus on the album Invader (2015). His list of work includes projects with recording acts like Sleeping with Sirens, Of Mice & Men, We Came as Romans, Anti-Flag, Blessthefall, Pop Evil, and Before Their Eyes.

Early life

Stevie Aiello was born April 30, 1983, in Cranston, Rhode Island. His family has Italian origins; his great-grandparents moved from Serrastretta to United States in the early 20th-century. Aiello attended the Cranston High School West and then enrolled at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston. While he was a student there, he started writing music and playing in a number of rock and metal bands. His influences include artists as varied as Underoath, Metallica, Josh Groban, Hans Zimmer, and Michael Jackson. [1]

Music career

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Aiello performing with Monty Are I

Aiello founded Monty Are I in 1998 with guitarist Ryan Muir, keyboardist Andrew Borstein, bassist Mike Matarese, and drummer Justin Muir. Aiello was the lead singer of the band and played rhythm guitar. After winning Ernie Ball's Battle of the Bands in 2003, Monty Are I signed to Stolen Transmission, an imprint of Island Records. [2]

Monty Are I went on to play Warped Tour and shared the stage with bands like Anberlin, My Chemical Romance, Taking Back Sunday, Yellowcard, Hawthorne Heights and The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus. [3] Aiello recorded the albums Wall of People (2006) and Break Through the Silence (2009) as frontman and composer of Monty Are I. He later joined music publishing company Razor & Tie as songwriter and record producer. During this period, he worked with Ben Lovett from Mumford & Sons, Cheyenne Jackson, Lana Del Rey, Junkie XL, Alex Suarez from Cobra Starship, Every Avenue, and The Knocks. [4]

Aiello collaborated with Before Their Eyes on the albums Untouchable (2010) and Redemption (2012) alongside producer Joey Sturgis. [5] In early 2013, He moved to Los Angeles where he started working with Thirty Seconds to Mars after former touring member Tim Kelleher left the band to work on his own music. [6] Aiello is playing bass guitar, keyboards and occasionally rhythm guitar. He later began to take part at recording sessions with the band. In 2014, Aiello joined producer Rob Graves to work with Starset on the album Transmissions (2014), [7] and again in 2019 for Starset's third studio album, Divisions .

He worked with Crown the Empire on the albums The Resistance: Rise of the Runaways (2014) and Retrograde (2016). His work with Rapture Ruckus on their fifth album Invader (2015) earned him two nominations at the GMA Dove Awards in the categories of Rock/Contemporary Album of the Year and Rap/Hip Hop Song of the Year. [8] [9] Aiello rejoined Joey Sturgis to work with Blessthefall on their fifth album To Those Left Behind (2015). He later worked on the records Echoes (2016) by Young Guns and Gossip (2017) by Sleeping with Sirens. [10]

In 2018 he started a side project called CNTRLLR and on 19 October of the same year he released a new version of "Stuck" by The Aces on Spotify and YouTube. On April 26, 2019 he released a new song called "Endgame".

Discography

YearArtistAlbumLabelSongs
2020The Score-Republic RecordsBest Part
2020Anti-Flag20/20 VisionSpinefarm Records UKThe Disease - Un-American
2019Natalia NykelOrigo EPUniversal Music Polska Sp.Wanna Go Back
2019 League of Legends ft. Chrissy Costanza - Cailin RussoPhoenix Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLCPhoenix
2019Arrested Youth-LowlyWhat You're Made Of
2019 Starset Divisions Fearless Records Waking Up - Faultline
2019DreamersLaunch Fly LandFairfax RecordingsCelebrate
2018WWE Music GroupFlight Of The Valkyries (Daniel Bryan) Columbia Records Flight Of The Valkyries
2018ThrillchaserA Lot Like LoveThrillchaserHold on to the Night - Out of Our Minds
2018 Of Mice & Men Defy Rise Records How Will You Live - Back To Me
2018No Sleep For LucyUntil The EndLucy RecordsDon't Let Go
2018 Escape The Fate I Am Human Eleven Seven Music Four Letter Word
2018 Diamante Volume I Time Records Bulletproof
2018 Thirty Seconds to Mars America Interscope Walk On Water - Dangerous Night - Dangerous Night
2017Sleeping With SirensGossip Warner Bros Legends - Trouble - Hole In My Heart - Empire To Ashes
2017SainteSmile and WaveGood ProblemsLighthouse
2017 Motionless In White Graveyard Shift Roadrunner Records Queen For Queen - Untouchable
2017Hanazuki ft. Cosmos & CreatureBeautiful Life Legacy Recordings Beautiful Life
2017Fernando VarelaViverePanoramaI Believe In You
2017 Falling In Reverse Coming Home Epitaph Superhero
2017Echo BlackDawnEcho BlackPoison Apple
2017 Anti-Flag American FallSpinefarm Records USAmerican Attraction - Throw It Away
2016 Young Guns Echoes Wind-up Records Mad World
2016Out Came The WolvesStrange Fate Roadrunner Records Bleed - The Curse
2016James DurbinRiot On SunsetWild Vine RecordsWe Are The Unknown
2016 I Prevail LifelinesFearlessOne More Time - Stuck In Your Head
2016Crown The EmpireRetrograde Rise Records Oxygen
2016Bad Seed RisingAwake In ColorRoadrunner RecordsHorizon
2016 As Lions Selfish Age Eleven Seven Music Pieces
2016American WolvesPart Of MeAmerican WolvesPart Of Me
2016Alive In BarcelonaAlive in BarcelonaSmartpunk RecordsBack To Life
2016 Against The Current In Our Bones Fueled By Ramen/AtlaBrighter - Forget Me Now - Roses
2015 We Came as Romans We Came As RomansEqual Vision/Spinefarm/Caroline AustraliaFlatline - Memories - The World I Used To Know
2015Soysauce ft. Stalking GiaLunch Money ASCAP Talking To Myself
2015Sleeping WolfThe DarkSleeping Wolf MusicBlindFold
2015Gentlemen RooseveltHere EPRoosevelt RecordsHere
2015Conquer DivideConquer DivideArtery RecordingsNightmares
2015 Breathe Carolina feat. KarraPlatinum HeartsArmada TricePlatinum Hearts
2015 Blessthefall To Those Left Behind Fearless Records Condition//Comatose - Up In Flames
2015 Against The Current Gravity Warner Music Japan Brighter - Fireproof - Paralyzed
2014 Crown The Empire The Resistance Rise Records Cross Our Bones
2014 Starset Transmission Razor & Tie My Demons
2014James DurbinCelebrateWind-up RecordsLouder Than A Loaded Gun
2014HeartistFeeding FictionThe All Blacks U.S.A., Inc.Skeletons - Unbreakable
2014Dan SultanBlackbirdLiberation RecordsLoving's Just For Fools
2014Charming LiarsWe Won't Give UpRiotMy Kind Of Crazy
2014 Black Veil Brides Black Veil Brides Lava Records/Universal Republic Records Shattered God
2013 William Beckett Genuine & Counterfeit Equal Vision Records Cracks in the Ceiling
2013Love and DeathBetween Here & Lost Tooth & Nail Records Meltdown
2013 Cheyenne Jackson I'm Blue, SkiesShiny Boy Music LLCBefore You - She's Pretty, She Lies - I'm Blue, Skies - Drive - Don't Wanna Know
2012Shaun Lopez - SpacebrotherThe Antidote-The Antidote
2012Sovereign SoldiersBorn AgainSovereign SoldiersGoodbye To Yesterday - Unstoppable
2012Hollywood EndingAlways 18Hollywood EndingShe's All That
2012 Before Their Eyes Redemption InVogue Records Alive - Find - Lies - Faith
2011 We Are the In Crowd Best Intentions Hopeless Records On Your Own
2011 Pop Evil War of Angels eOne Music Daisy Chain
2011AmelyThe Raleigh SessionsAmely Independent RecordsNever Gonna Let Go
2010Before Their EyesUntouchable Rise Records Entire Album
2010AmelyHello World Fearless Records Come Back - Sing To You

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