One of my favorite technical guitarists of the 80s. Right up there in my book with guys like Steve Vai, George Lynch and Warren DeMartini. Saw him with Vince Neil in the 90s and the guy can shred with the best. Plus, he plays a mean flamenco guitar too! Steve with Billy Idol is like the equivalent of a Joe Perry to Steven Tyler, a Keith Richards to Mick Jagger. They both share the spotlight on stage.
The album failed to crack the Billboard top 100 chart (peaked at 119), presumably due to lack of radio airplay. The only way I know about the song is its use on Australian TV, during the closing credits for the Australian F1 Grand Prix live telecast in the early 1990s. (Channel 9 usually preferred "Born to be Wild" by Steppenwolf for that). Due to its unjust obscurity, I took almost 20 years to discover who performed it - but I never forgot what it sounded like.
" Atomic playboys, we are radiation Romeos!" 😂😂👍 This is an awesome track with the hard rock edge to it. Even the drummer was headbanging like crazy, that was awesome!!!
This song has the power to make you feel like it's the BEST rock song ever made in the history of mankind EVERY time you listen to it (making you feel just as powerful!!!) !!!!!!! What an absolute unparalleled gem!!! 🔥
Um yea, it's called The Power of Suggestion! lmao (And TALENT) Great stuff.. Love Steve Stevens, great guitarist. I knew this as soon as i heard he played guitar for Billy Idol of course. Then when this solo record came out..Great band he had there. I bought the vinyl! Then I heard him on Vince Neil's solo. Which was so fking good (CD's by then). Bought some of his other records too with BLS and more. My nephew is learning to play guitar. Of Course, I'm gonna turn him on to Steve Stevens! Not only for his rock star look and jams, but his other styles as well. Flamenco. Dennis 61 years ATX
There are a lot of good songs on this LP. I have got the vinyl with the Giger drawing. I bought it because I liked it but I've never heard about Steve Stevens before. I am sure that I will listen to this record when I am 70.
@MrLouisfine I'm willing to bet you've heard Steve Stevens before...although the name might not seem familiar. If I said Billy Idol's long time guitar player, maybe that rings a bell? ☺ Songs like: White Wedding, Dancing With Myself, Rebel Yell, Eyes Without a Face? All Steve Stevens.☺ Vince Neil's first solo album after he quit Motley Crue in the 90s, Exposed? Songs like: You're Invited (But Your Friend Can't Come), Sister of Pain, Can't Have Your Cake (And Eat It Too)? All Steve Stevens. ☺ His name might not be familiar, but if you ever listen to the radio, especially classic rock radio? You've heard Steve Stevens.☺
Coming back to say it again, what a badass guitar player and band, amazing intensity, emotion, skills, songs and what a look of Steve Stevens, the ultimate Rock Guitarist!
Love this song. Always brings me back to good memories. Wide World of Sport (Channel 9) in Australia used to use this song as their outro whenever they broadcast Formula 1 racing.
His work with Billy Idol on “Whiplash Smile” has cemented him in my eyes as one of the true greats .... that album working with producer Keith Forsey, Marcus Miller on bass, Harold Faltermeyer on keyboards and others, produced what is being now widely regarded as one of the greatest ‘modern’ rock n roll albums of all time. The production and guitar work superb enough to blow any true ‘rockers’ drug-addled brain to mush.
Ich habe das auch noch als LP. In den wunderbaren einzigartigen 80iger Jahren gekauft. Plötzlich lief dieser Song auf MTV. Am nächsten Tag losgerannt und die Platte geholt :) ( dass Steve Stevens der Gitarist von Billy Idol ist, wusste ich damals nicht..) Mein Gott, diese Haare. Jeder trug Stretchhosen, Lederhosen, soo sexy (ohne wie heute dabei billig auszusehen!) hatte lange Haare. ECHTE lange Haare. In den Rockdiscos sahen alle so aus. Ich auch. Was fuer eine unfassbar tolle Zeit.
@AKTION AVANTGARDE Gerne:) Es gibt ja noch die ganzen Filme, Videos, Musik, Shows (wo auch die Mode, etc gut zu erkennen ist) aus dieser Zeit zu sehen. Da kannst Du bissi "eintauchen". Ganz spontan fällt mir der Film "ALIENS" ein/1986. Jede Sekunde perfekt ;))
Wow!! Talk about a trip down memory lane. Wanted to change my last name as a teen to Stevens. Lol! Dude can rip it up on the fretboard. And talk about a "look"... wish I had hair like that back in the day.
if you like the singer Perry MCcarty, before Steve Stevens he was in Rough Cutt in 1987. There is a 17 song CD released recently with him singing with them. Good stuff. He also sang in Warrior before Rough Cutt.
that guitar solo is 'wicked' love it. Inside his playing he 'starts anew' twice per second or so like {&^%$ {&%%^& {&*&&6 {*&^ every time there's a { and its just a little bit forward or something. He pushes those timings forward like waves rolling to a beach over each other every time there's that forward step. He has really weird timing accents there's that 'forward' move every time.
Exactly, Steve's in his shredding prime here (or the Vince Neil solo album), his uneven grouping in 5s or 7s is sick, and love his rubato playing that's jumping between straight notes and triplets.
The Raw Power! The imagination! The Feelings! The Struggle! The Will! The Pain! The Hunger!! It's 2020 and all that is lost!! Comfort and information killed imagination............... !A renaissance is coming! grab your instruments! LET IT BE YOUR VOICE!!! START A MUSIC MOVEMENT IN YOUR CITY!!!! THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND BREAK THE RULES!!!!!! THE TIME IS NOW!!!!!!
its a nice notion but in this day and age of samples , digital overprocessing, pro tools and talentless rappers these kids are too busy texting themselves to bother picking up an instrument and taking the time to learn how to play it......why use a knife and fork right to eat a porterhouse when it's easier to be spoon fed shit......right?? not ..
sad but true my friend, ive been playing guitar for 42 years and I busted my ass learning proper technique and strict alternate picking just to be brought our knees by grunge and then the final needle in the neck being rap.......
im really sorry to be a naysayer because I really try to see the good in any situation.. but I saw the writing on the wall years ago when this rap garbage was taking over and the kids had no interest in the greatest music ever created which is rock and roll, and let's face it without the kids to pick up where we left off all is truly lost.... l want with all that's good and holy to believe some kids will hear the clarion call and "pick up that guitar and play " as the who so succinctly put it but again, its easier to sit in a highchair and be spoon fed drivel than it is to grow a pair of balls and go through the learning process of an instrument.... when I was a kid my bestie dave played several instruments and was always learning another..but it was the '70s and video games, home computers and cell phones were not in existence yet and kids were left to other devices to kill boredom and music filled the bill better than anything....
This was bad ass when it came out. I'm surprised they didn't do more after their initial debut album Lynch Mob's Wicked Sensation and Steve Stevens' Atomic Playboys baby 😃 My fav guitarists are Steve Stevens, Steve Vai, George Lynch and Alex Skolnick
You are one of few that have mentioned Alex Skolnick......... Satriani student and an incredible guitarist Testament is an unbelievable fucking band...........
@SabuPtolemy that's a matter of opinion. I love Steve Stevens and both guitarists are very versatile (Steve's played with Billy Idol/Michael Jackson). Alex is classically trained (Joe Satriani) and is a master Jazz player as well. I'd rank them pretty even Steven actually (pun intended) 😬
yeah heard this on V8 supercars promos back in the day, always liked it , now I know who performed it cheers, Atomic Punk Van Halen , earlier than this ha ha ha ha, cheers Stevens and Stevens
I remember this video being on Headbanger's Ball in the fall of 1989. I was home from college for the weekend and tempted fate by knocking boots with my girlfriend on the couch at her house while her parents were asleep upstairs with the Ball on in the background. The soundtrack of my youth!
Is anyone half tempted to do an Atomic Playboy run in Fallout 4 ????? Gamma Gun/Fatman/Upgraded Supersledge from Far Harbour. Pump Charisma and everything else into making numbers go up ?????
shit.. I miss the 80s.
One of my favorite technical guitarists of the 80s. Right up there in my book with guys like Steve Vai, George Lynch and Warren DeMartini.
Saw him with Vince Neil in the 90s and the guy can shred with the best. Plus, he plays a mean flamenco guitar too!
Steve with Billy Idol is like the equivalent of a Joe Perry to Steven Tyler, a Keith Richards to Mick Jagger.
They both share the spotlight on stage.
So underrated, should be mentioned with top guitarists of the 80-90’s.
top guitarists of all time *
The album failed to crack the Billboard top 100 chart (peaked at 119), presumably due to lack of radio airplay. The only way I know about the song is its use on Australian TV, during the closing credits for the Australian F1 Grand Prix live telecast in the early 1990s. (Channel 9 usually preferred "Born to be Wild" by Steppenwolf for that).
Due to its unjust obscurity, I took almost 20 years to discover who performed it - but I never forgot what it sounded like.
Agreed...... People have no idea how Badass Stevie Stevens is..........Saw him live 4 x. Unbelievable on guitar...........
@@samualsaylor8911
Talent recognises talent ....
Best guitarist ever and best vocalist ever too.
One of the most unique lead players of the era. Loved him with Billy Idol.
Yeah, this has kick value....thank you for bringing it to life.
" Atomic playboys, we are radiation Romeos!" 😂😂👍 This is an awesome track with the hard rock edge to it. Even the drummer was headbanging like crazy, that was awesome!!!
Steve Stevens is pure 100 percent Rock and Roll !!!
I love this band
Atomic Guitarist
With Atomic Hair :)
Fun fact: Steve Stevens was the guitarist of the song Top Gun Anthem.
This song has the power to make you feel like it's the BEST rock song ever made in the history of mankind EVERY time you listen to it (making you feel just as powerful!!!) !!!!!!! What an absolute unparalleled gem!!! 🔥
Um yea, it's called The Power of Suggestion!
lmao (And TALENT)
Great stuff.. Love Steve Stevens, great guitarist. I knew this as soon as i heard he played guitar for Billy Idol of course. Then when this solo record came out..Great band he had there. I bought the vinyl! Then I heard him on Vince Neil's solo. Which was so fking good (CD's by then). Bought some of his other records too with BLS and more. My nephew is learning to play guitar. Of Course, I'm gonna turn him on to Steve Stevens! Not only for his rock star look and jams, but his other styles as well. Flamenco.
Dennis
61 years
ATX
Agreed
Makes you realize what a big part of BIlly Idol's sound comes from Steve
He's the man
totally true!
Aside from the killer playing, Steve Stevens had the best hair in the business! I mean, come on, just LOOK at it! Love Steve!
There are a lot of good songs on this LP. I have got the vinyl with the Giger drawing. I bought it because I liked it but I've never heard about Steve Stevens before. I am sure that I will listen to this record when I am 70.
@MrLouisfine
I'm willing to bet you've heard Steve Stevens before...although the name might not seem familiar.
If I said Billy Idol's long time guitar player, maybe that rings a bell? ☺
Songs like:
White Wedding, Dancing With Myself, Rebel Yell, Eyes Without a Face?
All Steve Stevens.☺
Vince Neil's first solo album after he quit Motley Crue in the 90s, Exposed?
Songs like:
You're Invited (But Your Friend Can't Come), Sister of Pain, Can't Have Your Cake (And Eat It Too)?
All Steve Stevens. ☺
His name might not be familiar, but if you ever listen to the radio, especially classic rock radio?
You've heard Steve Stevens.☺
Steve Steven is a Total BADASS, Guitarist for Guitarists!,,,, one of the best Rock Guitar players EVER!
That style of guitar playing ... and solos. Most coppied by today's shredders. AWESOME !
I bought the CD in 1989 when it came out and its still one of my very very favourite one!! steve stevens rocks!
Yes he does.........
Steve Stevens rocking it all !!
+Phoenix van der Weyden I agree !! him and Josie looks beautiful together as a couple as well.
Rock Barbie Johansson I´m a long time fan as well :)
Awesome CD...Steve totally rips!
I totally agree,they were the days.
Coming back to say it again, what a badass guitar player and band, amazing intensity, emotion, skills, songs and what a look of Steve Stevens, the ultimate Rock Guitarist!
Damn haven't heard this in years, still kicks ass even to this day
I love Steven Stevens 🎸🎼🎼👏👏♥️👏
Der Song war damals geil und ist es heute immer noch!!!
Love this song. Always brings me back to good memories. Wide World of Sport (Channel 9) in Australia used to use this song as their outro whenever they broadcast Formula 1 racing.
This song deserves so much more...so underrated!!!! What band !!!!
Incredible song & video, full of off-the-charts energy, with a truly sick solo by Mr. Stevens. 10/10
His best project imo.
His work with Billy Idol on “Whiplash Smile” has cemented him in my eyes as one of the true greats .... that album working with producer Keith Forsey, Marcus Miller on bass, Harold Faltermeyer on keyboards and others, produced what is being now widely regarded as one of the greatest ‘modern’ rock n roll albums of all time.
The production and guitar work superb enough to blow any true ‘rockers’ drug-addled brain to mush.
Such a awsome song, album
Another great gem of an album - Steve Stevens and Perry McCarthy rocked the heck outta it.
seen my man steve stevens on this ass kicking tour , great record , i have the warrior album ,the singers old band , so cool!!!
A Masterpiece heavy rock song!!!!!!!!!!!!
Excellent !!!
Ich habe das auch noch als LP. In den wunderbaren einzigartigen 80iger Jahren gekauft. Plötzlich lief dieser Song auf MTV. Am nächsten Tag losgerannt und die Platte geholt :) ( dass Steve Stevens der Gitarist von Billy Idol ist, wusste ich damals nicht..) Mein Gott, diese Haare. Jeder trug Stretchhosen, Lederhosen, soo sexy (ohne wie heute dabei billig auszusehen!) hatte lange Haare. ECHTE lange Haare. In den Rockdiscos sahen alle so aus. Ich auch. Was fuer eine unfassbar tolle Zeit.
@AKTION AVANTGARDE Gerne:) Es gibt ja noch die ganzen Filme, Videos, Musik, Shows (wo auch die Mode, etc gut zu erkennen ist) aus dieser Zeit zu sehen. Da kannst Du bissi "eintauchen". Ganz spontan fällt mir der Film "ALIENS" ein/1986. Jede Sekunde perfekt ;))
From the 1980's F1 Adelaide Grand Prix signature tune. Found. At. Last. This. Song. Love it.
Wow!! Talk about a trip down memory lane. Wanted to change my last name as a teen to Stevens. Lol! Dude can rip it up on the fretboard. And talk about a "look"... wish I had hair like that back in the day.
Great performance 🎸🔝👍🏼 great rock song
This song is totally underrated!! 🤩
RHYTHM AND ELECTRIC AS LIGHTNING
unbelievable guitar player....steve stevens number one....atomic playboys number one album from the late 80's !!!!!!
歴史に残るギタリストだぜ！
if you like the singer Perry MCcarty, before Steve Stevens he was in Rough Cutt in 1987. There is a 17 song CD released recently with him singing with them. Good stuff. He also sang in Warrior before Rough Cutt.
Meanest most badass riff ever.😈
Steve and Perry MCarty were a dream tag team. One of THE all-tme greatest rock songs!
When I was a kid and saw him here playing the solo rolling around on the ground I thought it was the coolest thing ever
When I first heard/watched this guitar solo in this music video - as a teen - I couldn't believe what I had witnessed.
He is so badass! Incredible playing and untouchable stage swagger!
This a a great song great singer too!
Steve Stevens Is A Beast On Guitar Hes The Best And So Underated I Give Him 100% Credit Wow
What a fuckin' masterpiece!
Loved this record have the tape remember those and the CD
This song rocks the radiation out of your soul.
that guitar solo is 'wicked' love it. Inside his playing he 'starts anew' twice per second or so like {&^%$ {&%%^& {&*&&6 {*&^ every time there's a { and its just a little bit forward or something. He pushes those timings forward like waves rolling to a beach over each other every time there's that forward step. He has really weird timing accents there's that 'forward' move every time.
+Alex stevensen Well yes when soloing you want it to 'move forward' into the next lick and so on, usually building to a climax. That is the key.
Exactly, Steve's in his shredding prime here (or the Vince Neil solo album), his uneven grouping in 5s or 7s is sick, and love his rubato playing that's jumping between straight notes and triplets.
Súper 80s rocker Song... Great,steve yeahhhhh
..... wow ... ain`t it just WONDERFUL !!!
Great song
Awsome
still love this album 🤘😎🤘
GREAT SONG
Hell yeah!!!!!!!!!! Rock on Steve!
The Raw Power! The imagination! The Feelings! The Struggle! The Will! The Pain! The Hunger!! It's 2020 and all that is lost!! Comfort and information killed imagination............... !A renaissance is coming! grab your instruments! LET IT BE YOUR VOICE!!! START A MUSIC MOVEMENT IN YOUR CITY!!!! THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX AND BREAK THE RULES!!!!!! THE TIME IS NOW!!!!!!
its a nice notion but in this day and age of samples , digital overprocessing, pro tools and talentless rappers these kids are too busy texting themselves to bother picking up an instrument and taking the time to learn how to play it......why use a knife and fork right to eat a porterhouse when it's easier to be spoon fed shit......right?? not ..
@@rogerkoobjr5641 exactly my thoughts... we are lost...
sad but true my friend, ive been playing guitar for 42 years and I busted my ass learning proper technique and strict alternate picking just to be brought our knees by grunge and then the final needle in the neck being rap.......
im really sorry to be a naysayer because I really try to see the good in any situation.. but I saw the writing on the wall years ago when this rap garbage was taking over and the kids had no interest in the greatest music ever created which is rock and roll, and let's face it without the kids to pick up where we left off all is truly lost.... l want with all that's good and holy to believe some kids will hear the clarion call and "pick up that guitar and play " as the who so succinctly put it but again, its easier to sit in a highchair and be spoon fed drivel than it is to grow a pair of balls and go through the learning process of an instrument.... when I was a kid my bestie dave played several instruments and was always learning another..but it was the '70s and video games, home computers and cell phones were not in existence yet and kids were left to other devices to kill boredom and music filled the bill better than anything....
Спасибо!!!!
Geiler Song, bläst einem das Hirn raus. Super Gitarre, genau so muss Rock klingen.
This whole album pretty much kicks ass!!!🎸🎸🎸
Julius Robert's favourite tune.
The shred to AquaNet ratio on this video is off the charts. LOL A true classic. Helluva album too.
Still better than the shit they call music that’s out there today! This song kicks ass!
This was bad ass when it came out. I'm surprised they didn't do more after their initial debut album
Lynch Mob's Wicked Sensation and Steve Stevens' Atomic Playboys baby 😃
My fav guitarists are Steve Stevens, Steve Vai, George Lynch and Alex Skolnick
You are one of few that have mentioned Alex Skolnick......... Satriani student and an incredible guitarist Testament is an unbelievable fucking band...........
@SabuPtolemy that's a matter of opinion. I love Steve Stevens and both guitarists are very versatile (Steve's played with Billy Idol/Michael Jackson). Alex is classically trained (Joe Satriani) and is a master Jazz player as well.
I'd rank them pretty even Steven actually (pun intended) 😬
@SabuPtolemy where do people like you come from. Alex Skolnik doesn't see Stevie Stevens ........ You are obviously not a guitar player.
@SabuPtolemy quit smoking crack.
Last video I saw before heading to Army boot camp. The song was in my head the whole 8 weeks. Lol.
So i think the song gave you this power, that you need in this camps :))
Great song, such a bummer this is the 'edited' version! LOVE the album and Perry from WARRIOR on vocals - sublime! \m/
1989 debut from guitar maestro Steve Stevens
A very underrated album. I loved it
❤
yeah heard this on V8 supercars promos back in the day, always liked it , now I know who performed it cheers, Atomic Punk Van Halen , earlier than this ha ha ha ha, cheers Stevens and Stevens
Excellent
Steve Stevens 🎸🎸
The guitar solo on this song is incredible.
Love love love
Wow
BRILLIANT !
love it so bad!!!!! ROCK N ROLL is still alive!!!!
i sttil listen this 2018!!!
my good friend Steve Stevens
Brilliant
La classe!!!
Spettacolareee
2019
it was great to meet you at thr norva
Freaking bitching guitar solo. Damn!!!
I remember this video being on Headbanger's Ball in the fall of 1989. I was home from college for the weekend and tempted fate by knocking boots with my girlfriend on the couch at her house while her parents were asleep upstairs with the Ball on in the background. The soundtrack of my youth!
Super heavy metal!!!!
my blood is on fire........🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🎼🎼🎼🎼💪👍🤘🤘🤘
Con un par
Steve stevens guitar playing screams sex.... hes such an under rated player.
If you like this stuff check out his work with Vince Neil or Michael Monroe
Best Song from Steve!The Voice is from Warrior?EPIC!
Is anyone half tempted to do an Atomic Playboy run in Fallout 4 ?????
Gamma Gun/Fatman/Upgraded Supersledge from Far Harbour. Pump Charisma and everything else into making numbers go up ?????
Couldn't be more relevant in 2017?
Trump and Kim are the Atomic Playboys. This song rises above the both of them.
At 3:17 you can hear the Rebel Yell intro idea revisited!
He got the idea from a blues riff long before rebel yell
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