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Stevie Aiello
Aiello performing in Rome in June 2014
Aiello performing in Rome in June 2014
Background information
Birth nameStephen Aiello
Born (1983-04-30) April 30, 1983 (age 41)
Cranston, Rhode Island, United States
Occupations
  • Songwriter
  • musician
  • record producer
Instruments
  • Guitar
  • bass guitar
  • keyboards
  • vocals
Years active1998–present
Labels
Websitesteviemusic.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.

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

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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

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Year Artist Album Label Songs
2020 The Score - Republic Records Best Part
2020 Anti-Flag 20/20 Vision Spinefarm Records UK The Disease - Un-American
2019 Natalia Nykel Origo EP Universal Music Polska Sp. Wanna Go Back
2019 League of Legends ft. Chrissy Costanza - Cailin Russo Phoenix Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC Phoenix
2019 Arrested Youth - Lowly What You're Made Of
2019 Starset Divisions Fearless Records Waking Up - Faultline
2019 Dreamers Launch Fly Land Fairfax Recordings Celebrate
2018 WWE Music Group Flight Of The Valkyries (Daniel Bryan) Columbia Records Flight Of The Valkyries
2018 Thrillchaser A Lot Like Love Thrillchaser Hold on to the Night - Out of Our Minds
2018 Of Mice & Men Defy Rise Records How Will You Live - Back To Me
2018 No Sleep For Lucy Until The End Lucy Records Don'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
2017 Sleeping With Sirens Gossip Warner Bros Legends - Trouble - Hole In My Heart - Empire To Ashes
2017 Sainte Smile and Wave Good Problems Lighthouse
2017 Motionless In White Graveyard Shift Roadrunner Records Queen For Queen - Untouchable
2017 Hanazuki ft. Cosmos & Creature Beautiful Life Legacy Recordings Beautiful Life
2017 Fernando Varela Vivere Panorama I Believe In You
2017 Falling In Reverse Coming Home Epitaph Superhero
2017 Echo Black Dawn Echo Black Poison Apple
2017 Anti-Flag American Fall Spinefarm Records US American Attraction - Throw It Away
2016 Young Guns Echoes Wind-up Records Mad World
2016 Out Came The Wolves Strange Fate Roadrunner Records Bleed - The Curse
2016 James Durbin Riot On Sunset Wild Vine Records We Are The Unknown
2016 I Prevail Lifelines Fearless One More Time - Stuck In Your Head
2016 Crown The Empire Retrograde Rise Records Oxygen
2016 Bad Seed Rising Awake In Color Roadrunner Records Horizon
2016 As Lions Selfish Age Eleven Seven Music Pieces
2016 American Wolves Part Of Me American Wolves Part Of Me
2016 Alive In Barcelona Alive in Barcelona Smartpunk Records Back To Life
2016 Against The Current In Our Bones Fueled By Ramen/Atla Brighter - Forget Me Now - Roses
2015 We Came as Romans We Came As Romans Equal Vision/Spinefarm/Caroline Australia Flatline - Memories - The World I Used To Know
2015 Soysauce ft. Stalking Gia Lunch Money ASCAP Talking To Myself
2015 Sleeping Wolf The Dark Sleeping Wolf Music BlindFold
2015 Gentlemen Roosevelt Here EP Roosevelt Records Here
2015 Conquer Divide Conquer Divide Artery Recordings Nightmares
2015 Breathe Carolina feat. Karra Platinum Hearts Armada Trice Platinum 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
2014 James Durbin Celebrate Wind-up Records Louder Than A Loaded Gun
2014 Heartist Feeding Fiction The All Blacks U.S.A., Inc. Skeletons - Unbreakable
2014 Dan Sultan Blackbird Liberation Records Loving's Just For Fools
2014 Charming Liars We Won't Give Up Riot My 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
2013 Love and Death Between Here & Lost Tooth & Nail Records Meltdown
2013 Cheyenne Jackson I'm Blue, Skies Shiny Boy Music LLC Before You - She's Pretty, She Lies - I'm Blue, Skies - Drive - Don't Wanna Know
2012 Shaun Lopez - Spacebrother The Antidote - The Antidote
2012 Sovereign Soldiers Born Again Sovereign Soldiers Goodbye To Yesterday - Unstoppable
2012 Hollywood Ending Always 18 Hollywood Ending She'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
2011 Amely The Raleigh Sessions Amely Independent Records Never Gonna Let Go
2010 Before Their Eyes Untouchable Rise Records Entire Album
2010 Amely Hello World Fearless Records Come Back - Sing To You

References

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  1. ^ "Steve Aiello of Monty Are I". TWRY. August 20, 2007. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  2. ^ Gulla, Bob (November 28, 2003). "The Full Monty". The Providence Phoenix. Archived from the original on May 21, 2017. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  3. ^ Hopkin, Kenyon. "Monty Are I". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  4. ^ "Stevie Aiello". Razor & Tie Music Publishing. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  5. ^ "Untouchable". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  6. ^ "Thirty Seconds To Mars on Tour: Behind-The-Scenes Q&A and Performance". Billboard. December 12, 2013. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  7. ^ Monger, Timothy. "Transmissions". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  8. ^ "46th GMA Dove Awards Nominees". Gospel Music Association. Archived from the original on January 11, 2016. Retrieved January 14, 2016.
  9. ^ "Bart Millard Of Mercyme And Lecrae To Host 45th Annual GMA Dove Awards". GMA Dove Awards. August 22, 2014. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
  10. ^ "Sleeping With Sirens' Acoustic Version of 'Legends' Is Gorgeous". iHeartRadio. iHeartMedia. October 26, 2017. Retrieved November 16, 2017.
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