Steven Shane McDonald

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Steven McDonald
Young man with shoulder length hair holding a bass guitar and smiling
Steven McDonald performing in 2023
Background information
Birth nameSteven Shane McDonald
Born (1967-05-24) May 24, 1967 (age 56)
Hawthorne, California, U.S.
OriginLos Angeles
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, record producer
Years active1978–present
Labels

Steven Shane McDonald (born May 24, 1967) is an American

Spirit of '76.[1]

Career

Steven McDonald began his career in 1978, when he and his brother Jeff were 11 and 14 respectively. During those times, they lived in Hawthorne, California and were discovering underground music through Creem and Rock Scene magazines. Their real inspiration for the punk rock music began with Black Flag. Despite their age, The Flag added them to their member list. Soon after, they formed a band Redd Kross and performed their first show titled "Red Cross" at the eighth-grade graduation of one of their classmates.[2]

McDonald produced an album by

John Spiker.[5]

In the summer of 2002 he became so excited about

White Blood Cells, that he recorded bass lines to two songs of the typically bass-less duo's work. The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly and other outlets reported on it and due to overwhelming demand he added bass to all of the songs, posted the new creation online, and allowed people to download the tracks for free. He called it an art project named Redd Blood Cells which reached a peak of 60,000 downloads in a single day, causing the server to crash from the traffic.[6]

In 2006, MacDonald joined Sparks on tour in support of their album Hello Young Lovers.[7]

In 2015, it was announced that McDonald would be joining the Melvins. He recorded four songs with the band, which were first released on the limited edition EP War Pussy and later included on the album Basses Loaded. Their first full release with McDonald, a double album titled A Walk with Love & Death, was released on July 7, 2017.[8]

McDonald co-wrote "Embrace the Rub" with his wife Anna Waronker of that dog. and Josh Klinghoffer of the Red Hot Chili Peppers.[8]

Personal life

Steven is married to that dog. vocalist Anna Waronker.[8]

Partial discography

Redd Kross

Off!

Melvins

References

  1. ^ Richard Verducci (May 31, 2010). "Interviews: Keith Morris (Off!, Black Flag, Circle Jerks)". Punk News. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  2. ^ Tom Murphy (April 14, 2017). "Redd Kross: The 39-Year-Old Band You've Never Heard That Inspired Nirvana". Westword. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  3. ^ James C. McKinley Jr. (March 9, 2012). "That '70s Style, Reinvented". The New York Times/The New York Times International Edition. p. C1.
  4. ^ Piya Sinha-Roy (May 10, 2012). "Tenacious D aim to revive hard rock with "Fenix"". Reuters. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  5. ^ Trainwreck (February 25, 2003), Trainwreck Live at The Epicenter on 2003-02-25, Tyler Huff ([email protected]), retrieved November 22, 2019
  6. ^ Neil Strauss (August 25, 2002). "SPINS; An Uninvited Bassist Takes To the Internet". The New York Times. p. 2002023.
  7. ^ "SPARKS - Hello Young Lovers Concert - Part 2 - SPARKS Play SPARKS". YouTube. Retrieved November 12, 2021.
  8. ^ a b c Kevin Johnson (April 19, 2018). "Two Bass Hit: An Interview with Jeff Pinkus and Steven McDonald". Not Reble. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
  9. ^ "Merge Records - Artists, News, Music - Shop Vinyl, Merch, Music and More".
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